DISEASE
NEW PLATEAUS Is Addiction a Disease?
With all the reality TV such as "My Strange Addiction","Celebrity Rehab", and "Hoarders", there's never been a time when addiction has been more widely observed. Additionally, I've noticed from scien...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 8:54 AM
THE NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYOND Chronic wasting disease results
Samples taken from North Dakota deer during the 2012 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the State Game and Fish ...
Posted on 3/12/13 at 12:09 PM
COBBERS ON THE BRAIN The MAPK Pathway
The MAPK pathway is incredibly important in our brain. Its functions range from cell growth and development to inflammation and cell death. This pathway is incredibly large and is responsible for many...
Posted on 12/11/12 at 9:19 PM
HEALTHBEAT Type 1 diabetes - dancing with a Tasmanian devil
What is it really like to live every single day with type 1 diabetes? This blog is being turned over today to one of my newsroom colleagues who can speak frankly about it: She and her husband have fir...
Posted on 10/29/12 at 11:52 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Let sleeping birds lie...
Posted on 8/3/12 at 4:31 AM
Cancer, work in taconite industry linked 
Researchers at the University of Minnesota told Iron Range workers on Friday to protect themselves from taconite dust, despite a new study that was unable to prove that exposure to the dust causes the rare cancer mesothelioma.
By Elizabeth Dunbar, Dan Kraker and Stephanie Hemphill , April 12, 2013
CWD tests come back negative in N.D.
After one positive test in each of the last three years, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department received good news on chronic wasting disease. All 1,300 tests from deer sampled last fall came back negative.
By Royal McGregor , March 16, 2013
Chronic stress can get under your skin
A certain level of stress is good. The problems begin when we experience prolonged or repeated stress. Chronic stress over time leads to wear-and-tear on the body, and is strongly linked to chronic diseases such as heart disease.
By Lisa Jahns , March 04, 2013
Health Matters: Influenza then and now
Dr. Raymond Goldsteen answers questions about the flu and how it's effect on people has changed.
By Dr. Raymond Goldsteen , January 28, 2013
TALKIN WITH DOKKEN: Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer
Brad Dokken answers the question: "What is Epizzotic hemorrhagic disease and how is it spread?
By Brad Dokken , January 27, 2013
Health Matters: What’s the outlook of blue baby?
Dr. Joshua Wynne answers the question: My daughter had a baby last year that was said to be blue. What exactly is a blue baby, what can be done, and what is the outlook?
By Dr. Joshua Wynne , January 14, 2013
Battling disease, Grafton woman inspires family with kindness
A rare genetic disease forced Nicole O’Toole of Grafton, N.D., to spend much of her childhood in and out of hospitals. Rather than dwell on these struggles, she thinks about others, say family. The 18-year-old was born with tuberous sclerosis, a disease that causes non-malignant tumors to grow on the brain, kidneys and skin.
By Jennifer Johnson , December 31, 2012
31 flu cases found so far in ND, following national pattern of early cases
Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one, The Associated Press reported today. It’s started earlier than normal in North Dakota. The latest count found 31 cases of influenza, of several types.
By Herald Staff and Wire Report , December 04, 2012
A third Grand Forks student diagnosed with TB
A student at Valley Middle School in Grand Forks is infected with tuberculosis, bringing the total number of active cases in Grand Forks County to 13, the state Department of Health said Tuesday.
By Jennifer Johnson , November 20, 2012
DOUG LEIER: Game and Fish continues to sample deer for CWD
Doug explains chronic wasting disease in game animals.
By Doug Leier , November 18, 2012
TB test results lessen worries; one ‘abnormal’ result from Grand Forks school
One staff member from Phoenix Elementary School requires further testing for tuberculosis after 52 from the school were tested this week, said the Grand Forks Public Health Department on Thursday.
By Herald Staff Report , November 16, 2012
Minnesota records 13th illness from tainted steroids
Health officials say a woman with a bone infection has Minnesota's 13th confirmed illness linked to contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts pharmacy.
By Associated Press , November 15, 2012
ND diabetes rate nearly doubles since 1995
A new study has found that North Dakota's diabetes rate has nearly doubled since 1995. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that the rate in North Dakota jumped 91.7 percent by 2010.
By Associated Press , November 15, 2012
Second TB case at Grand Forks school confirmed
A second case of tuberculosis at Grand Forks’ Phoenix Elementary School was confirmed Tuesday as staff and students lined the school’s hallway to get tested.
By Jennifer Johnson , November 13, 2012
Minnesota reports 12th fungal meningitis case
Minnesota reported its 12th confirmed case of fungal meningitis Tuesday in a national outbreak linked to tainted steroids from a Massachusetts pharmacy.
By Associated Press , November 13, 2012
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