Health

November 27, 2017 12:00 AM

David Williams: racism is damaging our health

A talk by Harvard University sociology and public health professor David Williams, who says racism and discrimination, unconscious or otherwise, is damaging the physical and mental health of all Americans.

by MPR News Staff

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November 22, 2017 6:10 PM

100K Minnesotans sign up for private health insurance so far

More than 50,000 Minnesotans already have signed up through the open enrollment period to receive tax credits for health care next year.

by The Associated Press

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November 22, 2017 3:51 PM

Questioning a doctor's prescription for a sore knee: 90 Percocets

Following minor surgery, a Kaiser Health News columnist sees up close how easily doctors can prescribe opioid pain pills, and how such prescribing helps fuel the epidemic of opioid addiction.

by Michelle Andrews

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November 22, 2017 12:03 PM

The future of Medicaid

A look at how the proposed Republican tax bill could change funding for Medicaid.

by Kerri Miller, Suzanne Pekow and Marcheta Fornoff

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November 22, 2017 4:00 AM

Again this year, state parks open for free on Friday

The DNR is making it easier to burn off those Thanksgiving dinner calories. The $7 entry fee for vehicles at all Minnesota State Parks will be waived this Friday.

by Laura Yuen

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November 21, 2017 4:51 PM

Patients worry about losing therapists, relapse after changes at the Emily Program

The Emily Program recently launched programming changes to focus only on acute care. Leaders say those in an outpatient setting and who are grappling primarily with other issues like depression and anxiety will have to find care elsewhere.

by Catharine Richert

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November 21, 2017 2:48 PM

Lawsuit: 3M contamination led to more cancer, infertility

The filing alleges that 3M knew the groundwater was contaminated years before it stopped making perflourinated chemicals, known as PFCs, and that it withheld critical information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

by The Associated Press

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November 21, 2017 1:23 PM

Essentia fires nearly 50 workers for not getting flu shot

The Duluth-based health care system announced last month that employees would be required to get a flu shot, or receive a religious or medical exemption. Monday was the deadline to comply.

by Dan Kraker

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November 21, 2017 6:10 AM

Dog owners have lower risk of cardiovascular disease, Swedish data suggest

Researchers looked at hospital visits in Sweden's public health care system and checked them against dog registration records. They found dog owners had lower rates of heart disease.

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November 21, 2017 5:00 AM

Wisconsin couple debuts album inspired by daughter's recovery from coma

Brittany Shermach's parents were inspired to compose an album about their experience based off the journal her mother kept in the hospital.

by Cathy Wurzer

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