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Strong medicine is needed to solve America’s rural health crisis
By TRACI MARQUIS-EYDMAN/STAT NEWS Growing up in the rural community of Fort Kent, Maine (population just shy of 4,000), I watched my parents struggle to find and keep a primary care physician. When I was young, this town in Aroostook, the state’s northernmost county,...
read moreRural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
By Katelyn Newman, Staff Writer – US News & World Report IN NOVEMBER 2017, A Southern town that was home to the nation's first 911 call was hit with hard news: Its local hospital would close its doors by year's end. With Lakeland Community Hospital gone, the...
read moreOverdose deaths drop in Minnesota
Written By: John Lundy | Duluth News Tribune The number of drug overdose deaths dropped steeply in Minnesota last year, the state Department of Health reported Tuesday. Calling the data preliminary, the health department said the number of overdose deaths in the state...
read moreYou Should Hike. Here’s Why:
A stroll in the woods as short as 15 minutes leads to physiological changes such as improved heart and mental health Written By: Melinda M. Lavine | Duluth News Tribune One of the things Trista Vucetich Anderson likes about living in Duluth is access to hiking. It...
read moreAppalachian nursing students gain real-world experience through partnership
By Jessica Stump, Appalachian Today BOONE, N.C. — Every Wednesday during February–April — save for university breaks — a group of nursing students donned in black and gold scrubs have traveled to Ashe Memorial Hospital to provide care to patients in the facility’s...
read moreMaine bars residents from opting out of immunizations for religious or philosophical reasons
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Maine has become the fourth state in the nation to prohibit people from opting out of immunization for religious or philosophical reasons. Governor Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law in May removing all non-medical exemptions to...
read moreThanking her angels: Woman brought back to life 4 times, shows her appreciation
By Jennifer Kraus, Brainerd Dispatch Karla Milinovich shouldn't be alive. She shouldn't be able to breathe. She shouldn't be able to walk. She shouldn't be able to do anything she loves or hates to do. Milinovich should be dead. In fact, she died about four times...
read moreMinnesota’s rural hospitals are hanging on — for now
As small-town medicine faces pressure nationwide, Minnesota hospitals struggle to adapt and survive. By Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune MADELIA, MINN. – The prognosis for Madelia Community Hospital has been grim for some years now. Births are no longer scheduled here....
read moreMinnesota Offers Farmers and Families Free Helpline
The Minnesota Farm & Rural Helpline is a free, confidential helpline available 24/7 for farmers and farm families dealing with stress. Users can call the number or access the website for resources related to crisis intervention, daily living assistance, and...
read more5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Health Care System
Mental and behavioral health are part of our general health and should be treated as such. Not a day goes by where I don’t talk about mental health with my patients. Society’s stigma around mental health is a problem, but I think we’re progressing toward greater...
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