Experts to discuss Twin Cities' increase in synthetic drug use

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The drug and alcohol treatment center Hazleden is bringing together several experts Tuesday, Dec. 4 in St. Louis Park to discuss the increased use of synthetic drugs in Minnesota, especially in the metro. Despite the focus on heroin in recent years …
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Fecal transplant offers rare hope against deadly colon disease

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In an experimental treatment that may be the only way they can save some people who have contracted a dangerous colon infection, out of desperation some Minnesota doctors are transplanting donated human feces into their patients' colons. Doctors say …
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Of pigs and men

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"Having a center to raise donor pigs at a large scale is important for research, as now we have a steady donor pig source," says Wang Wei, who is the prime initiator of the breeding center officially commissioned in August. Wang, 52, is the … This …
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New Food Safety Tests Could Hamper Outbreak Detection

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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects private labs to rapidly adopt these next-generation tests – and warns that what is progress for individual patients could hamper the nation's efforts to keep food safe. Already, 1 in 6 …
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