Health

Options sought for school-linked mental health care

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Weekly/Session Daily

To treat more young people suffering from mental illness, advocates are pushing hard this session for one solution that they say is already working: Reaching children and teens at school.

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Twin Cities Jewish community task force assesses how it helps those dealing with Alzheimer's disease

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Annette Sandler (left), of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis, and Chris Rosenthal, of Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, serve as co-chairs of the Twin Cities Jewish Community Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force. (Photo by Erin Elliott Bryan)

In 2007, a small group of community members who were caring for parents with dementia approached Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) for help in organizing support and educational opportunities for others dealing with similar experiences.

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Minnesota atheletes report recovery from ACL injuries is quicker now, but still challenging

By Charles Hallman, Another View

Modern medicine has improved so much in recent years that an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury these days isn’t career-ending for an athlete, but rather a temporary setback.

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Exercise goals and the healthy vanity of it all

By Rachel Dykoski, Rachel Says

Well hello there, TC peeps. Long time no talk, I know! Seems years since we've connected, shared. What? It has been two years? Well lemme' tell you some'n: Exercise is good m'kay?

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | St. Louis County Commissioners vote to support children paying for their School Trust Fund with their health

By Carla Arneson, Duluth Reader

On December 18, 2012, a majority of the crowd at the Morse Town Hall in Ely was against the resolution, but that did not stop the St. Louis County commissioners from voting, 5-1, “to support a land exchange with the state and federal government.” State Representative Tom Rukavina, David Oliver of Duluth Metals, and State Representative David Dill of the infamous quote “We should mine, log and lease the hell out of that land that we get in the change” were also in attendance.

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New report: Minnesota Somali women struggle with Western medical system

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

(Photo courtesy of Fartun Weli)

A new report on Minnesota Somali women reveals the challenges women in the community face in dealing with Western medical practices during pregnancy and childbirth.

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Franken's mental health bill the first of many necessary steps

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Sen. Al Franken (DFL-MN) will introduce and Rep. Richard Nugent (R-FL) has already introduced the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act. This bill helps people in the criminal justice system get the mental health help they need.

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More debate requested on health care exchange bill

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Controversy over a health care bill about how a new Minnesota Insurance Marketplace will work caused a House committee to lay the bill over for further consideration, even though the bill’s sponsor had anticipated moving the bill forward today.

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Appetite for Change: Healthy Corner Stores Project participants care about their customers

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Toufic Kabalan, who owns Penn Gas Stop with his father Sam Tannous, in a rare non-busy moment. (Photos by Margo Ashmore)

Penn Gas Stop at 26th and Penn became quite the media stage during a store makeover promoting healthy eating. Reporters from WCCO and KARE-11 recorded interviews as Michelle Horovitz from Appetite for Change and Nora Hoeft of the City of Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support created display areas for fresh fruits in the cooler and on the counter.

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Family personal care assistants: Equal once again after Minnesota court ruling

By Andrea Parrott, TC Daily Planet

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Family personal care assistants (PCAs), who take care of disabled family members, breathed a little easier after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled at the end of 2012 that the law cutting pay for relatives who serve as PCAs was not constitutional. In a deal made during the government shutdown of 2011, the Minnesota legislature had amended a law that resulted in cutting the wage of relative PCAs by 20 percent. In January, the Department of Human Services decided not to appeal the ruling.

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