Health

Obese Women Have 40% Higher Cancer Risk

Obese women may have as much as a 40 percent higher risk for cancer compared to thinner women.

Doctors: Healthy Children Don't Need Daily Vitamins

The vitamin world is speaking to children. But when it comes to taking daily supplements, pediatricians say kids don't necessarily need them.

Bewley, Milroy Talk Proposed Changes on Long-Term Care

Families of disabled Wisconsinites are taking a stand against Governor Scott Walker's budget proposal and begging lawmakers to save long-term care programs as the state has known them in the past.

House Panel Votes to Disband MNsure

The debate over MNsure's future is taking an emotional turn.

Seed Lending Library Back for Round 2

For the second year in a row, you're able to get more than just books and electronics from the Duluth Public Library.

Fight Against Hunger in the Northland

Area school children are teaming up with CHUM, a local food shelf, to end hunger in the Northland.

Free Cone Day at Dairy Queen

In celebration of their 75th anniversary, on the 75th day of the year, Dairy Queen handed out free cones to their customers on Monday.

Psychic Uses her Gifts in Superior to Help a Good Cause

Other than a typical fundraiser, "We like to think out of the box,” said Cathy Kates with B105. “There's a lot of runs, there's a lot of walks, there's a lot of spaghetti dinners."

Company Uses Robots to Detect, Prevent Cancer

A San Francisco-based start-up company is using artificial intelligence to detect and prevent cancer, pushing medicine firmly into the 21st century.

Scoop the Poop: Clean Up Pet Waste

With most of the snow melted on city streets, the ugly side of spring is starting to show it's stinky self.

CDC, AMA Develop Type 2 Diabetes Tool Kit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association have joined forces to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

Community Discusses Ways to Alleviate Bullying

In the weeks following a bullying incident that lead to the death of a Duluth teen, a new Facebook page called "Taking a Stand Against Bullying in Superior WI" was started by community members who decided it was time to make a difference.