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    December 5, 2018
    ND’s Regional Human Services Centers seek accreditation
    DICKINSON, N.D. -- North Dakota’s eight Regional Human Services Centers must attain national accreditation by July 31, 2021, to be licensed...
    business/healthcareDecember 5, 2018 - 8:39pm
    December 3, 2018
    Dr. Chris Schmaltz and Holly Johnson work on extracting an abscessed tooth from patient Alvin Amberson on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Red River Valley Dental Access Project. Kim Hyatt / The Forumplay button
    Volunteer dental clinic in limbo after losing Moorhead location serving hundreds of low-income patients
    MOORHEAD — Gripping the edges of a dental chair, 25-year-old Steve Schuler groans as two of his decayed teeth are extracted. "Phew! That was...
    news/business/healthcareDecember 3, 2018 - 5:59pm
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    Alzheimer’s added to medical marijuana treatment list in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL -- Alzheimer’s disease is being added as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in Minnesota, the state health commissioner...
    business/healthcareDecember 3, 2018 - 3:38pm
    November 23, 2018
    Rare but serious: Be on guard for AFM
    JAMESTOWN -- The appearance of acute flaccid myelitis around the United States has health officials concerned about the severity of the virus but also the mysteries of its origin and effective treatment. Also known as AFM, the rare virus is known to strike children, but adults are...
    business/healthcareNovember 23, 2018 - 2:41pm
    November 14, 2018
    ND Medicaid changes should improve access to addiction, mental health services
    BISMARCK -- Low-income and disabled North Dakotans on the state’s Medicaid program will have improved access to addiction and mental health...
    business/healthcareNovember 14, 2018 - 2:48pm
    November 9, 2018
    A University of Jamestown student nurse practices flu vaccinations Thursday, Nov. 8, at Central Valley Health in Jamestown. Tom LaVenture / Forum News Service
    Flu cases in ND spike suddenly
    JAMESTOWN -- A sudden spike in influenza cases is indicating an early start to the flu season, according to experts at the North Dakota Department...
    business/healthcareNovember 9, 2018 - 9:01am
    October 17, 2018
    Chemicals being applied to a field near Moorhead, Minn., in 2008. Forum News Service file photo
    Minnesota kids take part in chemical exposure study
    DETROIT LAKES—The Minnesota Department of Health is conducting a study on chemicals that may harm development in children, and volunteer...
    business/healthcareOctober 17, 2018 - 4:01pm
    October 12, 2018
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    MNsure CEO talks decreases in health care premiums
    BEMIDJI—Individuals looking for insurance policies during Minnesota's open enrollment period that starts Nov. 1 should see a significant...
    business/healthcareOctober 12, 2018 - 6:38pm
    October 4, 2018
    T. Denny Sanford, who's given almost $1 billion to namesake Sanford Health, holds a photograph of his mother, Edith, who died when he was 4 years old and inspired him to donate to fight breast cancer. Special to The Forum
    T. Denny Sanford's donated over $1 billion, and he still made Forbes billionaires list
    FARGO — T. Denny Sanford has repeatedly said that he wants to “die broke” and has given away more than $1 billion of his fortune, most...
    business/healthcareOctober 4, 2018 - 12:14pm
    September 27, 2018
    The corridor to the Cancer Center of Jamestown Regional Medical Center in Jamestown, as it appears in this rendering, that is scheduled to break ground Monday. Submitted illustration
    Jamestown Regional Medical Center announces new cancer center
    JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The Jamestown Regional Medical Center board of directors approved the start of construction of a new cancer center as...
    business/healthcareSeptember 27, 2018 - 6:24pm
    September 21, 2018
    Legal challenge in Minnesota over insurance coverage for gender reassignment will proceed
    ST. PAUL—A lawsuit against Essentia Health over denied coverage for gender reassignment treatment in 2015 has been allowed to proceed. Senior U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank on Thursday, Sept. 20, issued a mixed ruling in the case of Brittany Tovar and Reid Olson v. Essentia...
    business/healthcareSeptember 21, 2018 - 6:14pm
    September 20, 2018
    Amy Wieser Willson, a patient, and Dr. Jay Westwater, a physician and chief executive of MinnMed, talk about the benefits of medical marijuana, which became legal in Minnesota in 2014. MinnMed has a dispensary at 104 7th St. S., Moorhead. Patrick Springer/The Forum
    Patients: Medical marijuana effectively treats pain, post-traumatic stress
    MOORHEAD — Amy Wieser Willson has suffered for years from chronic pain so severe that some days she couldn't get out of bed. On those days,...
    business/healthcareSeptember 20, 2018 - 7:00pm
    September 7, 2018
    Nation’s top health insurer to expand into North Dakota in January
    FARGO — UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, has announced its plans to enter the small group market in North Dakota in...
    business/healthcareSeptember 7, 2018 - 7:00am
    September 6, 2018
    Headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, which will expand to North Dakota and South Dakota and areas of Minnesota near Fargo-Moorhead in January 2019.
    Nation's top health insurer to expand into three-state region in January
    FARGO — UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, has announced its plans to enter the small group market in the three-state...
    business/healthcareSeptember 6, 2018 - 7:37pm
    August 29, 2018
    Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft at a news conference in 2012 in Moorhead. Forum file photo
    'Kelby Krabbenhoft takes this real serious': Sanford CEO quashes rumors of resignation, forced exit
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft is swatting down widespread rumors that he was thinking about resigning or was asked...
    business/healthcareAugust 29, 2018 - 10:13am
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