All those daily activities we'd rather avoid — taking the stairs, cleaning the house etc. — have a big metabolic payoff. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis can help manage weight and boost health.
We’ve got mainly good news on COVID-19 in humans, but bad for deer. Also: cannabis storage safety and a recent downward trend in marijuana use among Minnesota teens.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday signed an executive order directing the city’s police department and other agencies to deprioritize investigating or arresting people for using certain psychoactive plants, such as psilocybin mushrooms.
Virtual access to doctors is a huge plus for patients. But it's a lot of new work for physicians. And the health care business model hasn't caught up with this new reality.
Beginning Aug. 1, people 21 and older can possess, use and grow cannabis in limited amounts. Purchasing marijuana, on the other hand, is a bit more complex — at least for now.
Since 1996, state treatment courts have provided an alternative to incarceration for some who enter the criminal justice system. Participants make regular appearances in front of a judge, are supervised under a probation officer and must submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
Since January of 2022, the Minnesota Poison Control System said it’s been contacted about 66 children under age 3 requiring medical care due to exposure to opioids, including fentanyl.
Scientists have used a gene-editing technique to make mosquitos allies in the fight against malaria. Environmentalists are troubled by the idea of genetically modifying wild animals.
After three and a half years of construction and two years of concept and design work, Essentia Health in Duluth celebrates the grand opening of its new $900 million hospital Thursday.