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• 3 doctors disciplined by board; 4th has license suspended
  Two physicians were found to have contributed to the deaths of three patients; others were punished because of conduct and substance abuse.
  May 16, 2008
• Disorders more likely in adopted teens
  Researcher Margaret Keyes, a University of Minnesota psychologist, stressed that adoptive parents or those thinking about adopting shouldn't be alarmed by her study, because rates of emotional problems are relatively low among all adolescents studied, but were higher among adopted kids.
  May 6, 2008
• Probe: No violations linked to fire that hurt baby at Mercy
  Coon Rapids' Mercy Hospital was in violation of some minor safety code rules on Jan. 22 when Maverick Werth was burned in his bassinet. But none of the violations was related to the accident.
  May 2, 2008
• Buyers find secondhand craft float their boat
  An auction designed to help goose the local marine industry brought out a crowd, despite cold weather and a soft economy.
  Apr 28, 2008
• April 10: State faults club for Abigail's pool injury
  The Health Department imposed the maximum fine against the Minneapolis Golf Club, where Abigail Taylor was fatally hurt.
  Apr 23, 2008
• Mayo identifies Austin pork-plant disease
  It is the first detailed medical picture of the mysterious neurological condition, called progressive inflammatory neuropathy, among workers at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin.
  Apr 17, 2008
• Dalai Lama: Lessons of Buddhism as applied to medicine
  Despite anxiety over events in Tibet, the Dalai Lama talks to Mayo Clinic doctors on the healing force of compassion.
  Apr 17, 2008
• Brain benefits when body works, study finds
  Mayo-led research finds exercise may reduce memory loss later in life.
  Apr 17, 2008
• $65 million gift to U has big goal: Cure cancer
  The Masons' $65 million gift to the university's cancer center is their way of making a difference that will last forever.
  Apr 11, 2008
• March 22: Abigail Taylor: A fighter to the end; she helped spur new laws
  The Edina girl died at age 6 following devastating injuries from a pool-drain accident last summer. Her story helped enact new safety laws.
  Apr 9, 2008

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