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Patients or prisoners?

Bob Collins October 20, 2009, 3:08 PM Oct 20, 2009

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If a sexual offender treatment facility in Moose Lake is more hospital than prison, why are people worked up about flat-screen TVs?

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Got questions about the flu?

Than Tibbetts October 15, 2009, 12:00 PM Oct 15, 2009

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Join MPR News health reporter Lorna Benson at noon for a Q&A about the H1N1 (swine) and seasonal flu.

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In the pink

Bob Collins October 6, 2009, 1:58 PM Oct 6, 2009

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During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, how much pink is too much pink?

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Saving Pvt. Hafterson

Bob Collins September 30, 2009, 12:04 PM Sep 30, 2009

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A Circle Pines soldier needs treatment for PTSD. Instead, he’s in a jail cell.

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Did money talk?

Bob Collins September 29, 2009, 2:04 PM Sep 29, 2009

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The people deciding health care legislation make plenty of money from industries most affected by the proposals.

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Strung out on sanitizer?

Bob Collins September 21, 2009, 1:50 PM Sep 21, 2009

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Some parents worry about the alcohol content in hand sanitizer.

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What’s so scary about H1N1?

Bob Collins September 14, 2009, 3:05 PM Sep 14, 2009

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You get a runny nose. You get some fever. You feel lousy. And your best friends will make a bigger deal out of it than it needs to be.

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Can undocumented immigrants get government subsidized health care?

Bob Collins September 10, 2009, 9:34 AM Sep 10, 2009

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Technically, yes. And that’s the problem with the health care debate. It demands a discussion of details.

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The “M” word in health care

Bob Collins September 9, 2009, 4:55 PM Sep 9, 2009

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The one aspect of health care that everyone admits is broken, is the one few want to talk about.

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H1N1’s big numbers

Bob Collins August 25, 2009, 7:00 PM Aug 25, 2009

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After last spring’s build-up and resulting backlash, who’s left who’s still listening to the warnings and advice?

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The health care debate: Marginal treatments

Bob Collins August 25, 2009, 2:00 PM Aug 25, 2009

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Should there be a national discussion on whether anyone — public or private — should pay for treatments that have marginal value?

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Who gets the flu vaccine first?

Bob Collins August 20, 2009, 4:14 PM Aug 20, 2009

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Should it be people most likely to die from the illness or the people most likely to spread it?

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Health care rationing?

Bob Collins August 19, 2009, 9:53 AM Aug 19, 2009

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A Harvard economist finds a debating partner in a news anchor.

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Little evidence that sexual orientation change efforts work

Bob Collins August 5, 2009, 4:57 PM Aug 5, 2009

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There’s no evidence that therapy can transform a homosexual into a straight person, the American Psychological Association says.

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Crime and Justice · Regional history

Flying drunk

Bob Collins August 3, 2009, 10:23 AM Aug 3, 2009

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A former Northwest pilot revisits the time he and his crew flew their flight drunk.

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Tag: Health

Patients or prisoners?

Got questions about the flu?

In the pink

Saving Pvt. Hafterson

Did money talk?

Strung out on sanitizer?

What’s so scary about H1N1?

Can undocumented immigrants get government subsidized health care?

The “M” word in health care

H1N1’s big numbers

The health care debate: Marginal treatments

Who gets the flu vaccine first?

Health care rationing?

Little evidence that sexual orientation change efforts work

Flying drunk