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STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERSmokers would help fund Vikings stadium construction
By Don Davis Minnesota legislative tax negotiators tentatively approved a plan today to use cigarette tax increase funds and close corporate tax loopholes to provide backup Vikings stadium constructi...
5/16/13 at 12:49 PM Political notebook: Taxes split DFL 4/12/13 at 3:43 PM
Legislative notebook: Mayo comments upset lawmakers looking at funding 4/10/13 at 6:58 PM
HEALTHY TIDBITSCritical Breast Cancer Project
The Mayo Clinic has a matching gift challenge to raise money for their breast cancer registry. A donor is matching $100,000 if matched by other donors. Help. The breast cancer registry is a vast bio b...
4/16/13 at 2:42 PM Mayo Clinic, Breast Density, Breast Cancer 3/13/13 at 4:11 PM
Mayo Clinic, An Outstanding Research Center in Minnesota 9/11/12 at 8:17 AM
NDAD INSIGHT'Mommy's blood is sick': Benefit for Cristy Truedson tonight in East Grand Forks, Minn.
By Mike Brue Three-year-old Kiera Truedson cannot comprehend the intricacies of either her mother and father's month-long absence this fall or her mother's lack of hair upon their return. Still, C...
12/8/12 at 10:45 AM East Grand Forks leukemia patient faces Mayo stem cell transplant; benefit for family Saturday 12/3/12 at 3:33 PM
Forks daycare provider, focus of Sunday benefit in Oslo, Minn., on her cancer battle: 'When I think of the kids is when I get upset' 11/16/12 at 7:20 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONSAdams Story
(this story originally appeared in a special Cancer Awareness section to the Thief River Falls (Minnesota) Times newspaper-GN) Ana and Adam Tongen spent their first wedding anniversar...
10/24/12 at 4:26 PM
NEW PLATEAUSProblem Solved? #1 Organ Donor Shortage
There are a host of issues in our world that we are nowhere near solving. Take drunk driving, we try to find that sweet spot between how to punish the problem, and prevent the problem, and even outsma...
5/7/12 at 11:52 AM
THE NEW FORTYTrust, but verify...
I understand and appreciate the notion that we should not treat doctors as demigods. They are, after all, just human beings-well-educated and trained human beings in medical science, but human beings ...
12/10/11 at 11:12 AM
RINK AND RUNFrom Chris Garner
This update on Minnesota Duluth equipment manager Chris Garner, from Chris Garner, on his Facebook page. Garner, 32, underwent a bone marrow transplant last Wednesday at the M...
8/9/10 at 8:10 AM Chris Garner Update 8/5/10 at 1:08 PM
ALL ABOUT FOODCookbook Club cooks up a farm-to-table meal
Last night my cookbook club got together. We meet once a month, taking turns hosting at our homes. Our host chooses a theme and each member finds a recipe from a cookbook, usually a recipe they haven...
7/9/10 at 4:25 AM
THE VIEW FROM THIS SIDE OF THE LAKEReflections on Rochester/Mayo Clinic
This past week I had the opportunity to go with a family member to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. This was my first encounter with the stately medical institution and my first visit to Rochester...
1/31/10 at 1:26 PM
LAGNIAPPE: A FOOD BLOGBaked apples a la healthier
Although I was touting the health benefits of apples yesterday, the Apple Cuplets recipe — with the recommended cream added at least —is probably not the most healthful of desserts. Here&r...
9/30/09 at 5:00 AM The (apple) core of the matter 9/29/09 at 5:00 AM
HEALTHBEATHold the Mayo?
The Mayo Clinic has reigned for many years as an example of health care that's both high-quality and cost-effective. Many Minnesotans are proud that this facility, known the world over, is in their o...
9/24/09 at 7:10 AM
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