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Metro students returning to school today found some new healthier options in the cafeteria. New federal guidelines kicked in on Tuesday, which means smaller portions and more fruits and vegetables.
A parasite commonly referred to as the "brain-eating amoeba" infected a man teaching his daughter to swim in a southwestern Indiana lake, killing him within weeks, his father said Tuesday.
"Skull freezer" is certainly not a technical medical term, but most hospitals have one. The freezer helps to store bone flaps of the skull during the crucial waiting period between brain surgeries.
The School Nurse Organization of Minnesota is urging students to add meningitis vaccinations to their back-to-school check list.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, three people are believed to have developed a strain of influenza known as variant H1N2 (H1N2v) after exhibiting pigs or spending time in the swine barn at the Minnesota State Fair.
HealthPartners and Park Nicollet announced that they have agreed to combine their operations.
While most of us are out here having fun, there's one group keeping us all healthy.
With the final few days of summer break winding down, the children will be among the 38,000 students returning to Anoka-Hennepin schools next week. But it's a district where Pertussis booster, Tdap vaccine, will be as vital as backpacks.
Minnesota health officials say another case of a new flu strain linked to an animal market in Dakota County has been confirmed.
Gov. Mark Dayton is asking for federal permission to make changes to Minnesota's Medicaid program to save as much as $151 million over five years.
Which is worse? Obesity or normal weight with a 'beer belly?' The answer from a Mayo Clinic study might surprise you.
The future of Lily Lake is up in the air after a young boy died from a parasitic amoeba. Nine-year-old Jack Ariola Erenberg died earlier this month. His death came two years after Stillwater child, Anne Bahneman, died from contracting a similar amoeba in Lily Lake.
Neal Cronin has suffered many years with allergies, and said this year is particularly bad.
We hear a lot about the importance of getting enough sleep, but for school children, it's even more critical. Research has shown that kids who suffer from sleep deprivation tend to struggle in class.
Officials said more than a thousand people helped raise more than $3 million over the weekend in the fight against breast cancer.
