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Health
The secret to a long life? Fraud and shoddy record keeping, says one researcher
New research out of the U.K. appears to debunk most instances of super centenarians, or extra-long lives, as fraud and bad record-keeping. But an organization promoting the concept of blue zones of longevity says that research is not credible.
The toll of gun violence on survivors
In the news, we hear about people who are killed by gunfire, but what about the people who survive? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the toll of surviving and witnessing gun violence.
Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization
The latest MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll shows, despite adult cannabis use now being legal in Minnesota only 14 percent of respondents reported using it in the last month. The poll also found a majority of those surveyed support legalization of cannabis on a national level.  
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease
It is unclear if Favre’s disease is connected to his football career or head injuries. Favre made the announcement as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi.
'I Don’t Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would give him access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.