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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Health

Live chat: What’s right, what’s wrong when biking?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2009, 1:06 PM May 14, 2009
7

Join us at 1 p.m. (CT) when we talk about the best practices of riding to work or anywhere else.

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Is it time to end the war on drugs?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2009, 10:56 AM May 14, 2009
4

Is it possible to eliminate a demand only through treatment?

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The legacy of Chad Green

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2009, 1:12 PM May 8, 2009
7

The story of a Sleepy Eye couple and their cancer-stricken child mirrors one of the nation’s landmark cases.

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Are journalists class clowns on swine flu coverage?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 6, 2009, 3:27 PM May 6, 2009
10

One of the harshest criticisms about coverage of the swine flu comes today from a journalist.

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The other side of the story

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 5, 2009, 10:49 AM May 5, 2009
1

Anecdotal stories about media reaction to the flu undermine some important facts.

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The myth of the health care access fund

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2009, 5:14 PM May 4, 2009
5

If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the fund that pays for MinnesotaCare had run out of money.

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The flu picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2009, 2:31 PM May 4, 2009
3

Whether the flu outbreak is overstated or not is a matter of some conjecture, but perhaps we can agree that attempts to graphically represent the outbreak generally fail miserably.

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The flu formerly known as swine

Than Tibbetts April 30, 2009, 3:02 PM Apr 30, 2009
6

What’s in a name? Novel influenza, influenza A (H1N1), 2009 H1N1 flu, North-American influenza or just plain swine flu.

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The changing flu landscape

Than Tibbetts April 29, 2009, 10:05 AM Apr 29, 2009

What you knew yesterday about the swine flu might not be true today. Are you keeping up with the information fast enough?

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Grilled

Than Tibbetts April 21, 2009, 1:40 PM Apr 21, 2009
4

A study shows eating charred or burned meat may increase your risk of pancreatic cancer by 60 percent. Time to ban BBQ?

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Bedbugs

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2009, 11:29 AM Apr 14, 2009

Worse than the advancing Emerald Ash Borer.

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Weapons of mass mosquito destruction.

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2009, 5:54 PM Mar 18, 2009
3

A laser weapon to kill mosquitoes. It’s the brainchild of the team that worked on President Reagan’s Star Wars initiative.

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You’re 22? It’s all downhill from here, kid

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2009, 11:09 AM Mar 16, 2009
3

A new study says the brain starts to decline at 27.

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Vets: Who pays for their treatment?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2009, 3:21 PM Mar 11, 2009
6

Veterans who are injured in battle would be required to pay for treatment of their injuries with private insurance under a plan being considered by the Obama administration.

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Should marijuana be legalized in Minnesota?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2009, 9:39 AM Mar 11, 2009
30

A bill to allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has passed its second test this week.

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