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    January 19, 2018
    "I take out a toilet paper roll, and wrapped around it of course is what looks like this giant, long tapeworm," Dr. Kenny Bahn said on the podcast. Courtesy / http://www.wonthurtabit.com/episodes/6-parasites
    He ate sushi almost every day - until a 5-foot-long tapeworm slithered out of his body
    He told an emergency room physician he had a liking for raw fish - specifically, salmon sashimi. It's what the 30-year-old man, from Fresno,...
    newsJanuary 19, 2018 - 7:28pm
    December 14, 2017
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    He was a renowned surgeon - until a doctor found his initials burned on a patient's liver
    Patients often can't help but wonder what doctors and nurses are doing while they're sedated. Some suspect trash talking. Others are wary of...
    newsDecember 14, 2017 - 3:11pm
    December 3, 2017
    Apple wants to know your heart rate, for science
    lifestyle/healthDecember 3, 2017 - 11:50pm
    November 2, 2017
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    EpiPen failures cited in seven deaths this year, FDA files show
    Paulette saw it happen at the playground from several feet away, the panic-inducing moment in 2014 when her 3-year-old son Charlie, who has a...
    newsNovember 2, 2017 - 1:57pm
    October 25, 2017
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    Mistake in interpreting test results led to removal of breasts, uterus, woman says
    Elisha Cooke-Moore had been told she had cancer-causing genes. The 36-year-old mother said an obstetrician-gynecologist noted that the results...
    newsOctober 25, 2017 - 1:21pm
    October 24, 2017
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    Doctors stunned by rare case of Italian woman who sweats blood
    Doctors were baffled when a 21-year-old woman was admitted into an Italian hospital for "sweating blood" from her face and her hands, a condition...
    newsOctober 24, 2017 - 8:41pm
    August 30, 2017
    An undated handout photo of a patient’s T-cells being reprogrammed in the laboratory to create modified T-cells that are genetically coded to recognize and fight the patient’s cancer. Companies and universities are racing to develop gene therapies, which will open the door to a radically new class of cancer treatments. (Brent Stirton/Novartis via The New York Times)
    FDA approves breakthrough treatment for dire cancers
    U.S. regulators approved a revolutionary new treatment from Novartis that modifies the body's own immune-system cells and reinjects them to treat,...
    newsAugust 30, 2017 - 1:41pm
    April 12, 2017
    Pigs are seen at a Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, farm in the United States in this image released on April 11, 2017. Courtesy Smithfield Foods/Handout via REUTERS
    Smithfield makes move on market for pig-human transplants
    CHICAGO - Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig...
    newsApril 12, 2017 - 12:37pm
    August 7, 2016
    Patients on social media cause ethics headache for doctors
    (Reuters Health) - As more and more sick patients are going online and using social media to search for answers about their health, it's raising...
    lifestyleAugust 7, 2016 - 11:24pm
    January 12, 2016
    Not all doctors on board with medical marijuana
    ST. PAUL — Many Minnesota doctors question the use of medical marijuana. An informal survey presented to a committee of Minnesota legislators and others involved with the subject Tuesday showed many doctors do not think they know enough about the subject to recommend their patients...
    newsJanuary 12, 2016 - 11:43pm
    December 28, 2015
    Highs and lows define first six months of Minnesota’s medical cannabis program
    MINNEAPOLIS — The first six months of medical marijuana in Minnesota have been a mix of ups and downs, stakeholders said this week. The rollout of the program since July 1 has largely been successful for Minnesota Medical Solutions and LeafLine Labs, but a lot of work still remains...
    newsDecember 28, 2015 - 11:05pm
    July 27, 2015
    Amelia Weaver, 9, started receiving medical marijuana treatments Friday for a rare form of epilepsy. Her parents say her seizures have decreased dramatically since treatment began. (SUBMITTED)
    Daughter’s response to medical marijuana thrills Hibbing couple
    HIBBING — It’s early, but a Hibbing couple is ecstatic about their daughter’s initial response to treatment with medical marijuana. “We...
    newsJuly 27, 2015 - 11:10pm
    December 18, 2014
    Newspaper and television reporters wait in the lobby of the Lac qui Parle County Courthouse as David and Angela Brown descend the stairway following her appearance in court Wednesday morning. (Tribune/Tom Cherveny)play button
    Madison mom maintains innocence in medical cannabis case (video)
    MADISON — Angela Brown’s attorney filed motions during a hearing Wednesday morning in District Court in Madison seeking to dismiss a charge...
    newsDecember 18, 2014 - 4:19pm
    December 15, 2014
    Angela Brown (left) visits with supporters, including Patrick McClellan, outside the Chippewa County Courthouse in Montevideo Sept. 29. (TRIBUNE/File)
    Group asks Lac qui Parle County to drop the charges against Angela Brown
    MADISON — A threat of ice- and snow- covered roads notwithstanding, Patrick McClellan vows he will make a better than three-hour drive from...
    newsDecember 15, 2014 - 11:05pm
    December 4, 2014
    Jeremy Pauling, of Montevideo, said it could take two to eight hours, round-trip, for those in southwestern Minnesota to pick up a medical cannabis prescription. (TRIBUNE/File)
    Southwest Minnesota will lack medical cannabis distribution site
    MONTEVIDEO — The two companies chosen to produce medical cannabis in Minnesota will be opening eight distribution sites for patients, with...
    newsDecember 4, 2014 - 10:20pm
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