It's your surgeon's turn to say 'open wide'

Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin

Some Minnesota doctors are ready to operate without a scalpel and without leaving a scar.

Warning expanded on tainted cookies

Tests found that the Wonderfarm brand cookie-type biscuits, made in China and Southeast Asia, contain melamine.

Photo right: Cookies recalled

Deductibles soaring even for traditional health care plans

The high deductible has gone mainstream.

Nurses urge 'ounce of prevention' on Minnesota's traffic laws

Stricter rules for the road could save lives and reduce injuries, which saves money, the group said.

Transplant without rejection?

For the first time, doctors implanted a windpipe that was relined with the patient's own stem cells.

Zimbabwe doctors blame govt for cholera epidemic

A group of doctors said Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe's government is to blame for a cholera epidemic sweeping Zimbabwe and that the disease's spread there is being dramatically underreported.

Minnesota disciplines four doctors, two for inappropriate contact

A Duluth physician allegedly made "unusual sounds or facial expressions" during his exams.

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