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Vital Signs

Each month we will debut topics important to your health and take a deep dive into medical news or what’s top of mind at the doctor’s office with family physician Dr. Jon Hallberg.

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Vital Signs: Health care on the ballot

Vital Signs: Health care on the ballot

In “Vital Signs,” MPR News host Cathy Wurzer checks in with Dr. Jon Hallberg, a family medicine physician at Mill City Clinic and a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Vital Signs: Drug deaths down, AI continuously creates breakthroughs in medical field

Vital Signs: Drug deaths down, AI continuously creates breakthroughs in medical field

Dr. Jon Hallberg from the University of Minnesota Medical School discussed good news in the medical field: a declining rate of drug overdose deaths and an increase in notetaking and research features for doctors using AI.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Vital Signs: From the Surgeon General’s office to the box office, addressing teen mental health

Vital Signs: From the Surgeon General’s office to the box office, addressing teen mental health

Dr. Jon Hallberg joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about a proposal to add warning labels to social media and a new Disney movie that gives life to difficult emotions.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Vital Signs: A higher price for cigarettes and a poem for doctors

Vital Signs: A higher price for cigarettes and a poem for doctors

Dr. Jon Hallberg joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about Minneapolis’ new ordinance raising the minimum price for cigarettes and to share a poem that illustrates the role of art in medicine.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Vital Signs: What’s causing a generational divide in happiness

Vital Signs: What’s causing a generational divide in happiness

Dr. Jon Hallberg joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the fallout of the cyberattack against a UnitedHealth subsidiary, the results of a new happiness study and more.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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