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Keeping up Your Overall Health May Keep Dementia Away – Newswise

July 14th, 2011 Comments off

Newswise — ST. PAUL, Minn. – Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as denture fit, vision and hearing, may lower a person’s risk for developing dementia, according to a new study published in the …

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Health care organization: Smokers need not apply – msnbc.com

June 18th, 2011 Comments off

ST. LOUIS  — A St. Louis-based health care organization will no longer hire smokers to work at any of its seven area hospitals, starting next month. Job applicants at SSM Health Care will be asked if they have used tobacco in the last six months, and …

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Minnesota health officials investigate infant measles in Minneapolis – Pioneer Press

March 4th, 2011 Comments off

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating a case of measles in an infant who lives in Minneapolis. Officials say the child was too young to be vaccinated for measles. The infant became ill in late February and was likely …

New data mixed on health of Minnesota kids’ teeth – msnbc.com

February 12th, 2011 Comments off

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health has screened the oral health of a random group of third graders for the first time, and found mixed results. The department reports that nearly two-thirds of the state’s third graders have protective …

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State health officials say elderly woman died of flu – KARE

October 19th, 2010 Comments off

ST. PAUL, Minn. — State health officials are bracing for what they say could be a difficult year for the elderly in coping with influenza. A woman in her 80s from southeastern Minnesota died last week from complications due to influenza. The Minnesota …

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