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Pulse on Health
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Southeast Minnesota health, medicine, research and the goings-on at Mayo Clinic, Olmsted Medical Center, public health and the Rochester Epidemiology Project.
- Added on: Jan 13th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jeff Hansel
- Listed in: Health Science
- Tags: minnesota ibm epidemiology mayo clinic olmsted hormel
Recent Posts
Adverse reaction to H1N1 vaccination?
Watch for a story by Post-Bulletin reporter Elliot Mann today about a Rochester, Minnesota man who believes his son may have had an adverse reaction to the H1N1 vaccine. The article will also be in the print edition.It's important to recognize...
1 in 10 high school football players a year get concussion
There's been a lot more in the news lately about concussions (traumatic brain injuries) because of congressional testimony and pioneering work by pathologists who uncovered a pattern of brain injury among professional football players.MSNBC repo...
Antivirals hoarded?
I have it on good authority that, how should I put this delicately, one regional company with a Rochester presence has been getting prescriptions for antiviral drugs for its employees — even though the employees are not sick. A physician I trust ...
H1N1 vaccine safe?
A lot of people worry that the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine is not safe. They suggest that the vaccine has not been tested. But the vaccine actually went through the same process that seasonal flu vaccine goes through.Actually, Dr. Priya Sampa...
Child gets help after Mayo Clinic discontinues Nebraska Medicaid enrollment
A Nebraska 2-year-old is getting help from the Shriners after Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota announced it will "disenroll" in January from Nebraska and Montana Medicaid. That means it will in the future decide on a case-by-case bas...
Lower-arm prosthesis gives touch feedback
European Union researchers have developed a "robotic hand" for people who have had their lower arms amputated — the hand allows the prosthetic wearer to actually feel what the prosthesis touches.This CNN.com article by Mark Tutton left m...
