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Like to bike? Your knees will thank you and you may live longer, too

Like to bike? Your knees will thank you and you may live longer, too

New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.
by Allison Aubrey

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Water safety and air quality awareness as we near the start of summer

Water safety and air quality awareness as we near the start of summer

Drowning death rates increased nationally during the course of the pandemic, according to a new study. Another seasonal risk as we head into summer: bad air quality. On Monday, air pollution in the Twin Cities was the worst it’s been since last June.
by Alyson Clary and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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Birth & Depression: The Unspoken Conversation

Birth & Depression: The Unspoken Conversation

This special program looks at the under-recognized public health issue of postpartum depression and the challenge of treatment. We’ll hear first-hand from people who have experienced it. 
by Jessica Bari

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Schizophrenia: Finding Home on a Hard Road

Schizophrenia: Finding Home on a Hard Road

This program shares stories about schizophrenia that don’t make the headlines. We’ll hear from people living with this illness and from leading experts about new treatments that make it possible to manage.
by Jessica Bari

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Incarcerated with Mental Illness

Incarcerated with Mental Illness

This program brings together stories of people who have lived with mental illness while incarcerated.
by Jessica Bari

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Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth

Telehealth accounts for 19 percent of all abortions, new research finds. And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions across the country are up.
by Elissa Nadworny

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Closure of another rural in-patient psychiatric ward leads to public hearing

Closure of another rural in-patient psychiatric ward leads to public hearing

On Tuesday evening there will be a public hearing on the closure of an inpatient psychiatric ward in central Minnesota. Lakewood Health System plans to close its 10-bed unit in its hospital in the small town of Staples.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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