Public Health Moment

Health care is emerging as the number one domestic issue in the 2008 presidential election. For that reason, Susan Foote, a health policy professor at the University of Minnesota, says voters need to pay attention and ask themselves some questions.

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Doctors and nurses in emergency rooms at rural hospitals are less likely to have advanced training in trauma life support than those in urban areas.

That’s according to health policy researcher Michelle Casey of the University of Minnesota.

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Drinking several cups of coffee each day may lower your risk of type 2 diabetes.

The finding comes from an 11-year study of more than 28,000 postmenopausal women. University of Minnesota epidemiologist Mark Pereira was the study’s lead researcher.

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The University of Minnesota has been awarded nearly $14 million over five years to lead a national study assessing the effects of both environmental and genetic factors on children’s health. The lead researcher is University of Minnesota professor Pat McGovern.

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