Business
January 30, 2017
The life cycle at the Davis Family Diaries begins at their Granby Calf Ranch in Nicollet. ] JIM GEHRZ • james.gehrz@startribune.com / LeSueur,

Push continues for fewer antibiotics in livestock industry

Variety
January 28, 2017
Yoga instructor Maria Toso taught a restorative yoga and somatics workshop at the Yoga Center in St. Paul.

Restorative yoga class in St. Paul puts the 'ah' in asana

Restorative yoga allows you to relax and release muscle tension by barely lifting a finger.
Variety
January 28, 2017
Daisha DeMike of St. Paul held got a Botox treatment from injection specialist Rebecca Suess Thursday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@star

Botox is booming among millennials — some as young as 18

Selfie culture prompts preventive approach by a generation of younger users.
Local
January 28, 2017
Chris and Ann Carda prayed with their two children, Alexandra and Harrison, before dinner in their home in St. Louis Park Wednesday. ] (AARON LAVINSKY

Surrogacy is the latest reproductive rights debate at the Minnesota Capitol

Battle pits infertile couples against faith groups, who call it "renting a womb."
Minneapolis
January 27, 2017

Medicare disciplines Fairview over patient runaway

Parents say the incident at the University of Minnesota Medical Center last month was only one of the failures that jeopardized their 13-year-old.
Variety
January 27, 2017
Cat Yoga is a thing, and it's come to Minnesota. (Kevin Tanaka/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ORG XMIT: MIN1610310009400979

Na-meow-ste: The cat yoga trend has arrived in Minnesota

Shelter cats are the latest accessory at yoga class, and you can take one home afterward.
Science
January 26, 2017

Health briefs: Hepatitis C drugs may have serious side effects

Science
January 26, 2017
Two staples of the University of Minnesota Psychiatry Department — industry-funded drug trials and the recruitment of hospitalized patients as resea

Under new leader, U's psychiatry department shifting research

Industry-funded drug trials and the recruitment of hospitalized patients as research subjects have been curbed.
North Metro
January 26, 2017
Nurse practitioner Nicole Leand (left) and Becky Fink, executive director of Nucleus Clinic, work the check-in table between appointments Tuesday at a

Two new clinics meet 'huge need' for health care at north metro community colleges

The clinics at North Hennepin and Anoka-Ramsey colleges help improve access for a group of young people that research shows is in urgent need of such care.
Local
January 26, 2017

Drug treatment center in Fergus Falls violated state rules, falsified document

State says the substance abuse facility falsified a record, broke other rules.
Politics
January 26, 2017

Dayton seeks $8 million to rebuild child psychiatric hospital in Willmar

Site only one that serves children and teens with severe mental illnesses.
January 26, 2017
This undated photo provided by the Salk Institute on Jan. 24, 2017 shows a 4-week-old pig embryo which had been injected with human stem cells. The ex

Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs

It's a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into people.
Local
January 24, 2017

Tevlin: Preemie in 1942 battled odds, and he won

Local
January 24, 2017
Joe Torre

Prostate cancer strikes many, kills few

Variety
January 24, 2017
Ken Burns on Mayo Clinic: 'One of the most amazing medical places on Earth'

Ken Burns on Mayo Clinic: 'One of the most amazing medical places on Earth'

The acclaimed filmmaker is more involved in Minnesota project than initially realized.
Variety
January 23, 2017
Daisy Duarte holds her mother Soniaís hand. Sonia has a genetic form of early-onset Alzheimerís and Daisy carries the same gene. Photo by PB

Aging boomers, lack of funding for Alzheimer's may lead to 'major social and economic crisis'

TPT documentary aims national spotlight on looming Alzheimer's "epidemic" and its financial and emotional toll on families.
West Metro
January 22, 2017
Natalie Sinkler, a child protection worker, took a call at an office in northeast Minneapolis.

Hennepin County leads state in 24/7 child protection response

Following a state mandate, Hennepin social workers now respond quickly to abuse calls.
Science
January 21, 2017

Health briefs: Smoking costs world's economies $1 trillion per year

Science
January 19, 2017
Virginia Bliss, who lives in the Atlanta area, is taking part in a Zika vaccine trial led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Meet three women on the front lines of Zika vaccine testing

At least six vaccine candidates are in the development pipeline in the United States, with drug companies and government institutions collaborating to accelerate the process.
Science
January 19, 2017
Formed a century ago as an oprhanage for children whose parents died in a mill explosion, the Washburn Center has emerged as Minnesota's only standlon

Minneapolis therapy for child trauma attracts global interest

A successful approach to treating post-traumatic stress in youngsters, developed at the Washburn Center for Children, is being exported to Japan and China.

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