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The Risks and Benefits of New Netflix Show “13 Reasons Why”
The recently released Netflix show 13 Reasons Why vividly depicts a 17 year-old girl’s rationale for ending her own life.
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Why are Opioids Addictive?
The U.S. has a serious opioid problem. In 2014, an estimated 2 million Americans abused opioids, and 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.
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Phillips Neighborhood Clinic Adding More Specialty Care
Every Monday and Thursday night, a makeshift clinic tucked in the basement of a Minneapolis church welcomes people who have wide ranging health needs – from sore throats to tooth aches to blurry...
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Q&A: The Neural Switch Sparking Relapse in Addicts
Currently, 24 million Americans struggle with addiction, one of the most common culprits being prescription painkillers. Unfortunately, 80 to 90% of those who overcome this disease face the...
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Should All Breast Cancer Patients Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy Treatment?
Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer will often consider an adjuvant therapy, usually a precautionary regimen of chemotherapy to ensure the cancer is completely gone.
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Blood Sugar-Related Hospital Visits More Frequent for Younger Adults with Diabetes
UMN Medical School researchers contribute to new diabetes research for the state of Minnesota.
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Study Explores How Bodies Breakdown Fats
Nearly 2 billion people worldwide are living with Fatty Liver Disease, which occurs when lipid droplets – the sites where fat is stored in cells – accumulate in the organ.
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Few Teens Receive Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Less than one percent of adolescents addicted to opiates receive medications to help them quit, new research shows. The Journal of Adolescent Health says that’s compared to 12 percent of adults...
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UMN, Uganda Students Collaborate on Global Health Issues
For students studying global health at the University of Minnesota, there’s a new partnership that’s poised to teach real-world lessons while expanding their education boundaries – literally.
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What Can We Learn from the Patterns of Eating Disorders?
Eating disorders can take many forms. There is evidence to show that people with one form may transition to another over time. How and why this happens has not been closely examined, until now.
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Prepare to Spring Forward! Daylight Saving Begins Sunday March 12
Daylight saving time is fast approaching- a day many of us dread because it often means losing an hour of sleep.
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Colon and Colorectal Cancers on the Rise in U.S. Millennials
Colon and colorectal cancers are among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women in the United States. A
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Research Snapshot: Developing A Computational Model for Understanding Brain Activity
There are theories for everything. Newton’s Law is a pillar of physics. Supply and demand is a pillar of economics. But what about neuroscience?
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Rare Disease Day Gives Voice to Serious Illnesses
30 million Americans are affected by rare diseases – more than half are children.
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Outcomes Improving for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
If a child needed a kidney transplant 40 years ago, their chance of one-year survival was 85 percent.
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Zuzia’s New Skin: A Pioneering Treatment for EB
Nine-year-old Zuzia Macheta pretends she is a ballerina, tiptoeing around in a frilly pink skirt and doing something she has longed to do her entire life— showing off her tights.
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ACL Tears Increasing Among Kids, Study Shows
For high caliber athletes, a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a seasoning-ending event.
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Cervical Cancer is Killing More Women Than Medical Experts Thought, Study Says
“In my opinion, the study’s most disturbing revelation was this: black women living in the United States die at the same rate from cervical cancer as women living in sub-Saharan Africa,” said...
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Expert Perspective: 1-in-4 U.S. Men Has HPV Strains Linked to Cancer
Last week, a study published in JAMA Oncology revealed one in four men in the U.S. are infected with human papilloma virus (HPV). And, that’s just the people with the cancer-causing strains.
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U Joins National Partnership Aimed at Expanding Biopharmaceutical Workforce and Industry
The University of Minnesota will join a team of academic institutions, private companies, governmental entities and non-profit organizations across the U.S. as a partner for the newly established...
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