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Doctors divided on usefulness of pollen count app for smartphones

Doctors divided on usefulness of pollen count app for smartphones

May 17, 2013 3:37 am by | 0 Comments

Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff -- nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues. This season, she's added a new weapon to her line ... Read more
Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

May 13, 2013 6:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Women in entrepreneurship is a hot button issue right now. Women represent a significantly smaller number of executives and entrepreneurs then men and far fewer aspire to positions of leadership. ... Read more
Mayo Clinic study finds explanation for postmenopausal belly fat

Mayo Clinic study finds explanation for postmenopausal belly fat

May 2, 2013 3:28 am by | 0 Comments

Weight was never a concern for Stephanie Brondani, 52, of Minnetonka. Until last year, when she hit menopause.Suddenly, she noticed her midsection thickening. "I think everybody feels [like], 'I'm eating ... Read more
Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

April 14, 2013 3:26 am by | 0 Comments

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a proposal to require insurers to cover an intensive form of autism treatment, which can cost more than $100,000 a year. ... Read more
Study finds no fertility drug, ovarian cancer link

Study finds no fertility drug, ovarian cancer link

April 10, 2013 2:58 pm by | 3 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite lingering concerns that using fertility drugs might raise a woman's chances for later developing ovarian cancer, new research suggests the drugs don't contribute any ... Read more
Minnesota health exchange will have options for business

Minnesota health exchange will have options for business

April 7, 2013 4:00 am by | 0 Comments

A disappointing setback in the federal rollout of the Affordable Care Act should help dispel lingering doubts about Minnesota's decision to build a homegrown version of the online health insurance ... Read more
Celiac diagnoses rose during 2000s: study

Celiac diagnoses rose during 2000s: study

March 29, 2013 3:41 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease continued to rise over the past decade but leveled off in 2004, according to a new study.Researchers ... Read more
University disputes claim of ‘rubber-stamping’ patients into drug research

University disputes claim of ‘rubber-stamping’ patients into drug research

March 21, 2013 3:52 am by | 0 Comments

University of Minnesota officials have investigated a concern raised by a bioethics professor -- that U psychiatrists might have "rubber-stamped" vulnerable schizophrenic patients into drug studies -- and concluded it ... Read more
Mayo doctors: Too few kids are getting the HPV vaccine

Mayo doctors: Too few kids are getting the HPV vaccine

March 18, 2013 4:21 am by | 0 Comments

More adolescents are getting vaccinated for human papillomavirus, the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but use of the HPV vaccine continues to lag behind expectations, and doctors are ... Read more
Is South Dakota’s Sanford Health looking to expand footprint into Twin Cities?

Is South Dakota’s Sanford Health looking to expand footprint into Twin Cities?

January 29, 2013 4:17 pm by | 2 Comments

When you hear something often enough from unrelated sources, you tend to believe it.And that is the situation I find myself in with North Dakota healthcare provider Sanford Health’s supposed ... Read more
Minnesota firm that makes MRI-guided device to kill brain tumors raises $7.8M

Minnesota firm that makes MRI-guided device to kill brain tumors raises $7.8M

January 8, 2013 12:32 am by | 0 Comments

Plymouth, Minnesota-based Monteris Medical announced Monday that the medical device firm has raised $7.8 million.Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) led the round, while SWMF Life Science Fund and several ... Read more
HealthPartners and Park Nicollet merger now official

HealthPartners and Park Nicollet merger now official

January 2, 2013 10:53 am by | 0 Comments

HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Services officially joined forces Tuesday, announcing the election of a single consumer-governed board and completing the merger of two Twin Cities health care giants.The combined ... Read more
Lady Luck may shine on Boston Scientific in 2013 if rival’s fortune goes down in flames

Lady Luck may shine on Boston Scientific in 2013 if rival’s fortune goes down in flames

November 26, 2012 12:45 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s not great when a company needs a rival to have a major disaster in order to see the upside, but when you are Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), it may ... Read more
Durata problems sharpen Bank of America’s view on St. Jude Medical, mantains ‘Buy’

Durata problems sharpen Bank of America’s view on St. Jude Medical, mantains ‘Buy’

November 23, 2012 9:10 am by | 0 Comments

Bank of America reiterated its Buy rating and $43 price objective on St Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) as it updated its stance on shares based on Durata.Bank of America said, ... Read more
The cost of Medtronic’s battle with Edwards Lifesciences over TAVI: $245M, so far

The cost of Medtronic’s battle with Edwards Lifesciences over TAVI: $245M, so far

November 20, 2012 11:48 am by | 0 Comments

Medtronic’s(NYSE:MDT) legal battle with Edwards Lifesciences over patent infringement and its transcatheter aortic valve products has been going on for years and last week a federal appeals court affirmed a ... Read more