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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Health

Politics

Dayton doomed marijuana legislation by giving all negotiating power to law enforcement

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2014, 12:32 PM Mar 11, 2014
28

The legislation in Minnesota was probably doomed the moment Gov. Dayton urged both sides to work together on the issue. With the governor declaring he wouldn’t sign the bill without law enforcement’s blessing, there was no reason for law enforcement to negotiate, no matter how many sad stories the state’s citizens told. Read more →

P.O.S. gets a kidney

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2014, 3:10 PM Mar 4, 2014
2

For more than a year, Stefon Alexander, the Twin Cities rapper who performs as P.O.S., has been looking for a kidney. His musician pals, DoomTree, crowdfunded the cost, raising more than $47,000 for the procedure, well over the initial $25,000 goal. Finding a kidney turned out to be harder. Read more →

Coon Rapids mom ends cancer treatment to spend more time with sons

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 1:25 PM Feb 27, 2014
3

Lynn Acker, 37, of Coon Rapids, has left Mayo Clinic, where she’s been treated for cancer, and she’s not going back because she wants to spend her remaining days with her three hockey-playing kids. Read more →

U.S. senators too busy to listen to a story about a woman’s Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2014, 11:16 AM Feb 27, 2014
7

Actor Seth Rogen came a congressional subcommittee to talk about his mother-in-law’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. Many lawmakers ignored him. Read more →

In mental health center fight, Golden Valley gets the black eye it deserves

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2014, 12:15 PM Feb 21, 2014
3

Golden Valley’s reaction to a proposed mental health center for kids was hateful, and shameful. Read more →

Depression and the long goodbye

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2014, 4:10 PM Feb 19, 2014
7

What drives people to suicide? Some insight. Read more →

Faced with chance to help kids with mental illness, Golden Valley punts

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 7, 2014, 1:58 PM Feb 7, 2014
7

Golden Valley shows why mental health care for children is still a taboo subject in much of America.
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Crime and Justice

Researchers: Urban crime may be causing war zone-level stress

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2014, 11:35 AM Feb 4, 2014
2

Is violence in north Minneapolis creating post-traumatic stress disorder? Read more →

When it comes to health, we are the Disunited States

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2014, 11:12 AM Feb 4, 2014
3

Especially considering last week’s MPR story showing ‘structural racism’ as one reason for health disparities within Minnesota, this is a particular stunning map from Measure for America, the group that documents its ‘human development index.’ Read more →

People doing good

Six years later, man reunited with stranger who kept him from killing himself

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2014, 2:05 PM Jan 30, 2014
2

Six years ago, Jonny Benjamin climbed to the edge of the Waterloo Bridge in London intending to jump to his death. But a stranger told him it would be OK, and offered to buy him a cup of coffee if he’d climb down from the railings. He climbed down and lived to tell his story. Read more →

People doing good

Donor #393681: Why I couldn’t be a medical hero

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2013, 1:46 PM Dec 17, 2013
4

The older we get, the greater our chances of being the grateful rather than the hero.
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Halloween candy ‘fat letter’ may be a stunt, but child obesity problem is real

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2013, 12:55 PM Oct 30, 2013
6

A “fat letter” to trick-or-treaters may be a joke, but the sentiment hits close to reality.
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Five by 8

5 x 8: Crooks on camera

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2013, 7:56 AM Sep 24, 2013
2

What New Jersey gets that Minnesota doesn’t, to be single with cancer, caution: texting ahead, the missing Minnesotans in Somalia, and why people really aren’t rebelling against Facebook over privacy. Read more →

For family of brain injured woman, a sad quest for a happy ending

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2013, 1:32 PM Sep 17, 2013
0

Everyone wants a happy ending for Shaina Briscoe. So far, it hasn’t been enough. Read more →

Mammograms before 50? New study says ‘yes’

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2013, 2:07 PM Sep 9, 2013
1

If you’re a woman under 50 wondering whether you should get a mammogram, you are basically on your own. Read more →

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