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Highlights from Wellness Wednesday: Looking at hearing loss, tackling addictions

Highlights from Wellness Wednesday: Looking at hearing loss, tackling addictions

Will direct-to-consumer hearing aids make it easier to address hearing loss? MPR News host Angela Davis shares highlights from two Wellness Wednesday shows, one on hearing loss and another on tackling addictions.
by Angela Davis

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If you're 40, it's time to start mammograms, according to new guidelines

If you're 40, it's time to start mammograms, according to new guidelines

The influential U.S. Preventive Task Force issue a draft of its new breast cancer screening guidelines. They're now recommending women start younger, amid a rise in breast cancer rates.
by Allison Aubrey

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Minnesota hospitals put the heat on lawmakers to back away from health care package

Minnesota hospitals put the heat on lawmakers to back away from health care package

Minnesota hospitals and the Mayo Clinic are pressuring lawmakers to back away from two proposals in both the House and Senate versions of a health care package. One provision would create a Health Care Affordability Board that would make recommendations to address rising costs. Another would give nurses more say in hospital staffing levels.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital's fight to recover

Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital's fight to recover

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks over the past few years. Getting hacked can cost a hospital millions of dollars and expose patient data, and even jeopardize patient care.
by Farah Yousry

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Future of Us: The pandemic offered workers a golden opportunity – but inequities to navigate

Future of Us: The pandemic offered workers a golden opportunity – but inequities to navigate

The pandemic gave workers fresh evidence that business doesn’t have to operate as usual. An organizational behavior expert says it’s an opportunity to make work better for people, if we can avoid creating new inequities in the process.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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