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    April 20, 2019
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    How does measles spread? Do I need another MMR vaccine shot? How dangerous is measles? FAQ on the outbreaks
    The United States is experiencing its second-highest number of measles cases in nearly two decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
    business/healthcareApril 20, 2019 - 3:50pm
    April 19, 2019
    Tom Cherveny / Tribune Chippewa County Board chairman Dave Lieser speaks Tuesday during a special joint meeting of the hospital board, Montevideo City Council and Chippewa County Board members to discuss a hospital proposal to develop a health club in the former Coborn's building. The three entities will meet again on the topic at 7 p.m. Monday in the Montevideo Community Center.
    Meeting slated Monday to consider $3 million health club proposal in Montevideo
    MONTEVIDEO — A hospital-owned health club would help address a public health crisis, make the Montevideo area a better place to live and...
    business/healthcareApril 19, 2019 - 5:09am
    April 11, 2019
    Paige and Rich Hardy parked their ice fishing house in a University of Minnesota Morris parking lot because Paige was on call at Stevens Community Medical Center during the blizzard. The couple lives in Chokio. Courtesy of Paige Hardy
    On-call midwife stays in ice fishing house during blizzard
    MORRIS, Minn. — Babies were due to arrive and nurse midwife Paige Hardy had to make sure she was there for the delivery at Stevens Community...
    business/healthcareApril 11, 2019 - 6:49pm
    April 3, 2019
    Physical therapist April Gerard demonstrates verbal and tactile queues to relax and derotate Patsy Ingebrigtsen's spinal curve at St. Luke's Mount Royal Medical Clinic on March 27. Gerard uses a non-invasive method called the Schroth Method. Tyler Schank / Forum News Service
    Ahead of the curve: Exercise-based physical therapy method helps people with scoliosis
    April Gerard had been a physical therapist for decades when she discovered a treatment method that helped with her own scoliosis. Now, she’s...
    business/healthcareApril 3, 2019 - 6:45am
    March 31, 2019
    ACA on shaky ground: Repeal could affect 1.2M in Minnesota, about 20K in North Dakota
    Nearly 20,000 North Dakotans enrolled in the state’s Medicaid expansion stand to lose health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act...
    business/healthcareMarch 31, 2019 - 6:33am
    March 27, 2019
    File photo of Alice Boschbarker, a mammographer with Essentia Health, demonstrates the new 3D mammography scanner in 2016 in Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    FDA wants women to get breast-density information along with mammogram
    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, March 27, proposed requiring mammogram providers to notify women with dense breasts...
    business/healthcareMarch 27, 2019 - 12:43pm
    March 26, 2019
    Trump administration moves to gut Affordable Care Act
    The Trump administration is hardening its position against the Affordable Care Act and arguing now that the entire law is unconstitutional, a...
    business/healthcareMarch 26, 2019 - 11:34am
    March 25, 2019
    Upper Midwest states rank among best for doctors, study finds
    WASHINGTON - Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota among the top 10 states to practice medicine, according to a WalletHub study released Monday,...
    business/healthcareMarch 25, 2019 - 3:22pm
    March 21, 2019
    Tom Cherveny / Tribune file photo Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital CEO Brian Lovdahl, shown here in a file photo, told the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that as of Aug. 1, the system will be known as Chippewa County Montevideo Health. The County Board and the Montevideo City Council each approved new bylaws this week for the health system jointly owned by the city and county.
    New identity coming for Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital
    MONTEVIDEO — Months of work has led to a change in the bylaws governing the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital and, soon, its identity....
    business/healthcareMarch 21, 2019 - 10:31am
    March 18, 2019
    Minnesota agency reports increase in 'cluster of deaths' from alcohol, overdoses and suicides
    The death toll from suicide, opioids and alcohol continues to rise in Minnesota, a state agency reported Monday, March 18. The Minnesota Department...
    business/healthcareMarch 18, 2019 - 10:15pm
    March 17, 2019
    Prescription costs an issue with many factors and a long history
    GRAND FORKS — For some, driving hours or even across an international border is easier than paying high prices for prescription medication. “I have some patients who drive up to Canada to get insulin because it is cheaper there. They pay for it in cash,” said Dr. Eric Johnson,...
    business/healthcareMarch 17, 2019 - 6:53am
    March 16, 2019
    Cultivator Hunter Rogness prunes fan leaves from marijuana plants in the Leafline Labs Cottage Grove grow center, Feb. 21, 2019. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Lawmakers seek fixes for medical marijuana market
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s medical marijuana program has struggled for years as the flaws in its design have caused issue after issue. New patients...
    business/healthcareMarch 16, 2019 - 6:30pm
    March 13, 2019
    Nursing homes receive care improvement funds
    Two area nursing homes are among 74 facilities throughout the state that will receive funding through the Minnesota Department of Human Services...
    business/healthcareMarch 13, 2019 - 7:35am
    March 9, 2019
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    What is medical marijuana and how does it work?
    What is it and who can use it?In Minnesota, medical marijuana is available in the form of pills, liquids and vaporizable oils; the plant form...
    business/healthcareMarch 9, 2019 - 4:01pm
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    'I believe this is the best medication for him': Despite the stigma, parents advocate for children's medical marijuana use
    PLEASE DUPLICATE BEFORE USING
    business/healthcareMarch 9, 2019 - 3:52pm
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