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Mayo Clinic podcast: Don’t miss a beat with preventive heart care

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Wellness 4:11 pm, Apr. 15, 2021

Preventable alcohol deaths rose in Minnesota in 2020

Wellness 3:00 pm, Apr. 12, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: The importance of physical activity for kids of all abilities

Diamond Reynolds, former fiancé of Philando Castile, spoke during "The Secret March" in St. Pau on Oct. 8, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Wellness 11:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021

People who film police violence struggle to escape what they captured

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said people who are overweight or obese should be screened for diabetes beginning at age 35. Dreamstime / TNS

Wellness 7:30 am, Mar. 23, 2021

Diabetes screening should begin at age 35 for people who are overweight, panel recommends

Trevis Hall’s insurer gave him a monitor last year at no cost as part of a program to help control his diabetes. He says it doesn’t hurt when he attaches the monitor to his belly twice a month. Lynne Shallcross / KHN

Wellness 7:00 am, Mar. 23, 2021

‘Painless’ glucose monitors pushed despite little evidence they help most diabetes patients

Wellness 2:45 pm, Mar. 22, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: The silent defects of congenital heart disease need lifelong surveillance

Dr. LaTonya Hickson, Mayo Clinic nephrologist.

Wellness 4:35 pm, Mar. 11, 2021

Understanding chronic kidney disease on World Kidney Day

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Wellness 7:05 am, Mar. 2, 2021

Medications and supplements that can raise your blood pressure

Wellness 7:01 am, Feb. 23, 2021

What can help keep my child’s eyes from hurting after being online all day for school?

Wellness 7:00 pm, Feb. 22, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: Hidden gallbladder and bile duct cancers

Since 1980, the federal government has revised dietary guidelines every five years, and the recommendations have a wide impact on American health and commerce. The guidelines are the road map to how the government administers school lunches as well as food assistance programs. Dreamstime / Tribune News Service

Wellness 11:00 am, Feb. 21, 2021

Commentary: It's time for a plant-powered overhaul of American diets

In the U.S., 1 in 4 women die from cardiovascular disease. "We've just scratched the surface of what we need to know about heart disease. Each time we peel back a layer, we realize we need to know more," says Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a cardiologist and founder of the Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic. Pexels

Wellness 9:05 am, Feb. 21, 2021

What women should know about their heart health

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia Sept. 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

Wellness 10:50 am, Feb. 18, 2021

U.S. life expectancy fell by one year in 2020, CDC data shows

Wellness 9:00 am, Feb. 16, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: How you can lower your risk for cancer

Medication errors can happen to anyone in any place, including your own home and at the health care provider's office, hospital, pharmacy and senior living facility. Pixabay

Wellness 7:25 am, Feb. 10, 2021

Cut your risk of medication errors with these tips

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Wellness 10:00 am, Feb. 7, 2021

Mayo Clinic Q & A: What does a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis mean for my sister?

The problems facing families may have deeper, more enduring effects on children, who don't have the perspective to see the pandemic as a temporary circumstance. Tribune News Service

Wellness 7:00 am, Feb. 7, 2021

Students' mental health deteriorating during pandemic

Dozens of kids enjoy the sledding hill on the first hole Jan. 2, 2021 at Edgewood Golf Course in Fargo. Rob Beer / Forum News Service

Wellness 11:54 am, Feb. 1, 2021

As frigid temperatures approach, here's what parents should know about dressing their kids

Patients with hamstring issues often get more long-term relief from tightness with specific stability exercises as opposed to stretching alone. Nathan Cowley / Pexels

Wellness 6:40 am, Jan. 27, 2021

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Why stretching hamstrings most often provides only short-term relief

Wellness 11:16 am, Jan. 25, 2021

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Learn about leukemia, advancing care for leukemia patients

“It's not too late, not too late at all" to get your flu shot this season, says Karen Green Martin, senior epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health. Forum News Service file photo

Wellness 8:01 am, Jan. 24, 2021

How COVID-19 measures throttled this flu season -- so far

Missouri’s mental health department and the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis convened focus groups with drug users and their families, and used their words on billboards for the NoMODeaths campaign. Rachel Winograd / KHN / TNS

Wellness 5:00 am, Jan. 24, 2021

Are public health ads worth the price? Not if they’re all about fear

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Wellness 7:00 pm, Jan. 22, 2021

Psst ... Your cardiologist isn't impressed with that standing desk

Wellness 6:30 am, Jan. 22, 2021

Virtual program highlights dementia detection, diagnosis