Medical Treatments and Procedures

The Vaccines at Triple Rock Social Club, 2/9/13

The Vaccines with San Cisco and France Camp Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis Saturday, February 9, 2013 Let's get something straight: the Vaccines will most likely never win a Grammy award. That said, it will hardly ever matter. The Vaccines will forever be able to say they picked up some inst ... More >>

The Vaccines

23 flu-related deaths in Minnesota first week of January; 33 all last flu season

In a Minnesota Department of Public Health statement regarding what's shaping up to be the state's most severe flu season in years, Health Commissioner Dr. Edward Ehlinger said yesterday that "We are clearly at a high level of influenza activity in the state."SEE ALSO: Carly Christenson, 14, died of ... More >>

Carly Christenson, 14, died of influenza despite receiving flu shot

Getting a flu shot is no guarantee you won't get sick, perhaps even deathly so, from influenza.SEE ALSO:-- MN Blue Cross' new anti-obesity ads spark controversy: Do they shame fat people? [VIDEO] -- KARE 11 criticized for hosting "potentially harmful" health screenings at State Fair Just consider th ... More >>

Free mammograms offered through Minnesota Department of Health

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Minnesota, and the Minnesota Department of Health is offering free breast and cervical cancer screenings to uninsured and underinsured women age 40 and older.The MDH's Sage Screening Program provides the screenings year round, but hopes to make more women ... More >>

KARE 11 criticized for hosting "potentially harmful" health screenings at State Fair

SEE ALSO:-- Twin Cities life expectancy: Wealth matters [MAP]-- New study: With our health care system, Minnesotans have no excuse to get sick or dieThink there's no harm in swinging by the KARE 11 booth while you're at the State Fair for a quick bone density scan? Health care journalist Gary Schwit ... More >>

Michele Bachmann falls from grace

From top GOP contender to bottom of the barrel

Look out, Minnesota: Here comes the flu

If you were standing right in front of this man, you'd get sick -- probably to your stomach, at least.​If the dip in temperature wasn't enough to convince you that fall is upon us, prepare yourself for a week of feverish, achy, weak-kneed biological torture. Yes, that's right. The flu is back. The ... More >>

Rick Perry's "Texas miracle" is a fantasy

The GOP presidential candidate's claims don't hold up

$11,000 bounty for source of Bachmann's HPV story

Steven Miles, Art Caplan: Skeptical experts.​Michele Bachmann made famous the story of an unknown woman who approached Bachmann after the Tea Party debate and said her daughter was made mentally retarded by the HPV vaccine. Now, that same story might make someone rich. Two University of Minnesota ... More >>

Michele Bachmann admits she has "no idea" if HPV vaccine causes retardation

Michele Bachmann admits that she is not a doctor or scientist.​Michele Bachmann has come full circle on the HPV vaccine, and for the first time since... well, ever, she's admitted total ignorance.Let's track the arc of Bachmann's wild statements about this vaccine, which "medical doctors" say prev ... More >>

Michele Bachmann bravely stands up in favor of cervical cancer

Michele Bachmann is running on the "pro-cancer" ticket.​Michele Bachmann has made her first last stand in the race for the Republican nomination for president, and it is this: Getting cervical cancer is your constitutional right.Ever since the Texas Texan, Rick Perry, of Texas, joined the race, he ... More >>

World's largest colonoscopy party pushes deep into Minneapolis

agingbutdangerous.comThese women want you at their "pre-poop party".​Ladies and gentlemen, the social event of the season has just been announced, and tickets are still available. For $198, you can join a horde of "aging but dangerous" over-50 women for what is being billed as the world's la ... More >>

Sarah May Casareto is in drug treatment

Sarah May Casareto's lawyer says she's manned up and gone to treatment.​Former nurse Sarah May Casareto unexpectedly bailed on her court appearance this morning on charges that she stole a patient's pain meds and shot up with them. Since her arrest last week, Casareto has denied stealing the dru ... More >>

Andrew Wakefield faked his autism data: Comment of the day

Andrew Wakefield brought his discredited autism theory to Minneapolis.​The British Medical Journal has denounced Andrew Wakefield's discredited theory linking MMR vaccinations with autism as nothing less than an "elaborate fraud." When we reminded readers of that fact while mentioning his re ... More >>

Transgender prisoner Scott Konitzer rejects his underwear settlement

He wants to be a woman at Wisconsin's expense.​The State of Wisconsin is back to doing battle with Scott Konitzer, who now goes by the name of Donna Dawn Konitzer, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wis. The state has been paying for Konitzer's hormone therapy since 1999, a ... More >>

Bill Clinton hospitalized in New York City

The former President is in a New York hospital.

