You might consider yourself lucky if you’ve never had to be transported to a hospital in an ambulance. Many people got to see ambulances up close...
New research has found that C-section rates have doubled worldwide since 2000. Medical experts say 10-15 percent of C-sections are medically necessary. The new research, however,...
A new CDC report has the medical community nervous about possible disease outbreaks. Of children born in 2015, 1.3 percent had not received any recommended vaccinations,...
It’s a community trail now. The newly named Swift Creek Trail was unveiled Thursday. A multi-use trail that had previously been for Gundersen Health System employees...
Accusations against Brett Kavanaugh and sentencing of Bill Cosby have brought up one main question above others: Why it takes years for victims to relay their...
The number of people around the world with cancer is “rapidly growing” according to a WHO study. The World Health Organization released its findings this month, stating that...
A scary start to the week for those at the Gundersen Health System emergency room. Chris Eberlein, head of the ER and the chair of the...
There’s a production shortage of EpiPens nationwide. To help mitigate the dilemma, the FDA has simply extended the expiration date on each product by four months....
Selling natural gas that’s produced in the La Crosse County landfill has become a steady source of income for the county. The methane used to be...
Opioids, normal saline, antibiotics and more are in short supply at hospitals around the country, including Wisconsin. A drug shortage, which started in 2011, has peaked...
A recent survey shows 54 percent of physicians are burned out at work. The Stanford University study surveyed 6,695 doctors, showing symptoms of burnout from extreme...
It’s returning to its roots. Gundersen Health System in La Crosse has announced it will be purchasing part of the Wettstein’s building at the corner of...
A local emergency room doctor is skeptical about a study that seems to favor legalizing marijuana. The study, recently put out by the journal JAMA Internal...
The government crackdown on opioids might be having an unintended consequence. Hospitals are now having issues supplying drugs like fentanyl and dilaudid, used during surgeries and...
It’s a busy time of year for the workers ambulances. Winter, of course, leads to several accidents. But, what happens when an ambulance crashes racing to...
Crushed by the numbers of questions to nurse advisers have taken on the flu, Gundersen Health System in La Crosse has turned to an automated influenza...
Pregnant women affected by opiate abuse was the focus of the Wisconsin Heroin Task Force this month. OBGYN Charles Schauberger of Gundersen Health System in La...
Losing weight might be the most popular new year’s resolution. If that’s the case, and it’s something new, the advice is to start with small goals...
It was a big $100,000 check, both literally and figuratively. The pledge from Gundersen Health System in La Crosse will be spread out over three years...
TOMAH, Wis. — As part of the brand new Gundersen Health System clinic being built in Tomah, it will include a comprehensive cancer center. Construction will begin...
