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Cardiovascular Medicine

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Gary Tinsley death: Gophers senior linebacker died due to enlarged heart

    Late yesterday, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office announced that 22-year-old University of Minnesota football player Gary Tinsley died due to an enlarged heart.Tinsley had a condition called cardiomegaly, more commonly known as an enlarged heart, which can be developed temporarily becaus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2012

    The Revolution

    Late yesterday, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office announced that 22-year-old University of Minnesota football player Gary Tinsley died due to an enlarged heart.Tinsley had a condition called cardiomegaly, more commonly known as an enlarged heart, which can be developed temporarily becaus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2012

    MNFashion Week: Red Dress Collection

    Late yesterday, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office announced that 22-year-old University of Minnesota football player Gary Tinsley died due to an enlarged heart.Tinsley had a condition called cardiomegaly, more commonly known as an enlarged heart, which can be developed temporarily becaus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    Heartbeats

    Late yesterday, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office announced that 22-year-old University of Minnesota football player Gary Tinsley died due to an enlarged heart.Tinsley had a condition called cardiomegaly, more commonly known as an enlarged heart, which can be developed temporarily becaus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Marty Robbins' death: On this day in country music history

    ​We've written about Marty Robbins here before, most notably on the anniversary of his recording of the Western revival, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs -- click on over to learn about the history of that seminal album. But this dude's so cool, he warrants mention more than once so today, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot's cause of death revealed

    Photo by Erik HessFlattus Maximus performing his final show at First Ave​It's been over a month since Gwar fans learned of the death of guitarist Flattus Maximus, a.k.a. Cory Smoot, which happened sometime in the hours following when Smoot and the rest of the band played a show at First Avenue and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Mayo Clinic study credits smoking bans for dramatic decrease in heart attacks

    Smooth.​If you live in Olmstead County, you're now about half as likely to die of a heart attack than you were ten years ago. That's according to a new paper out of the Mayo Clinic. So what are our southern neighbors doing that's so heart healthy? Researchers at Mayo think it's because they can' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Show

    Smooth.​If you live in Olmstead County, you're now about half as likely to die of a heart attack than you were ten years ago. That's according to a new paper out of the Mayo Clinic. So what are our southern neighbors doing that's so heart healthy? Researchers at Mayo think it's because they can' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Gay teen Lance Lundsten's death ruled a suicide

    Lance Lundsten's death has been ruled a suicide.​When Lance Lundsten, a gay high schooler from Miltona, died in January of this year, his death was initially reported as a suicide. The news rocketed around the internet -- another gay teen who took his life after reported bullying at the hands ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Former Prince drummer Bobby Z in critical condition following heart attack

    ​Bobby Z, best known for his stint drumming for Prince in the late '70s and early to mid '80s, is critical condition after suffering a heart attack and undergoing bypass surgery. The 55-year-old musician, born Robert Rifkin, suffered the heart attack earlier in the week and underwent the surgery o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Lance Lundsten didn't die from heart condition

    FacebookThe heart condition isn't what killed Lance Lundsten​Lance Lundsten, the gay 18-year-old from Miltona who died on Saturday, didn't die from his heart condition, the Douglas County Medical examiner now says. Lundsten's death made headlines nationwide earlier this week, after local tele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Boy eats 90 percent fat diet, seizures stop

    Bacon = medicine.​The New York Times magazine explores food-as-medicine connections, as a parent explains the process of treating his nine-year-old son's epilepsy with an extremely high-fat diet that's heavy on the bacon, cheese, and macadamia nuts, as well as eggs scrambled with heavy cream a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Man loses 27 pounds on Twinkies and Doritos diet

    (CC) Larry D. MooreAre calories all that matter?​Has Subway's Jared just lost his throne? Kansas State University professor of human nutrition Mark Haub spent the last 10 weeks eating nothing but Hostess and Little Debbie snack cakes--interspersed with Doritos, Oreos, and sugary cereal for v ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Peter Erlinder hospitalized after Rwandan interrogation

    Peter Erlinder is being held in a Rwandan prison​The Rwandan News Service reports that William Mitchell law professor Peter Erlinder was hospitalized on Monday evening following hours of intense questioning by Rwandan detectives. RNS says there are suspicions he may be poisoned, but an American l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Chocolate good for heart health, study says

    SpecialKolin/Flickr​This just in in time for Easter (or Passover--don't forget the chocolate macaroons): Chocolate decreases your chance of having cardiovascular problems. A new study published in the European Heart Journal indicates that consuming as little as one square of chocolate a day help ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Bill Clinton hospitalized in New York City

    The former President is in a New York hospital.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    SpaghettiOs creator dies

    Wisconsin native was head of the Campbell's department that created a piece of your childhood.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Oct. 8, 2009: Yo La Tengo & Zombie Season

    Yo La Tengo performs in The Current studios, new music from Zombie Season & news on Bob Dylan's fall tour.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Medtronic defibrillator stops bullet, saves life

    Doctors in Florida say a 61-year-old man was shot, but survived the injury when the bullet was stopped by the implanted cardiac defibrillator.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Jim carroll dead at 60

    The author of Basketball Diaries died in his home over the weekend.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    MPR: Day of State Fair eating improves your cholesterol!

    Despite their attempt to scare us with their full day of eating and calorie counting at the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" they actually gave us the greatest state fair news yet!

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Michael Jackson dead at 50

    Michael Jackson has died after suffering from cardiac arrest.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Teen sentenced to 90 days in jail for plot to murder man, cut out his heart

    Woodbury teenager and heart transplant patient Andrew Busskohl was sentenced Monday for a frightening murder plot to kill a stranger and cut out his heart.

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Cheerios accused of posing as a drug

    Media unites: Doesn't the FDA have something better to do than go after Cheerios?

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    Small White

    Media unites: Doesn't the FDA have something better to do than go after Cheerios?

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    DJ Krush

    Media unites: Doesn't the FDA have something better to do than go after Cheerios?

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Red Hot Heartbreak

    Twin Cities entrepreneur Dick Quinn believed in the healing power of cayenne pepper. But in the four years since his death, the wrangling over rights to his five-alarm cure has been anything but therapeutic.

  • Feature

    February 1, 1999

    In a Heartbeat

    How quickly life changed when our daughter's heart murmur wasn't innocent at all

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Off Beat

    How quickly life changed when our daughter's heart murmur wasn't innocent at all

  • Feature

    November 1, 1998

    My Marvelous Minnesota

    The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    Home is Where the Heart--Er, Hearts--Are

    The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

  • News

    November 12, 1997

    Winter Kills: A Review of the Evidence

    The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

  • Sports

    February 26, 1997

    House Calls

    The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

  • News

    April 17, 1996

    The Place Where They Have To Take You In

    Days and nights on the front line at Minnesota's busiest emergency room.

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