Health

December 1, 2022 5:30 AM

Minnesota nurses set Dec. 11 strike date, plan 3-week walkout

The new strike threat covers more than a dozen hospitals around the Twin Cities and Duluth. Nurses walked out for three days in September. Despite the vote, Gov. Tim Walz said he’s “still incredibly hopeful” that a deal can be worked out.

by Michelle Wiley and Matt Sepic

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

December 1, 2022 4:00 AM

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

by Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 30, 2022 11:24 AM

Minnesota's medical cannabis program adds qualifying conditions: IBS and OCD

Minnesota health officials are expanding the list of conditions that qualify for the state’s medical cannabis program to include IBS and OCD.

by Andrew Krueger

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 30, 2022 10:30 AM

New approaches to managing type 2 diabetes

One in ten Americans have diabetes. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about new ways of understanding this chronic disease and what we can do to help prevent type 2 diabetes and manage it.

by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 30, 2022 9:40 AM

ND high court asked to lift injunction against abortion ban

An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an injunction that had blocked the state’s abortion ban, saying a lower court judge was wrong to grant it.

by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 30, 2022 9:34 AM

The rules of improv can make you funnier. They can also make you more confident.

Improv comedy is about more than making people laugh. It can help performers be more creative and self-assured — and combat anxiety, both on and off stage.

by Oluwakemi Aladesuyi and Audrey Nguyen

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 30, 2022 4:00 AM

Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

by Jon Hamilton

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 29, 2022 12:46 PM

China's lockdown protests and rising COVID leave Xi Jinping with '2 bad options'

Extraordinary street protests in some Chinese cities and campuses over the weekend put Xi Jinping's controversial approach to the pandemic under the spotlight.

by John Ruwitch

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

November 29, 2022 4:00 AM

The chase is on: Regulators are slowly cracking down on vapes aimed at teens

The advent of vaping revived nicotine addiction among young people after a dramatic decline. The FDA seems poised to at last yank some products aimed at teens from the market. Will it work?

by Yuki Noguchi