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Mashup Score: 0Poor sleep hurts Black health, Minnesota researchers say - 1 year(s) ago
Research connects poor sleep to obesity, hypertension and even death. Scientists at the University of Minnesota are exploring how sleeping problems perpetuate health disparities.
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Patients at Mayo Clinic say that “patient navigators” — that is, individualized clinical guides —have helped them enroll in clinical trials, find payment assistance, and get on a path toward healing. Research shows the practice is also one of the only ways to reduce racial disparities in cancer care.
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RT @MayoClinic: Patient navigators help people of color get better cancer care, research shows https://t.co/WQ2rQeqvxY via @MPR
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Patients at Mayo Clinic say that “patient navigators” — that is, individualized clinical guides —have helped them enroll in clinical trials, find payment assistance, and get on a path toward healing. Research shows the practice is also one of the only ways to reduce racial disparities in cancer care.
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Patient navigators help people of color get better cancer care, research shows https://t.co/WQ2rQeqvxY via @MPR
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Mashup Score: 17Mayo 'mini brains' offer new ways to understand addiction - 1 year(s) ago
On the 19th floor of Mayo Clinic’s Gonda building, tiny pearls of brain tissue are being grown in a lab. These so-called “mini brains” may help deepen the science of addiction.
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Mayo 'mini brains' offer new ways to understand #addiction: https://t.co/Drk8lKOb0U @MPRnews @MayoRegMed
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Dr. Bevin Yueh is the CEO of the University of Minnesota Physician Group and Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota medical school. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk more about the concerns of the medical school leaders and staff.
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UMN Medical Center Dean: Why university leadership oppose Sanford-Fairview merger https://t.co/NTbxfDPbXv via @mprnews
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Mashup Score: 0Fairview, Sanford health care systems plan to merge - 1 year(s) ago
The regional care giants say they are in discussions now and intend to combine next year. Public criticism in Minnesota scuttled a similar proposal in 2013.
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Hello @SanfordHealth? From @MPRnews: Fairview, Sanford health care systems plan to merge https://t.co/E82UzdDsip
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Mashup Score: 5Are you feeling sleepy? Here’s how to get a better night’s rest - 1 year(s) ago
Have you been losing sleep this week? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two sleep experts about why rest is so important for your body and your mind, and how to deal with common sleep problems.
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Are you feeling sleepy? Here’s how to get a better night’s rest https://t.co/92UdB1PdKo @MayoClinicCV @MPRnews
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Mashup Score: 7Study: Disparities remain in opioid treatment access - 2 year(s) ago
A new study from Mayo Clinic finds ongoing gaps in access to prescriptions for a commonly used drug to treat opioid use disorder. The gap particularly affects older people, women and Black and Hispanic populations.
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Mayo Clinic researchers uncovered disparities in how opioid use disorder is treated. The study @JAMANetworkOpen found that older people, Black & Hispanic people are less likely to receive a Rx for medication used to help treat opioid use disorder. https://t.co/7VsFGXUGMM @MPRnews
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Mashup Score: 11Pilot down, passenger takes over with ‘no idea how to fly’ - 2 year(s) ago
A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast, and was able to land the plane safely with the help of air traffic controllers.
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Pilot down, passenger takes over with ‘no idea how to fly’ https://t.co/GxIFnPcS4F via @mprnews “I knew the plane was flying like any other plane. I just had to keep him calm, point him to the runway and just tell him how to reduce the power so he could descend to land.
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Mashup Score: 5Minn. Legislature passes bill to extend reinsurance program - 2 year(s) ago
Minnesota lawmakers have passed legislation to extend a program that helps head off rate shocks for people in the individual health insurance market amid grumbling from some that it only papers over problems in obtaining affordable coverage. Some House Democrats said they don’t like it.
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Last week, Minnesota lawmakers passed a law giving patients access to predictable, affordable prescription drug costs! #mnleg We've helped pass laws like this across the country. ALL patients, no matter where they live, deserve affordable medications. https://t.co/ae1Lko6Qau
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