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    December 10, 2018
    Kristen Jacklin
    Duluth-based researchers probe indigenous people with dementia
    DULUTH -- Can you name the prime minister of Canada? You probably can, and if you’re Canadian, you almost certainly can. That’s why the question...
    lifestyle/health9 hours 8 min ago
    There is a certain Cookie Canon - the classics, the old reliables, the cookies that can appeal to a crowd. Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.
    Cookies are not the enemy: Smarter ways of thinking about food during the holidays
    It's an annual holiday tradition that kicks off at Thanksgiving and continues through New Year's: food guilt. Caught between the desire to enjoy...
    lifestyle/family/health12 hours 41 min ago
    December 9, 2018
    Taylor Lee, 25, of Baxter, Minn., posts a photo on her Instagram account related to her experience with endometriosis and undergoing a hysterectomy. Submitted photo
    Saying goodbye to the pain: 25-year-old Baxter woman raises awareness about endometriosis
    BAXTER, Minn. — Taylor Lee knows pain in a way that only a woman could know. But the Baxter woman, who recently had her uterus removed, wants...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 9, 2018 - 8:12pm
    Photo blood clot that patient coughed up. (Source: www.twitter.com/NEJM)
    A blood clot formed in the exact shape of a man's lung passage - then he coughed it up
    The patient had come in for heart failure, and physicians at the University of California at San Francisco had an aggressive plan to help. Doctors...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 9, 2018 - 9:49am
    December 8, 2018
    Gillian Genser used eggshells to create this sculpture of Lillith. Photo courtesy of Gillian Genser.
    An artist suffered mysterious symptoms for years. Then she realized her sculpture was poisoning her.
    At first, Gillian Genser thought the headaches and vomiting were just the latest signs of autoimmune disorders she had battled for years. But...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 8, 2018 - 6:00am
    December 7, 2018
    MN Department of Health urges action to limit influenza this winter
    BEMIDJI -- A year after hundreds of deaths and thousands of hospitalizations because of influenza, health officials are reminding the public...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 7, 2018 - 7:14pm
    December 5, 2018
    Colorful elastic bands are used to keep track of donor blood types at United Blood Services in Fargo. The rarest and most useful blood type is O positive. Dave Olson/The Forum
    A Florida toddler needs extremely rare blood to beat cancer. The world is helping her find it.
    The biopsies and blood tests completed, and Zainab Mughal's rare blood mutation explained, her parents came to grips with the sudden complication...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 5, 2018 - 2:06pm
    December 3, 2018
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    VIDEO: Valley Health offers temporary free HIV tests
    GRAND FORKS — An area clinic is doing their part to raise awareness for HIV. Saturday, Dec. 1, was World AIDS Day, so on Monday, Valley Health...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 3, 2018 - 8:26pm
    Mental health data ‘horrifying’: Minnesota employers’ group seeks to improve statistics for the sake of their workers and their bottom line
    DULUTH — Deb Krause has two words for the results of mental health care in Minnesota: “They’re horrible.” Krause is vice president of...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 3, 2018 - 2:57pm
    December 2, 2018
    Shingles shot in short supply
    DULUTH — If you’re older than 50 and you’ve ever had the chickenpox, the good news is that the latest vaccine against shingles is very...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 2, 2018 - 4:20pm
    December 1, 2018
    Sunday brunch yoga at the Crystal City Sports Bar, in the Crystal City area of Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2018. (Hector Emanuel/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    The millions of new yogis in the U.S. should use these tips to avoid injury
    Despite its gentle reputation, yoga can be harmful, especially for those ages 65 and older.
    lifestyle/healthDecember 1, 2018 - 7:30am
    November 28, 2018
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    Californian was teased for 'beer belly.' It turned out to be 77-pound cancerous tumor.
    Californian was teased for 'beer belly.' It turned out to be 77-pound cancerous tumor.
    lifestyle/healthNovember 28, 2018 - 3:06pm
    South Dakota reports first flu death of season
    RAPID CITY, S.D. - A Pennington County resident between the age of 60 and 69 is South Dakota’s first influenza death of the 2018–2019 season,...
    lifestyle/healthNovember 28, 2018 - 9:44am
    November 27, 2018
    Study: Younger Minnesotans more likely to be hospitalized for diabetes
    ST. PAUL — Young adults with diabetes are struggling to manage their blood sugar levels, putting them at greater risk of ending up in the hospital than older adults, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The research, released Monday, Nov. 26, found young adults age 18...
    lifestyle/healthNovember 27, 2018 - 8:38pm
    November 21, 2018
    Laurie Chuppe, of Bismarck, was in cardiac arrest in January before her husband, Greg, performed CPR on her and saved her life. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    After husband saves wife, couple promotes CPR training
    BISMARCK — On Jan. 16, Greg Chuppe's wife, Laurie, went into sudden cardiac arrest. Laurie Chuppe, 58, had no symptoms that day. No chest pain....
    lifestyle/healthNovember 21, 2018 - 2:17pm
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