Health News Clips

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Minnesota health news

Advisory Committee Recommends SMA be Added to Newborn Screenings Panel (KSTP)

Emerging hemp industry brings new products to Minnesota (Kare11)

Trend of drinking hydrogen peroxide can be deadly, doctors warn (DuluthNewsTribune)

Diseases and conditions

Anti-Vax Message Gets Meaner on Social Media  (NBC)

Genetics play a role in weight, but it's not the whole story (PostBulletin)

Simply dying: End-of-life expert offers comforting advice (InForum)

Opioid crisis: Researchers employ new method to track overdose victims  (FoxNews)

Mitzi Perdue: Substance abuse is sinking America's family businesses. Here’s the secret to staying strong  (FoxNews)

Bright light therapy at midday helped patients with bipolar depression (ScienceDaily)

Aging slows perception of falls (ScienceDaily)

Start Skin Cancer Prevention Early, Health Experts Say (MedlinePlus)

Environment

Mom: I remember the days when my children couldn't breathe (CNN)

Food, nutrition and fitness

Chicago's soda tax fizzled after two months. What does that mean for the anti-soda movement? (InForum)

Food addiction: What to know  (MedicalNewsToday)

Health policy

Trump health coverage alternatives may pose risk to the sick (StarTribune)

Trump says he'll sign order to expand health insurance options  (MPR)

In New Test for Obamacare, Iowa Seeks to Abandon Marketplace (NYTimes)

Science and research

Critics say Trump birth control rule ignores science (StarTribune)

Being unaware of memory loss predicts Alzheimer's disease, new study shows (ScienceDaily)

Despite concerns, vasectomy and prostate cancer not linked  (MedicalNewsToday)

Be 'Mindful' of the Hype (MedlinePlus)

Where There's Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease May Follow (MedlinePlus)

Pump May Beat Shots for Type 1 Diabetes (MedlinePlus)

A Man's Health May Rely on Health of His Marriage (MedlinePlus)

Women and children

Kids' self-control has improved over the last 50 years (StarTribune)

2-year-old with 'childhood Alzheimer's' becomes youngest enrolled in clinical trial  (FoxNews)

Top 10 breast cancer risk factors  (FoxNews)

Fertility MoT tests 'a waste of money' (BBC)

How fever in early pregnancy causes heart, facial birth defects (ScienceDaily)(ScienceDaily)

Mom's immune response could trigger social deficits for kids with autism (ScienceDaily)

Hispanic children and exposure to adverse experiences (ScienceDaily)

Traumatic experiences may raise women's heart disease risk  (MedicalNewsToday)

Study Debunks Notion That Epidurals Prolong Labor (MedlinePlus)

High-Fat Diets Could Pose Danger to Young MS Patients (MedlinePlus)

Fertility Tests May Not Be Best Gauge of Your Biological Clock (MedlinePlus)

Global health

World Health Organization says there are 124 million obese children worldwide (StarTribune)

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