Franken: Device Tax Repeal Will Win Support
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken says he's confident House lawmakers and President Obama will support repealing the medical device tax, a provision of the Senate budget passed last week.
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Minnesota Sen. Al Franken says he's confident House lawmakers and President Obama will support repealing the medical device tax, a provision of the Senate budget passed last week.
The Minnesota Department of Health reports that the number of diabetes cases in the state has doubled in the last 20 years, and many adults may not even be aware they have it.
A tax on pacemakers and other medical devices made in Minnesota may be going away. Since January there's been a 2.3 percent tax on medical device sales with the revenues earmarked to help pay for the new national health care reform law.
Researchers presented three new studies about salt at the American Heart Association meeting on Thursday.
In the eleventh week of this year's flu season, four more people have died of the virus, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
University of Minnesota officials say there's no foundation for concerns that its psychiatrists might have "rubber-stamped" vulnerable schizophrenic patients into a drug study.
Minnesota hospitals and nurses are moving past differences to back a compromise to track and study how patient care units are staffed.
We've all heard the plea to donate blood. But it's not just humans who need it during an emergency or surgery.
A new government report suggests the number of children with autism in the U.S. is underestimated.
Minnesotans will be able to buy health insurance online through a state-based marketplace called MNsure, starting in 2014.
According to a new report, Carver County holds the rank of healthiest county in Minnesota.
A Minnesota congressman wants thousands of military discharges reviewed, saying a lot of veterans may have been misdiagnosed.
Minnesotans will be able to buy health insurance online through a state-based marketplace called MNsure, starting in 2014.
We know the sun's powerful rays can cause damage to our skin like brown spots, wrinkles and even cancer. Now new technology is using light to do the opposite.
Twenty-nine percent of Americans tell researchers they're trying to avoid gluten. Why?
