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For cancer patients, medical staff members become family

The JRMC Cancer Center, which was fully funded by donors in the community, started seeing patients in June 2019.

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Big Pharma went all in to kill drug pricing negotiations

For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits. But the hyperbole reached a new pitch in recent weeks as the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation measures in the Inflation Reduction Act.

August 13, 2022 01:00 PM

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Recovery program connects Indigenous participants with their roots

Sanford Health’s Program for Addiction Recovery provided Tanner Lene a way to connect to a heritage he’d left largely unexplored, as he began to learn Ojibwe and join classes taught by elders and knowledge keepers on traditional medicines and art.

August 13, 2022 10:00 AM

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Adult child with snowbird parents worries about their long-distance care

"Minding Our Elders" columnist Carol Bradley Bursack says distance makes keeping track of your parents' health harder, but barring dementia, they get to choose where they live.

August 13, 2022 08:00 AM

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In one week, two friends were treated for tick-borne illnesses. Time for a tick trouble update

Ticks can survive a Minnesota winter, but their go time is March through October. In this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion," Viv Williams goes in-depth with a tick expert who helped discover two pathogens that ticks can carry. And both of them can make you sick.

August 12, 2022 04:28 PM

By Viv Williams

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has found that electrical stimulation of the body combined with sound activates the brain’s somatosensory cortex, increasing the potential for using the technique to treat chronic pain and other sensory disorders.

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Sound and electrical stimulation may help relieve chronic pain

Sound and electrical stimulation may offer hope for people suffering from chronic pain and other conditions. Researchers are exploring the combination with the goal of developing treatments that are safer and more accessible than opioid medication. Viv Williams has details of a new study in this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion."

August 11, 2022 04:00 PM

By Viv Williams

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Minnesota nurses to vote Monday on strike

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association will decide whether to strike following what they see as a lack of action from hospital executives during contract negotiations.

August 11, 2022 10:24 AM

By Staff reports

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How to care for baby teeth to promote a life of good dental health

When those first baby teeth appear, it's time to start teaching little ones about good dental health. In this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion," Viv Williams consults a pediatric dentist about when kids should have their first dental appointment and she shares tips on brushing.

August 10, 2022 05:00 PM

By Viv Williams

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Health Fusion: What butterflies reveal about living in the moment

Long road trips provide ample time for both reflection and rumination — the good and the bad of hours and hours spent behind the wheel. In this Health Fusion column, Viv Williams shares stories of a recent drive to Colorado and how a pit stop at a botanical garden's butterfly house made a faulty air conditioner tolerable and brought meaning to the buzz word "mindfulness."

August 10, 2022 09:58 AM

By Viv Williams

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Fargo Cass Public Health offers back-to-school immunization clinics for students

Fargo Cass Public Health is celebrating National Immunization Awareness Month by offering back-to-school immunization clinics to get students ready for the school year. FCPH will hold two clinics on Aug. 17 and 18.

August 08, 2022 03:51 PM

By Forum staff

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Low vitamin D levels linked to chronic inflammation

When you sprain your ankle or have an infection inflammation helps to heal tissues. But when inflammation is chronic, or long term, it can contribute to conditions such as heart disease and autoimmune diseases. Researchers have found a link between chronic inflammation and low levels of vitamin D. Viv Williams has details in this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion."

August 08, 2022 12:02 PM

By Viv Williams

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At-home COVID tests aren't counted by states, so how many North Dakotans and Minnesotans are getting sick?

The illness is making about the same number or more people sick compared to last year, but far fewer are going to the hospital, doctor says.

August 08, 2022 06:08 AM

By April Baumgarten

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Minnesota man makes breakthrough in stem cell research

A discovery made in the lab sparked the creation of Anatomic Inc., which sells human stem cell-derived sensory neurons to pharmaceutical companies for the possible creation of new, nonaddictive painkillers.

August 07, 2022 10:00 AM

By Travis Gulbrandson