American Heart Month: How pregnancy affects heart health
American Heart Month: How pregnancy affects heart health By Meghan Grey | February 19, 2021 at 11:44 AM CST - Updated February 19 at 7:25 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - This weekâs focus in our American Heart Month series is heart health during pregnancy.
Dr. Niti Aggarwal, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, shares what you need to know to ensure the safety of mothers and their babies â from gestation to long-term heart health.
âSome women develop high blood pressure during pregnancy called preeclampsia or eclampsia and some may develop diabetes during pregnancy called gestational diabetes. All of these conditions can affect the mother and babyâs health during pregnancy, but they also increase the risk of the mother developing heart disease later in life,â Aggarwal said.
Jan 26, 2021
WELCOME A private family celebration of life service for Grace Ann Mulso, 85, of Welcome, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Kramer Family Funeral Home Chapel in Welcome. Burial will be held at a later date in the Welcome City Cemetery.
Mulso died Thursday evening, Jan. 21, 2021, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, surrounded by her sons. A public visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home in Welcome. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, please practice safe social distancing, and wear a face mask when in the funeral home. Also for the safety of all, please use hand sanitizer and stay at home if not feeling well.
Jan 18, 2021
CEYLON A celebration of life visitation for Douglas H. Fink, 74, of Ceylon, will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. A private family burial will be held at a later date.
Fink died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. People are asked to be mindful of safe social distancing guidelines, wear a mask and use best practices in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The number of people in attendance will be also be monitored. Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Fairmont is assisting the family with arrangements.
Elderly LVAD recipient reaches 10 year milestone, inspires others
Elderly LVAD recipient reaches 10 year milestone, inspires others By Meghan Grey | January 9, 2021 at 5:13 PM CST - Updated January 10 at 9:50 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Eighty-four year-old Gayle Wilkerson holds the honor of living on a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, for 10 years. The device allows a person who has severe advanced heart failure to still have a reasonable quality of life.
“It has kept me going,” she said. It’s an achievement only a few patients in the U.S. have ever obtained.
Dr. Niti Aggarwal, a Cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, stated, “With the LVAD, her quality of life improved dramatically, and living 10 years for an 84-year-old woman is absolutely astounding.”
Dec 22, 2020
The Minnesota Department of Health s testing lab handles samples of COVID-19. Courtesy Minnesota Department of Health
MANKATO â A new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Minnesota Wednesday, which would pave the way for immunizations to begin at area long-term care residents before the end of the month.
Long-term care residents, whoâve accounted for most of the stateâs COVID deaths, are in the â1Aâ group of people being prioritized for the vaccine. Frontline health workers in the Mankato area, also in the 1A group, began receiving Pfizer vaccines Monday.
Residents in long-term care or assisted living facilities would be set to next receive vaccines from another manufacturer, Moderna.