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Mayo says: Drop that fourth coffee!

Paul Tosto August 16, 2013, 4:37 PM Aug 16, 2013

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My youthful indiscretion with coffee might as well be part of my epitaph. Read more →

Ex-reporter leaves website to explain his life, and death

Nate Minor August 16, 2013, 12:30 PM Aug 16, 2013

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Former Kansas City Star sports reporter and SportsInReview.com editor Martin Manley shot himself in front of a police station yesterday morning. He also left a whole website explaining his actions. Read more →

In elder care, jobs jump but pay stays low

Paul Tosto August 14, 2013, 1:36 PM Aug 14, 2013

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How’s the pay for people who take care of our aging parents and, eventually, us? The pay is not great — startlingly so. Read more →

Is obesity a disease or a matter of beauty?

Bob Collins June 19, 2013, 12:45 PM Jun 19, 2013

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The American Medical Association has passed a resolution calling obesity a disease. But some people think that will only make the problem worse, if it’s a problem at all. Read more →

Maybe Royce White’s legacy won’t be basketball

Bob Collins April 25, 2013, 2:26 PM Apr 25, 2013

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Royce White, the former Mr. Basketball in Minnesota whose struggles with mental illness have been well documented since he was picked in the NBA draft last year, has inspired others talk about mental illness.

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Kevin Ware on crutches

Bob Collins April 1, 2013, 4:16 PM Apr 1, 2013

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We’re filing this photo in our ‘ain’t medicine something?’ file.

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People doing good

Does anybody need a kidney?

Bob Collins April 1, 2013, 12:50 PM Apr 1, 2013

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How a Facebook posting saved a life.

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Is smoking a mental health issue?

Bob Collins March 25, 2013, 11:34 AM Mar 25, 2013

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The mentally ill smoke to help control their symptoms, and die of heart disease at an alarming rate.

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A win for big slurpies

Bob Collins March 11, 2013, 3:17 PM Mar 11, 2013

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Non-New Yorkers probably want to know if this decision carries any legal weight with other cities and states interesting in regulating soft drinks to reduce what many consider to be a epidemic of obesity.

It doesn’t.

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When it comes to weight, the Twin Cities are solidly normal

Bob Collins March 6, 2013, 2:26 PM Mar 6, 2013

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When it comes to pudge, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, you’re no Boulder, Colorado.

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North Dakota’s secret to low teen pregnancy rates: oil

Nate Minor February 28, 2013, 9:47 AM Feb 28, 2013

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A low teen pregnancy rate in North Dakota can be traced back to the state’s oil boom.

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No children smoked in this ad

Eric Ringham February 12, 2013, 2:55 PM Feb 12, 2013

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ClearWay Minnesota ads fight dirty, and effectively.

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A medallion for medicine

Bob Collins January 30, 2013, 2:25 PM Jan 30, 2013

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The annual Saint Paul Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt is over. The medallion, a Saint Paul Pioneer Press promotion, comes with something extra this year: commentary on the state of the health care system.

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