Overcoming opioids: When pills are a hospital's last resort
Fox News A car crash shattered Stuart Anders' thigh, leaving pieces of bone sticking through his skin. Yet Anders begged emergency room doctors not to give him powerful opioid painkillers — he'd been addicted once before and panicked at the thought of relapsing. |
Minnesota Public Radio News |
Edina raises age to buy tobacco to 21
Minnesota Public Radio News It's the first such law in the state, although cities elsewhere in the U.S. have adopted the policy, as did the state of California last year. City Council Member Mary Brindle hailed the measure as she and her colleagues voted to approve it. "It's ... |
Hepatitis A prompts recall of imported frozen raw tuna (Ahi) cubes
Outbreak News Today The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has been notified of imported frozen raw tuna or ahi cubes distributed by Tropic Fish Hawaii, LLC on Oahu that tested positive for hepatitis A. The product, imported from Indonesia, was used to prepare poke ... |
NPR |
Understanding The History Behind Communities' Vaccine Fears
NPR All four of Anab Gulaid's children have received their vaccinations on the recommended schedule. As Somali-American residents of Minneapolis, that puts them in the minority. Fewer than half of Minnesota children of Somali descent have received the MMR ... Measles outbreak sickens dozens of Minnesota Somalis |
WPXI Pittsburgh |
These triplets born with the same rare condition are starting a new life thanks to a team of doctors
WPXI Pittsburgh A set of months-old triplets are recovering after doctors performed the same surgery on each of them to correct their malformed skulls. >> Read more trending news. “After they were born, you could tell their heads were a little malformed, deformed ... |