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    September 22, 2018
    Kristin Day maintained extreme enthusiasm right up to the moment she went under the knife to donate a kidney to a friend. Submitted photo
    Two hours after meeting him, Central Minnesota woman offers man her kidney
    PINE RIVER, Minn. — Only two hours after making a new friend at a Nimrod bar, Kristin Day offered him her kidney. Day, of Pine River, saw...
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    September 21, 2018
    North Dakota residents gain access to addiction resource
    MINOT, N.D.—Response has been tremendous to a new addiction resource recently launched in North Dakota, according to the state chairman...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 21, 2018 - 12:56pm
    September 20, 2018
    Amy Wieser Willson, a patient, and Dr. Jay Westwater, a physician and chief executive of MinnMed, talk about the benefits of medical marijuana, which became legal in Minnesota in 2014. MinnMed has a dispensary at 104 7th St. S., Moorhead. Patrick Springer/Forum News Service
    Patients: Medical marijuana effectively treats pain, post-traumatic stress
    MOORHEAD — Amy Wieser Willson has suffered for years from chronic pain so severe that some days she couldn't get out of bed. On those days,...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 20, 2018 - 6:17pm
    September 19, 2018
    ND insurance commissioner cautions about short-term insurance plans
    FARGO — Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread issued a bulletin on Wednesday, Sept. 19 to North Dakota health insurance companies and agents...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 19, 2018 - 4:41pm
    Boxes hold containers of the influenza virus vaccine Fluzone. Bob King / Forum News Service file photo
    Flu cases already being reported in North Dakota
    BISMARCK — Last year was a nasty year for the flu in North Dakota. The 2017-18 flu season was one of the worst seasons in the past 20 years,...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 19, 2018 - 4:31pm
    September 13, 2018
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    Michigan Ambulance Service set to close as nearby towns step in to help
    MICHIGAN, N.D. - A life-saving service will soon close in Michigan, North Dakota. Managers say there aren't enough hands on deck to handle emergencies....
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 13, 2018 - 10:58pm
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    Minnesota has lowest percentage of obese adults in Upper Midwest
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota has the lowest adult obesity rate among Upper Midwest states despite an increase of 0.7 percent from 2016 to 2017....
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 13, 2018 - 2:58pm
    September 12, 2018
    Many e-cigarettes and other tobacco-related products come in cherry and other fruity flavors that are targeted toward the younger generation. Lowell Anderson / Forum News Service
    As more Minnesota kids vape and smoke, health department issues advisory on dangers
    ST. PAUL—Tobacco use among Minnesota high school students increased for the first time in 17 years and state health officials attribute...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 12, 2018 - 10:54am
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    Baudette sisters share common bond: Moyamoya. Surgery saved them both
    FARGO — The saying goes "there is no friend like a sister." And two women from Baudette, Minn. are living proof of that. Tasha and Katrina...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 12, 2018 - 9:45am
    September 11, 2018
    Lisa Najarian has started the Twin Cities Lyme Foundation to help those suffering get diagnosed. She was photographed outside her Grant, Minn., home Sept. 10, 2018. (Deanna Weniger / Pioneer Press)
    Minnesota woman's long battle with Lyme disease inspires her to start foundation
    GRANT, Minn. — Lisa Najarian sipped her chamomile tea in the kitchen of her Grant home Monday and sighed. "September's a bad month for...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 11, 2018 - 8:50pm
    Minnesota officials seek information on rabid bats left at medical center
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota state health officials are trying to find out more information about two dead bats that tested positive for rabies that...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 11, 2018 - 2:01pm
    Accompanied by a therapy dog, caregivers at the David Simpson Hospice House in Cleveland gather in a meditation room to honor a dozen patients who died recently. MUST CREDIT: Laurie Henrichsen, Hospice of the Western Reserve
    Even as death prevails, hospice work is uplifting
    CLEVELAND - It is 7:30 on a summer morning in a room overlooking the slate-gray, lapping waters of Lake Erie. Ten or so people, some just arriving...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 11, 2018 - 6:30am
    September 10, 2018
    Illustration of ADHD in a thought bubble. Photo from Flickr.com / www.amenclinics.com. www.amenclinics.com/creative-commons-images/
    ADHD numbers are rising, and scientists are trying to understand why
    The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 10, 2018 - 10:02pm
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) responds to questions about funding resources for mental health support and suicide prevention during “A Summit to Stop Suicide” at the West Fargo Conference Center on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. “We cannot ignore this problem,” Heitkamp said about suicide. The event, which spanned four hours and was hosted by Heitkamp, featured a panel discussion and breakout sessions. Ann Arbor Miller / Forum News Service
    ND Summit to Stop Suicide focuses on education, strategies
    WEST FARGO — After a study found North Dakota has the fastest growing rate of death by suicide in the nation, groups are coming together to...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 10, 2018 - 7:12pm
    Dr. Jared Slater, surgeon with RC Hospital and Clinics, points to the clarity of the image that the robotic surgery technology provides. Tom Cherveny / Forum News Service
    West-central Minn. hospital is state's first critical care facility to invest in robotic surgery
    OLIVIA, Minn.—There was a point when Nathan Blad, CEO of the RC Hospitals and Clinics, might have seemed to be a prime candidate for nissen...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 10, 2018 - 9:32am
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