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If you feel your allergies have been hitting you harder, local doctors say it's not just in your head. The prolonged winter followed by the rapid warm-up caused pollen counts to rise quickly.
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If you feel your allergies have been hitting you harder, local doctors say it's not just in your head. The prolonged winter followed by the rapid warm-up caused pollen counts to rise quickly.
Nearly 1,000 people around the Twin Cities have signed up to take part in a nationwide cancer prevention study. In the next week, hundreds more will enroll.
A man proved Wednesday that life-changing injuries can't stop him from reaching his goals.
In an average month, 514,900 Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. The average monthly payment is $117.26 per person. In a visit to Bergan's SuperValu, WCCO loaded seven items into a grocery cart – cookies, candy, ice cream, dishwashing detergent, hot macaroni and cheese, dog food and steak – to test shoppers on their knowledge of what's eligible.
The nation's largest medical group has just recognized obesity as a disease. The new distinction may lead to policy changes in terms of interventions and treatments.
Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak is among 17 other big city mayors, including those of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, reviving a push prohibiting the use of food stamps to buy pop and other sugary drinks.
A Mayo Clinic study suggests that more Americans are currently taking prescription drugs than not. The results say that about 7 of 10 Americans are currently taking at least one prescription medication, and over 50 percent are on two different prescriptions.
The mayors of 18cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to test and evaluate approaches limiting" the use of the subsidies for sugar-laden beverages.
Now that the weather is finally warm enough to head outside without a long-sleeved shirt or pants, the mosquitoes, ticks and black flies have appeared. That had us wondering: Why do bug bites itch?
Jason Probst described what it was like last year in January when he was driving a vehicle down a street and hit a road side bomb in Afghanistan. "It was like driving and hitting a wall," he said.
One-third of all kids and teenagers are considered overweight or obese. Yet we hardly ever hear about kids who've lost a lot of weight. Frozen dinners aren't what most 15-year-olds eat. But Nate St. Martin isn't like most teenagers.
New research shows that if you have a lot of red meat in your diet it could increase your risk of type-2 diabetes. A study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine says researchers followed more than 100,000 people for four years. People who ate half a serving less of red meat a day reduced their risk of diabetes by 14 percent. But those who added a half serving increased their diabetes risk nearly 50 percent.
The common wisdom that breakfast is the most important meal of the day just got another jolt of energy, as the University of Minnesota just announced results of a new study that links the meal to a decrease in risk for type 2 diabetes.
Noticing bags or dark circles under your eyes? You're not alone. Good news: There are fixes for under-eye flaws. We had Jamie Yuccas and Natalie Nyhus go to Prischmann Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Edina to get some easy tips on battling those dark circles.
Minnesota is hiring people to help residents sign up for health plans through its new online health insurance exchange. But advocates say the state is discriminating against the poor by paying consumer assistants less to help low-income residents.
