COVID-19 vaccines are getting easier to find in Minnesota kare11.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kare11.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Northland specialists hope increased access to opioid treatment will break stigma
Six years ago, only one Northland doctor was certified to prescribe the opioid-use disorder treatment drug Suboxone. Now, access to the medication is increasing as recovery specialists work to fight the opioid epidemic. Written By: Laura Butterbrodt | ×
Brad Hoder, of Duluth, has used suboxone since 2018 and now helps others by using his recovery experience as a certified peer recovery specialist at Human Development Center in Duluth. Suboxone is a medication to aid in recovery for opioid addiction. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
When it comes to the chronic disease of addiction, sometimes love alone isn’t enough to pull you through.
Donor Network West Joins Four Other Organ Procurement Organizations as a Founding Member to Fund the Launch of the Biostasis Research Institute nevadabusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nevadabusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Angela Cole Westhoff chosen to lead Maine Health Care Association
The board of directors of the Maine Health Care Association has selected
Angela Cole Westhoff of Sidney to be the association’s next president and chief executive. She will succeed Rick Erb, who is retiring after 20 years with MHCA. Westhoff has most recently served as executive director of the Maine Dental Association and had held a similar position with the Maine Osteopathic Association. Wanda Pelkey, chair of the MHCA board of directors, cited Westhoff’s knowledge and skills as a terrific complement to an experienced and dedicated MHCA team.
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The University of Minnesota is one of two institutions in the United States to host a new center established by the Biostasis Research Institute (BRI) aimed at creating human organ banks through the cryogenic storage of organs donated for transplantation.
BRI is launching and funding the Organ and Tissue Preservation Center at the U of M, which will focus on technologies to safely and rapidly rewarm cryopreserved organs and other living systems. This center will be housed within the U of M Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) and will be led by IEM Director John Bischof and Medical School Department of Surgery faculty member Erik Finger.