Uplifting Arizona WATCH: Arizona heart hospital saves Show Low man from often-deadly condition abc15.com staff
PHOENIX — A Show Low man is thanking the doctors at a Valley hospital for saving his life after he suffered a condition that is often deadly. Back in March, 67-year-old Raymond Dankert went to an ER in Show Low with excruciating lower back pain. Dankert was diagnosed with a ruptured aortic aneurysm, which hospital […]
Nina Moini
Meet Nina Moini Nina Moini is an award-winning journalist and host of MPR’s midday show, Minnesota Now. Nina has been reporting across the state of Minnesota in radio and television news since 2013. Since joining MPR News in 2017, Nina has covered a wide range of topics including public safety and immigration for radio and […]
Study results show 25% of pregnant people are not getting enough omega-3 fatty acids from their diet or dietary supplements
Results from a new nationwide cohort study show that, despite strong recommendations in favor of consuming omega-3 fatty acids for optimal pregnancy outcomes and offspring health, 25% of participants reported rarely, or never eating fish during pregnancy, with fewer taking omega-3 supplements. The study, “Demographic and health characteristics associated with fish and n-3 fatty acid […]
5 Work Habits That Are Secretly Depression In Disguise
South_agency via Getty Images Depression does not always show up as sadness at work. Often it can show up in ways you would not expect. We all go through ups and downs at work, but if hard days are becoming your new normal, you might be experiencing what 280 million people go through worldwide: depression. […]
Code Blue: Why The Vitals In Health Care Innovation Need A Checkup
Things you don’t hear anymore: “Let’s hail a cab.” “I’ll run down to the bookstore.” “Did Dad show you the prints from my vacation?” In the past 10 years, technology has significantly changed the way we interact with the world in almost everything we do. Today we can Uber anywhere, order almost anything to our […]
Here’s How Quickly You Can Get Infected With The Flu After An Exposure
Xavier Lorenzo via Getty Images It takes between 1 and 5 days to show symptoms of the flu after getting infected. Throughout the United States, we are fully in flu season. Cases of influenza are currently increasing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and flu hospitalizations are up, too. It’s important to […]
Oncologist Turns Burnout Into a Musical
For Stuart Bloom, MD, musical theater is medicine. His show, “How to Avoid Burnout in 73 Minutes,” sold out 1,000 seats over a 5-night run in April at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis — and among the feedback he heard from other physicians was, “‘Thank you for reminding me why I do this,’” he told […]
Baseball: The Safest Sport for High School Athletes?
LAS VEGAS — Annual surveys of high school athletic trainers show that, among nine major sports, boys’ football has the highest injury rate and baseball the lowest, researchers reported here. But when ranked by severity, boys’ wrestling was the most dangerous, with 9.6% of injuries sustained in the sport needing surgery, according to a study […]
Virtual reality game to objectively detect ADHD
Researchers have used virtual reality games, eye tracking and machine learning to show that differences in eye movements can be used to detect ADHD, potentially providing a tool for more precise diagnosis of attention deficits. Their approach could also be used as the basis for an ADHD therapy, and with some modifications, to assess other […]
‘Ellen’ Producer Urges tWitch, Crew Not To ‘Keep In The Pain’ In Show’s Last Day Vid
A video showing an executive producer of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” urging DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss and staffers to take care of their mental health appeared on Instagram Wednesday. (Watch the video below.) The clip from May of this year is intended to encourage others who may be troubled to seek help in the wake […]