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Tendon injury treatment firm with connections to Mayo lands $11.8 million
Medcity News
Feb 06A tendon injury treatment firm that has licensed technology developed at the Mayo Clinic has raised $11.8 million through a PIPE (private investment in a public entity) transaction. Tenex Health is a California company that has developed the FAST (Focu... »
Quist received more than $500,000 in farm subsidies
Politics in Minnesota
Jan 25Between 1995 and 2010, congressional challenger Allen Quist received $577,725 in federal farm subsidies, according to a report in the Rochester Post-Bulletin. Quist is seeking the GOP nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in the 1st Congressional Di... »
Q&A: Paul Fleissner of Olmsted County on state mandates
MPR News Politics
Jan 24As this year's state legislative session convenes, there likely will be many constituents who ask lawmakers for more. »
Mayo Clinic’s healthcare “Facebook” offers challenges and opportunities
Medcity News
Jan 16Mayo Clinic is possibly writing the primer on healthcare social media with its foray into Connect – Mayo’s twist on Facebook. Roughly six months into operating it, Mayo Clinic Connect continues to be more popular than anyone conceived boasting 13,000... »
Mayo study finds TAVI usage requires a lot of practice
Medcity News
Jan 03Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been hailed as an exciting technology able to treat acute cardiac stenosis in patients who cannot undergo open-heart surgery. But now the Mayo Clinic has found that the procedure requires a lot of practice. A... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Three Republican contenders in Minnesota today | Political Agenda
MinnPost
Feb 06Three of the four Republican presidential contenders will stop in Minnesota today in advance of Tuesday's caucuses. We've suddenly become important in the quest for all the candidates not named Mitt Romney to stop or slow the former Massachusetts gover... »
Pulling STEM out of compartments and into students' everyday lives | Driving Change
MinnPost
Feb 03While covering important events in our civic and cultural life, journalists typically focus on facts, controversies, issues and their impact. They rarely look through the lens of understanding leaders and leadership: who is leading the causes and creat... »
Charles Murray, relegated to the footnotes
Mercury Rising
Feb 03Bashing Charles Murray is all the rage since the publication of his book, Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010. Charles Pierce manages to swat Murray and David Brooks with one stroke, while Adam Serwer gets Murray and the American Enterpr... »
Panel of mayors to advise Dayton on LGA, tax reform | Political Agenda
MinnPost
Feb 02Mayors of 15 Minnesota cities will serve on an advisory board to Gov. Mark Dayton, looking at tax reform ideas involving Local Government Aid, and how to provide local services while keeping property taxes down. "The Legislature’s continuing cuts to LG... »
Ron Paul coming to Minnesota twice before caucuses | Political Agenda
MinnPost
Feb 02Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will be in Minnesota twice before Tuesday's state-wide caucuses. His campaign says he'll hold town hall meetings in Rochester and Chanhassen, and a rally at Bethel University on Saturday. On Monday he'll be ba... »
