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Feds charge 24 in alleged $1.2 billion Medicare fraud scheme

Feds charge 24 in alleged $1.2 billion Medicare fraud scheme

Prosecutors allege doctors got kickbacks for prescribing unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces to elderly and disabled patients and charging the government's Medicare program.
by James Doubek

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Porcupine barbs for better wound healing

Porcupine barbs for better wound healing

Surgeons would love to find a replacement for surgical staples -- one that doesn't aggravate wounds on the way in and out. Bioengineers think they've found the right model -- a porcupine's quill.
by Josh Cassidy and Laura Shields

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Drug industry middlemen to be questioned by Senate committee

Drug industry middlemen to be questioned by Senate committee

The Senate Finance Committee will hear Tuesday from executives from the biggest pharmacy benefit managers. Confidential rebates paid to the PBMs are expected to draw scrutiny.
by Alison Kodjak

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Prenatal testing can ease minds or heighten anxieties

Prenatal testing can ease minds or heighten anxieties

A variety of genetic tests are available to screen both fetus and parents. One option that's growing in popularity is called an expanded carrier screening. The results can be useful and overwhelming.
by Lesley McClurg

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MN Health: Medical marijuana eases cancer treatment symptoms for some

MN Health: Medical marijuana eases cancer treatment symptoms for some

A new Minnesota study of more than 1,000 patients supports evidence that medical marijuana may help reduce the severity of nausea, pain, insomnia and other side effects associated with cancer and its treatment, the state Health Department says.
by MPR News Staff

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Seasonal sniffles? Immunotherapy tablets can replace allergy shots for some allergens

Seasonal sniffles? Immunotherapy tablets can replace allergy shots for some allergens

Many allergists have started to prescribe immunotherapy tablets to some of their patients. They're safe and convenient, and like allergy shots, they treat the root cause of your allergic misery.
by Allison Aubrey

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Argosy's demise may worsen Minnesota's psychologist shortage

Argosy's demise may worsen Minnesota's psychologist shortage

For-profit Argosy University once trained roughly a fifth of Minnesota's licensed psychologists. Its sudden closing has left students stranded and local mental health leaders worried about how to meet an already widening demand for psychologists in Minnesota.
by Alisa Roth

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What does 'Medicare for All' mean to potential 2020 voters?

What does 'Medicare for All' mean to potential 2020 voters?

Many of the Democratic presidential candidates back a plan to enhance and expand Medicare coverage. Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is not among them.
by Mark Zdechlik

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