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Storytelling helps hospital staff discover the person within the patient

Storytelling helps hospital staff discover the person within the patient

Some hospitals are recording patients' life stories to help strengthen understanding between patients and their caregivers. Including such stories in medical records may even improve health outcomes.
by Bram Sable-Smith

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Asia's longhorned tick takes its first documented bite in the U.S.

Asia's longhorned tick takes its first documented bite in the U.S.

The parasite carries potentially lethal pathogens in Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. Now it's in North America. We ask tick specialists to weigh in.
by Fran Kritz

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'Mental health parity' is still an elusive goal in U.S. insurance coverage

'Mental health parity' is still an elusive goal in U.S. insurance coverage

The Affordable Care Act and other U.S. laws sought to put insurance coverage for mental health conditions on equal footing with coverage for physical conditions. But patients say that's not happening.
by Graison Dangor

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Minneapolis police report record number of drug overdoses

Minneapolis police report record number of drug overdoses

The Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday reported 50 overdoses -- including one suspected fatal overdose -- in the city for the week running from May 28 to Monday. Statewide, there have been 163 overdoses reported in the last two weeks, according to the BCA.
by Martin Moylan and MPR News Staff

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Minnesota doctors to mull recreational marijuana

Minnesota doctors to mull recreational marijuana

The Minnesota Medical Association is holding a forum for its members Thursday on recreational marijuana.
by Mark Zdechlik

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How doctors can stop stigmatizing -- and start helping -- kids with obesity

How doctors can stop stigmatizing -- and start helping -- kids with obesity

Physicians often harbor unconscious bias against kids and teens with obesity. It affects how they talk with their patients and can make kids' health worse. Some doctors are trying a new approach.
by Mara Gordon

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Destination Medical Center, North? Duluth readies for massive medical investment

Destination Medical Center, North? Duluth readies for massive medical investment

Two of Duluth's regional health care systems, Essentia Health and St. Luke's, are planning to invest more than $1 billion in expansions. City officials hope the development, which is being supported in part with infrastructure funding from the state, will spur additional growth in the downtown medical district.
by Dan Kraker

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