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Spotlight on mental health policy

Spotlight on mental health policy

As a part of Call to Mind we are having a discussion about why people who need mental health care are unable to access it, and why funding challenges persist.
by Mike Mulcahy, Julie Siple and Sam Choo

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Scientific duo gets back to basics to make childbirth safer

Scientific duo gets back to basics to make childbirth safer

Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.
by Alison Kodjak

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'Church of Safe Injection' offers needles, naloxone to prevent opioid overdoses

'Church of Safe Injection' offers needles, naloxone to prevent opioid overdoses

The group says it has 18 chapters in eight states, all of them funded by private, anonymous donations. Members distribute free and clean drug-use supplies even at the risk of being arrested.
by Deborah Becker

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Racial disparities in cancer incidence and survival rates are narrowing

Racial disparities in cancer incidence and survival rates are narrowing

African-Americans still have the highest death rate and the lowest survival rate of any U.S. racial or ethnic group for most cancers. But the "cancer gap" between blacks and whites is shrinking.
by Patti Neighmond

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New corrections commissioner: Should 'really mentally ill people be in a prison?'

New corrections commissioner: Should 'really mentally ill people be in a prison?'

Minnesota's new corrections commissioner, Paul Schnell, is a former top cop with a degree in social work. He knows mental illness will be a big challenge in his new job, and wonders whether prison is the right place for people who are really sick even if they've committed horrific crimes.
by Alisa Roth

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New phone app could save lives of those in cardiac arrest in Ramsey Co.

New phone app could save lives of those in cardiac arrest in Ramsey Co.

County officials on Thursday unveiled a smartphone app that can direct people with basic medical training to help someone suffering a potentially fatal cardiac arrest — even before an ambulance can arrive.
by Tim Nelson

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Study: Rising concern that synthetic opioids contaminate other drugs, too

Study: Rising concern that synthetic opioids contaminate other drugs, too

While the state and nation are seeing fewer deaths tied to heroin overdoses, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are contributing to more deaths and there are concerns they're appearing in other non-opioid drug supplies.
by Jon Collins

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