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ST. PAUL — If your medical records aren’t in electronic form, they will be soon. Spurred by the Economic Stimulus Act and the federal health care overhaul of recent years,...

ST. PAUL — As the nation’s hospitals and medical clinics increasingly rely on electronic medical records, many patients may want to use smartphones to access their personal health information through...

Severe malnutrition is a leading cause of death of children in less developed countries. One form of malnutrition is kwashiorkor. If you’ve seen pictures of a listless child with spindly...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — By wide margins, the Minnesota House has approved two bills to curb the use of certain chemicals in products made for children. Both proposals passed...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota state representatives approved 70-64 a health-care spending bill late Monday without knowing how it would affect hospitals around the state. Most Democrats favored the bill while...

FARGO – Sanford Health, faced with sharp political opposition from the Minnesota capitol, is suspending merger talks with Twin Cities-based Fairview Health Services. Today’s announcement follows strong criticism about a...

BEMIDJI – Calling it a “great first step,” the Northern Dental Access Center announced Monday that a nurse practitioner will now be available on site to provide some health services...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health officials say the diabetes rate has doubled in Minnesota in the past 20 years and that there are tens of thousands of people who...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With a compromise emerging in the Minnesota House, the state Senate is beginning to look at nursing regulations covering hospitals. A Senate health committee planned...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota nurses union and the state's hospitals neared a deal Friday to study and publish more data about medical center staffing plans rather than...

MAHNOMEN – An event here will mark National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day next week. The third annual Celebration of Life: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Event – Mahnomen will be...