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    November 21, 2017
    Sledding injuries — such as broken arms, back injuries and concussions — are common at the The Urgency Room, according to Dr. Carolyn McClain. She recommends choosing snowy, not icy hills and to make sure the hill is free of obstacles like jumps, bumps, rocks, poles or trees before beginning sledding. Stock photo
    Top dangers threatening to take the happy out of the holidays
    Nothing makes you more of a grinch during the holiday season than a trip to the emergency room when you should be home enjoying good food, family...
    lifestyle/healthNovember 21, 2017 - 7:59pm
    October 27, 2017
    Minnesota Public Radio presenter John Moe speaks at the Make It OK Community Conversation at Stillwater Middle School on Oct. 12. Submitted photo
    Health briefs: Community Conversation gets people talking about mental health
    About 200 people gathered Oct. 12 at Stillwater Middle School for the Make It OK Community Conversation. Make It OK is a campaign to reduce the...
    lifestyle/healthOctober 27, 2017 - 12:00pm
    October 26, 2017
    Rotarians (from left) Chris Blasius, Linda Yde, Gorden Hedahl, Heather Logelin and Terry McKay pose Oct. 19, 2017, outside Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls, Wis. Rotary Clubs around the world observed End Polio Day held Oct. 24. Michael Brun / RiverTown Multimedia
    This close: Rotary clubs observe World Polio Day as disease nears eradication
    River Falls Rotarians Gorden Hedahl and Linda Yde said they remember what it was like to live under the spectre of polio and iron lung machines....
    lifestyle/healthOctober 26, 2017 - 8:39pm
    October 19, 2017
    Stable Relations program coordinator Bridget McConnell with her horse Bubba. Photo courtesy Bridget McConnell
    Q&A: Wisconsin company utilizes horses in learning
    Humans have long relied on horses for transportation, plowing fields and other physical tasks. At a company in western Wisconsin, horses are...
    lifestyle/healthOctober 19, 2017 - 5:15pm
    October 13, 2017
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    Q&A: It's flu season — here's what you need to know
    Someone at work or school may already sick. Maybe it's you. Influenza season is here, and health experts are once again urging folks to get...
    lifestyle/healthOctober 13, 2017 - 7:08am
    October 10, 2017
    Dr. Lucy Kalanithi reads from her late husband's memoir "When Breath Becomes Air" as WDAY reporter Kevin Wallevand listens. Photo courtesy of Dennis Krull, 5foot20 Design / Special to Forum News Service
    Simply dying: End-of-life expert offers comforting advice
    FARGO — Everybody dies. But according to best-selling author and speaker Barbara Karnes, most people think "Everyone 'else' dies. I'm not...
    newsOctober 10, 2017 - 6:49am
    October 9, 2017
    MNsure Executive Allison O'Toole. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    MNSure CEO sys reinsurance is 'short-term fix'
    BRAINERD, Minn. — MNSure CEO Allison O'Toole offered up solutions Monday, Oct. 9, to help make sure health insurance premiums stay flat....
    newsOctober 9, 2017 - 9:23pm
    September 27, 2017
    Health briefs: Yoga classes offered in Hastings; Telemedicine program comes to western Wis. hospitals
    BreakAway Arts and Cafe, Caring Hands Massage and Spa, and MindfulMotion Pilates, Fitness and Ayurveda are teaming up to offer two new classes beginning next month in Hastings.
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 27, 2017 - 7:00pm
    As Minnesota and Wisconsin grapple with solutions to further curb impaired driving, repeat drunken drivers continue to find their way onto the road. Youssef Rddad / RiverTown Multimedia.
    At a crossroads: Repeat impaired drivers continue to slip through the system
    There’s a difference between losing someone after a long illness and a death that occurs suddenly. Mark and Sue Riley learned that the hard...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 27, 2017 - 8:45am
    September 26, 2017
    The 50,300-square-foot Twin Cities Orthopedics building opened to patients Sept. 5 at the corner of Radio Drive and Bailey Road near East Ridge High School. Michael Brun / RiverTown Multimedia
    Grand opening is Saturday for new Woodbury Twin Cities Orthopedics
    Twin Cities Orthopedics will celebrate the recent opening of its new Woodbury location on the corner of Bailey Road and Radio Drive with a ceremony...
    businessSeptember 26, 2017 - 12:40pm
    September 24, 2017
    Editorial: No more 'one for the road'
    Again and again people make the wrong choice. They have two, three, four drinks too many and then get behind the wheel. In Minnesota, 41 percent...
    opinion/editorialsSeptember 24, 2017 - 11:00am
    September 23, 2017
    Westfields cardiac rehab program receives certification; Mesothelioma Awareness Day is Sept. 26: Health briefs
    Westfields cardiac rehab program receives certification
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 23, 2017 - 2:00pm
    September 20, 2017
    Caden Maddigan of Cottage Grove (center) is pictured at a recent Make A Wish event. Standing at his side are his mother Kyra and sister Avery. Immediately behind them are father Craig and brother Cody. Photo courtesy Craig Maddigan
    Cottage Grove family rallies around teen’s cancer fight
    It started with swollen lymph nodes and a strep throat diagnosis in late-2015, but what came next for Cottage Grove teenager Caden Maddigan was...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 20, 2017 - 9:22am
    September 13, 2017
    Head injuries and fall sports: How to protect young athletes
    Between Aug.1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, a sampling of only 39 public high schools in Minnesota (8 percent of Minnesota's high schools) reported...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 13, 2017 - 7:00pm
    The 50,300-square-foot Twin Cities Orthopedics building opened to patients Sept. 5 at the corner of Radio Drive and Bailey Road near East Ridge High School. Michael Brun / RiverTown Multimediaplay button
    Getting back in the game: Two orthopedic clinics open this month in Woodbury
    The number of health care options east of the Twin Cities is expanding in September with two new orthopedic clinics in Woodbury. Twin Cities...
    businessSeptember 13, 2017 - 6:00pm
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