Forget naughty or nice, Santa is more concerned with swine flu

Plus: Minneapolis mayor wins election, immediately pursues higher office

Wis. man steals truck with 900 swine flu vaccines, ruins the supply

We're still trying to figure out what this man thought he was going to do with 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.

Teen who refused chemo almost done with treatment, free of court order

Doctors said his chest tumor is gone and Hauser appears to be regaining strength and energy.

Twins's trash-burning neighbor won't be taking in more garbage

Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp:

Readers respond to "Saving Juju"

Rare Hib disease increases in Minnesota

Is the anti-vaccine movement to blame?

Boy who fled chemo returns, faces custody hearing today

Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old who fled Minnesota with his mother after a court ordered him to undergo chemotherapy against the family's beliefs, has returned voluntarily to the state and will face a custody hearing today.

Minnesota mental health patient Ray Sandford forced into electro-shock therapy

Sandford says repeatedly: "I don't want to do this"

Teen must undergo chemotherapy against religious beliefs, judge rules

A Brown County District Court judge ruled today that a 13-year-old Minnesota teen must undergo chemotherapy treatment for cancer despite his family's refusal due to their religious beliefs.

Judge to rule Friday on teen's forced chemo case

Will a judge force a 13-year-old boy battling cancer to undergo chemotherapy against his family's wishes? The judge on the case is expected to rule Friday.

Doctors vs. parents: Can parents refuse chemo treatment for son?

If your teenage son had one of the most curable forms of cancer and you refused traditional treatment methods through chemotherapy and radiation, are you endangering your child?

Minnesota death may be related to polio vaccine

State health officials announced that polio may have played a role in the death of a Minnesotan last month. They are urging all parents to make sure that their children have up-to-date vaccinations.

Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?

Delving into the often tumultuous worlds of transgender youth

Readers respond to RNC Protest Coverage

Savage Love

A Pandemic of Disinterest

Michael Yonkers cheats death--barely

Let's Not Talk About Sex

A newly approved vaccine could prevent a widespread precancerous STD. But will anyone use it?

Bird Flu: "This thing just continues to march"

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

Sgt. Briggs's War

Bob Briggs got a head full of shrapnel in Iraq. Then he came home to more wars: to regain the use of his half-paralyzed body, and to get the U.S. government to pay for his medical care.

Savage Love

The Department of Conspiracy Theories That Aren't So Crazy

Savage Love

Mark Kennedy's Cure For Cancer

Senatorial hopeful takes gutsy stand in favor of mall-walking fundraiser

Back in Hack

Whooping Cough returns with a vengeance

The Unkindest Cut

A conversation with lawyer Zenas Baer, champion of all tomorrow's foreskins

Shots in the Dark

Questioning childhood vaccinations: It's not just for paranoiacs anymore

Kathy Sena

October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here's a look at the latest resources to keep you in-the-know.

The Final Cut

Now that routine circumcision is discouraged by the medical establishment, will most parents abandon the procedure?

In a Heartbeat

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

Nobody's Perfect

First the lawsuits. Then the bankruptcy, the divorce, the TV exposé, the attorney general's investigation. Before Dr. Harry Johnson knew it, his cosmetic-surgery empire was in ruins.

Mall of Mammography

Nordstrom is slated to open its in-store mammography clinic--for well-insured and cash-paying clients only--later this month. According to clinic supervisor Judy Johnson, many women are too busy to get mammograms. "But all women have time to shop."

Friendly Fire

Gulf War Syndrome and How It All Began