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Health care is a prominent issue in the presidential election and both candidates have plans for how they would fix health care and provide health coverage to the more than 47 million Americans who are now uninsured.

Roger Feldman, a health policy expert at the University of Minnesota, has used a micro-simulation model to evaluate each plan.

• Listen to Feldman on Public Health Moment

• Listen to an extended interview at our Public Health Scene blog

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According to the Institute of Medicine there are about 1.5 million adverse prescription drug events each year that are preventable. That's one reason that the National Council on Patient Information and Education is promoting October as Talk About Prescriptions Month.

Judy Garrard, a University of Minnesota professor who is an expert in the use of medications by the elderly, explains why that simple message is so important.

• Listen to Garrard on Public Health Moment

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About 31 million children participate daily in the National School Lunch Program, which this week celebrates National School Lunch Week.

Mary Story, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota, says that schools have made good progress in the last decade in providing kids with more nutritious meals.

• Listen to Story on Public Health Moment

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States. This year, nearly 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. And about 40,000 women will die from the disease.

Who is at risk and what are the risk factors?

We asked Kristin Anderson, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota.

• Listen to Anderson on Public Health Moment

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