Health

'Love Your Melon' Donates Hats to Duluth Kids

UMD students have made it their goal to put a hat on the head of every child battling cancer.

Study: Vitamin D Levels Affect Diabetes Risk

People with low levels of vitamin D appear to have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes even if they're not overweight.

80% Say Child Vaccines Should be Mandatory

A new poll suggests that parents should be required to vaccinate their kids.

HCC Nursing Program Expands Simulation Center

Hibbing Community College is expanding its hands-on program for nursing students.

HCC Nursing Program Expands Simulation Center

Hibbing Community College is expanding its hands-on program for nursing students.

FDA Approves Heart Failure Monitoring System

There may be some new help for congestive heart failure patients.

"Love Your Melon" Donation Event

The UMD campus crew is preparing to donate 100 hats to child at St. Mary's.

Scientistis Make New Advance Against AIDS Virus

Scientists are calling it a "remarkable new advance" against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Study: Teens Are More Sleep Deprived Than Ever

A new study taken over the span of two decades finds U.S. teens are getting less sleep than ever before.

Study Finds 21 New Cases of Mesothelioma in Group of MN Miners

Twenty-one new cases of mesothelioma have been identified in a group of 69,000 mine workers that the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota have been studying since the late 1990s.

MN Seeking Labs to Test Marijuana Grown for Medicinal Use

Regulators of Minnesota's new medical cannabis program are seeking to certify laboratories to test the marijuana cultivated for medicinal use.

Retinal Tear Can Severely Effect Vision

We all know our vision usually diminishes as we get older, but for some of us it can lead to an injury called a retinal tear.

Local Fundraiser Helps Surviving Children of Carbon Monoxide Tragedy

Inside the Other Place Bar in Duluth there were hundreds of people, prizes, pounds of spaghetti and carbon monoxide detectors.

Money meant for disabled Minnesotans goes unspent

County governments are failing to spend millions of dollars that have been set aside for providing services and therapy to thousands of Minnesotans who are struggling with physical and mental disabilities.