Mille Lacs Health System News

Healthy Aging Month

September 16, 2024

September is recognized as Healthy Aging Month, a time to focus on the steps to maintain your physical, mental, and emotional well-being as you age. Healthy aging isn't just about adding years to your life—it's about adding life to those years. As you get older, it becomes even more important to…

New Specialty - Rheumatology

September 4, 2024

Mille Lacs Health System is excited to add a new specialty to our service offerings. Starting the first week of September two rheumatologists will join our team of providers. These doctors will rotate schedules providing telehealth medical appointments every other Friday via our clinics. Patients…

Steps to a successful school year

August 21, 2024

Back to school is right around the corner, so if you haven’t already, now is the time to start organizing schedules, supplies, and routines to help create a successful school year. Here are a few ideas shared by Mille Lacs Health System medical provider, Jessica Fligge, DNP. Sleep is a top…

Butterfly Release Fundraiser

August 9, 2024

Mille Lacs Health System is proud to be hosting the 24th annual “Spirit of the Wings” Hospice & Home Care fundraiser event. This event is an important fundraiser for the hospice program and also provides a way for local families to honor loved ones they have lost with a beautiful Monarch…

Decoding THC: The Surprising Risks for the Developing Brain Beyond the Benefits

August 2, 2024

 As cannabis, or "weed" colloquially, becomes legalized and vaping gains popularity, more young people are turning to cannabis for its perceived calming effects. While THC, the active compound in cannabis, offers therapeutic benefits for chronic pain, PTSD, and appetite stimulation in terminally…