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Minnesota SIDS rate worrisomePublished On Monday, January 18th 2010
Minnesota has the highest rate of crib deaths at day-care businesses when compared with 10 other states, and health experts don't know why. They suspect, however, that caregivers may be less likely to have heard about the importance of putting ... Read More Minnesota SIDS rate worrisomePublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Minnesota has the highest rate of crib deaths at day-care businesses when compared with 10 other states, and health experts don't know why. They suspect, however, that caregivers may be less likely to have heard about the ... Read More Close to homePublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
As planners are rethinking nursing-home care, the options will become more varied and familiar. Already, the wave has begun. Growing availability of in-home services and assisted-living apartments has driven nursing-home occupancy down. For most people, the nursing home ... Read More Minnesota teen birth rate is fourth lowestPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Like the rest of nation, Minnesota has seen a dramatic decrease in births to teen-agers since the early 1990s. In 1998, the most recent year for which data are available, there were 30.6 births for every 1,000 teen-age ... Read More Teen birth rate in U.S. is lowest in 60 yearsPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Teen-agers are having babies at the lowest rate in at least 60 years, and everyone is taking credit -- from religious groups that push abstinence to advocates for contraceptives and sex education in schools. Analysts from several viewpoints agreed ... Read More `Fat switch’ discovery holds no promise of weight lossPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
In America's endless search for a magic pill to shrink the waistline, researchers have found a ``fat switch'' -- a protein that causes developing cells to become either muscle or fat. But unfortunately, the ``fat switch'' protein does not ... Read More Irritable bowel syndrome very real condition affecting mostly womenPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Jean's problem started in high school, with repeated bouts of abdominal cramps, a perpetual bloated feeling and the need to visit the bathroom dozens of times a day for long periods at a time but without much relief. ... Read More Officials consider limit of one beer keg per householdPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Hoping to curtail loud parties and underage drinking in the college town of Winona, city officials are considering an ordinance to penalize residents caught with more than one keg of beer in their homes. Under the proposal, which will ... Read More Milwaukee-area heroin deaths hit record levelPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Heroin overdoses killed eight people in Milwaukee County during a two-week period, the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office says. The eight deaths through Thursday boosted this year's total to 15 -- already breaking the county record for a whole ... Read More An Inside JobPublished On Wednesday, October 21st 2009
A prison training program prepares dogs to assist people with disabilities while providing their inmate-handlers a chance at redemption. Eighteen dogs specially trained by state inmates have been placed with people with disabilities under a special corrections ... Read More Recent PostsPopular PostsCategories
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