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Giant spiders, brush with death prompt life-changing end to alcohol addiction

Brent said out loud to himself, “I’m going to die today.” He had a friend drive him immediately to HCMC’s emergency department.

Pam doesn’t remember a thing. She was sleeping at a friend’s house and woke up in an ICU bed in Hennepin Healthcare’s Burn Center.

Designer Jared Murphy was visiting a home where he had been working on a project when he suddenly wasn’t feeling well.

On Friday, February 17, 2023, photographer Jerry Robb woke up nearly blind in his right eye. “As to be expected, I was terrified,” he said.

Like many Speech-Language Pathologists, Helen Mathison shifted to seeing patients virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gender-affirming care supports the transition of transgender and non-binary individuals to their gender identity.

Hennepin EMS uses Suboxone® treatment for patients experiencing opioid withdrawal, a drug proven effective for use in outpatient settings.

Causes of speech problems include brain injury, stroke, COVID-19, diseases of the brain, and can also stem from some types of cancer.

Hearing loss can impact a person’s physical and mental health, and safety, leading to social isolation, injury, and dementia.

Derek Williams is a volunteer. He is also a freshman at the University of Minnesota and plans to go to medical school.