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Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

For medical and financial reasons, a growing number of rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies. That's adding risks to rural birth, and making it that much harder to keep people in small-town Minnesota. Grand Marais sees that firsthand.
by Catharine Richert

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How can we prevent opioid addiction?

How can we prevent opioid addiction?

Three guests spoke with MPR News host Angela Davis about working with patients who are prescribed opioids and attempts to keep the addictive drugs out of the hands of young, vulnerable people.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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Allina restricts visitors to prevent flu spread

Under the restrictions, children under the age of 5 and people who are sick are asked not to visit. Anyone who has a cough or sore throat should wear a mask.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Progress report: President Trump's campaign promises, 2 years later

Progress report: President Trump's campaign promises, 2 years later

At the midpoint of his four-year term, President Trump has delivered on some campaign promises and ignored others, while many are still works in progress.
by Scott Horsley

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Before black lung, West Virginia tunnel project killed hundreds

Before black lung, West Virginia tunnel project killed hundreds

One of the worst industrial disasters in American history is a forgotten example of the dangers of silica, the toxic dust behind the modern black lung epidemic in Appalachia.
by Adelina Lancianese

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Americans take stock of shutdown's everyday effects

Americans take stock of shutdown's everyday effects

Washington's doings, or not-doings, can be woven into everyday American life from a bowl of breakfast cereal to a bottle of beer after work.
by Associated Press

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Morphine, with a side of grief counseling: Nursing students learn how to handle death

Morphine, with a side of grief counseling: Nursing students learn how to handle death

Research has found that university curriculum for nurses often goes light on one of life's universal experiences -- dying. So some colleges have gone to new lengths to make the training more meaningful.
by Blake Farmer

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She wanted to be the perfect mom -- then landed in a psychiatric unit

She wanted to be the perfect mom -- then landed in a psychiatric unit

Postpartum psychosis is rare, but very real, doctors say. And, unlike in some European nations, most U.S. moms who need inpatient psychiatric care can't bring along their babies, adding to the trauma.
by April Dembosky

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Scientists find brain cells that make pain hurt

Scientists find brain cells that make pain hurt

Researchers have pinpointed the neurons that give pain its unpleasant edge. By turning these neurons off in mice, the scientists relieved the unpleasantness of pain without numbing sensation.
by Jonathan Lambert

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