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    April 23, 2019
    Study: Hmong women at highest risk for mercury poisoning due to diet, skin products
    ST. PAUL - Asian women, especially Hmong, are at higher risk of mercury contamination than any other ethnic groups in the Twin Cities, according...
    lifestyle/health7 hours 31 min ago
    April 19, 2019
    Living on the wrong side of a time zone can be hazardous to your health
    Sleep scientist Matthew Walker has observed that "human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent...
    lifestyle/healthApril 19, 2019 - 6:46pm
    April 17, 2019
    Four cases of salmonella in North Dakota are likely linked to frozen raw ground tuna, the state department of health announced in a news release Wednesday, April 17. Forum News Service file photo
    North Dakota salmonella cases linked to raw tuna
    BISMARCK — Four cases of salmonella in North Dakota are likely linked to frozen raw ground tuna, the state department of health announced in...
    lifestyle/healthApril 17, 2019 - 4:39pm
    Mental health 'call to action' begins to take shape
    A cross section of local leaders is pushing forward on a wide-sweeping plan to address mental health issues in Grand Forks. On Friday, dozens of leaders met at the Alerus Center to hash out a vision and mission statement for a mental health "call to action." The group included public...
    lifestyle/healthApril 17, 2019 - 6:00am
    April 16, 2019
    Darkfield micrograph of Treponema pallidum, the spiral-shaped bacterium that causes syphilis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image
    Reported STDs continue climb in North Dakota with sharp rise in gonorrhea
    BISMARCK — The overall number of sexually transmitted diseases reported in North Dakota increased last year, according to new data from the...
    lifestyle/healthApril 16, 2019 - 9:04pm
    April 13, 2019
    Carol Bradley Bursack
    Bursack: We can support our grieving parent, but we can't erase their pain
    Dear Carol: My dad, who had been Mom’s caregiver for years, died suddenly from a stroke. I can’t say that I’m surprised because he was...
    lifestyle/healthApril 13, 2019 - 10:00am
    April 9, 2019
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    CDC finds 78 new measles cases as outbreak sprints toward record; experts blame those against vaccinations
    WASHINGTON - For the second week in a row, U.S. health officials added dozens of new reports to the year's list of confirmed measles cases, bringing...
    lifestyle/healthApril 9, 2019 - 8:31am
    April 8, 2019
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    Pot’s medical benefits studied: Minnesota cancer patients report improved symptoms
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota cancer patients who experience severe symptoms like vomiting and nausea may find relief in medical marijuana, according...
    lifestyle/healthApril 8, 2019 - 8:44pm
    April 5, 2019
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    Friday 5: Spring has sprung, and so has allergy season
    Wintry weather and snow has given way to warm(er) days and sunshine. While this may sound amazing to the folks who have been stuck indoors under...
    lifestyle/healthApril 5, 2019 - 3:00pm
    April 3, 2019
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    FDA investigating possible seizure risk with e-cigarette use
    The Food and Drug Administration said that it is investigating a small number of reports over several years of e-cigarette users experiencing...
    lifestyle/healthApril 3, 2019 - 1:32pm
    April 2, 2019
    US measles cases surge to second-highest level in nearly two decades
    The number of people sickened by measles in the first three months of this year is more than for all of 2018 - and the second-highest number...
    lifestyle/healthApril 2, 2019 - 8:37am
    April 1, 2019
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    'Safe' teen drinking? Here's why parents shouldn't facilitate it
    "Well, we did it when we were their age." This common refrain, popular among parents with a permissive attitude toward underage drinking, is...
    lifestyle/healthApril 1, 2019 - 11:51am
    March 30, 2019
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    Salmonella cases linked to hedgehogs spread to more states, CDC warns
    Every hedgehog has its thorn. Two months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people not to "kiss or snuggle hedgehogs"...
    lifestyle/healthMarch 30, 2019 - 4:33pm
    March 28, 2019
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    First living HIV-positive donor provides kidney for transplant in medical breakthrough
    Surgeons at the Johns Hopkins Hospital have transplanted a kidney from a living HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient, a medical breakthrough...
    lifestyle/healthMarch 28, 2019 - 8:46am
    March 26, 2019
    Altru Hospital on Jan. 7, 2019. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Altru hosts first meeting for 2019 community health assessment
    Altru Health System staff late last week met with a range of local leaders to begin laying the groundwork for an upcoming community health assessment...
    lifestyle/healthMarch 26, 2019 - 3:49pm
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