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I recently had a website pop-up on my Facebook page that will help you save $300 on your next EpiPen two-pack. If you're eligible, the website, EpiPen.com, states that you'll get an EpiPen Savings Card that will allow you to use that $300 savings for up to three EpiPen 2-paks until December 31...

Crisis Connection is a very successful and needed part of the mental health initiatives in this state...and it's shutting down. And this is NOT good. Crisis Connection is there for people in crisis...why are they closing? According to NPR's report...

Summer is here, and I love summer. I love more daylight, outdoor patios, music in the parks, floating down the river, long bike rides, being warm, bonfires, strolling festivals and basically everything else that summer encompasses! I even love the look of a tan. But this video gives a whole new insight to exactly what the golden tan looks like.

We are all going to die. That is a fact of life. Being able to talk about it with those we love and letting them know what we would like to happen in the event of a medical emergency is the focus of a Honoring Choices Minnesota event in Medford...

It's that first holiday weekend to get out and enjoy the outdoors. I don't know how bad they will be this Memorial Day weekend with all the rain we have had. But it's a good idea to be bug aware. Now a couple of weeks ago I told you about the CDC's (Center for Disease Control) concern for blacklegged ticks, or deer ticks, and the Powassan virus...

Dr. Erik Stroemer will be the guest on today's KDHL AM Minnesota program at 9:30AM. The temperatures have warmed nicely and many of us are back to yard work, gardens and other physical activities after the winter lull. That could mean an increased risk of injuries for some of us...

Three out of four runners suffer injuries each year, according to a news release from Allina Health. A running clinic Tuesday will address overuse injuries at Owatonna Hospital.

Updated: The Minnesota Department of Health says there are now 58 confirmed measles cases in Minnesota -- 49 in Hennepin County, three in Ramsey County and 4 in Crow Wing County and now two in Le Sueur County -- 55 children and three adults...

The president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Cindy Cooke, was our guest on AM 1390's Talk of the Town. She cited a disturbing trend in the increase of strokes suffered by young people. There's been a 44 percent increase of young people being hospitalized due to strokes over the past 10 years...

Mental Health Awareness Month is May, and that is the topic we tackle on the KDHL AM Minnesota program at 9:30AM today. Dr. Eric Lundin is a licensed psychologist in Faribault and will be our guest to discuss Steven Covey's best-selling book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People...