August 10, 2000 - The University of Minnesota's organ transplant team has published an article examining a new transplant procedure. Researchers at the U of M created a protocol allowing strangers to donate one of their two kidneys to a transplant patient. In the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers discuss the ethical and medical implications of such a procedure. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
August 9, 2000 - Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has been selected to serve on a U-S Surgeon General's committee to eliminate the disparities in racial and ethnic health. While Minnesota is one of the healthiest states in the country, Ventura says there's a huge difference between the health care of white Minnesotans and people of color in the state. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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July 27, 2000 - MPR’s Tom Scheck reports on Minnesotans with disabilities are marking the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In South Minneapolis, nearly a thousand people visited the Anne Sullivan School to take part in a day long celebration of the signing of the legislation. Disability rights activists say the ADA literally opened doors and businesses to millions of Americans, but they say more needs to be done.
July 26, 2000 - The International Society for Animal Genetics conference in Minneapolis ends today and officials hope the city remains calm. On Monday, Minneapolis Police arrested 81 protesters after they clashed with police in downtown Minneapolis. Last night, the mayor, police chief and city council president held a news conference to defend the police action on Monday. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports.
July 24, 2000 - The rising cost of prescription drugs has become a prominent issue this election year, pushed by growing ranks of seniors whose prescriptions aren't covered by Medicare. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck looks at the problem in the first of part of our series Prescription for Change.
July 20, 2000 - The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners voted yesterday to forbid anyone from smoking within 15 yards of any county building. The board's original intent was to stop smoking on all county grounds. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports.
July 13, 2000 - Scientists at the university of Minnesota are a step closer to a treatment for an infection that kills thousands of people each year. The researchers have found a way to manipulate candida albicans, a common yeast that can turn dangerous in people with weak immune systems. An editorial in the current issue of the journal "Science", where the study is published, calls the findings a "landmark discovery." Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports.
July 10, 2000 - Congress debates a bill today that will address how to pay for treating the growing numbers of veterans with Hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Control says Hepatitus C afflicts 2 percent of the American population. But the incidence of Hepatitus C among veterans is at least two times higher. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
June 29, 2000 - The International Convention of Alchoholics Anonymous will begins its convention in Minneapolis today . AA is the leading alcohol recovery program in the United States with an estimated 2 million members.. Officials estimate that more than 50 thousand AA members from over 75 different countries will come to the Twin Cities to share their difficulties of defeating alcoholism. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...