An Edina cardiologist is building her case for food as medicine to combat high cholesterol and heart disease. Dr. Elizabeth Klodas presented data at a recent American Heart Association conference showing that a diet including her Step One line of prepackaged healthy foods could reduce a patient’s LDL and total cholesterol levels within weeks. The improvements occurred even without medications …

Classmates React To Jayme Closs Returning HomeJayme Closs should be halfway through the 8th grade, but she's missed several months and the students have missed her, Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield reports (2:01). WCCO 4 News At 6 - Jan. 11, 2019 Court Date Set For Suspect In Jayme Closs KidnappingBarron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald identified the suspect at a Friday morning news …

Diabetes and heart disease account for one of every four deaths in Minnesota and nearly $5 billion in annual health care costs. Reducing this impact is a top public health priority, and that work will accelerate soon thanks to new federal funding secured by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). MDH recently learned that Minnesota will receive more than $4 …

Twenty-six-year-old Jaren Winings (right) received his second heart transplant in June. He received his first heart transplant when he was eight years old (left). Twenty-six-year-old Jaren Winings (right) received his second heart transplant in June. He received his first heart transplant when he was eight years old (left). MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - By the time Jaren Winings gets out of the …

Akasha, Tim, Lilliona and Jace Josephson walk outside the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, on Sunday, April 22.(Photo: Akasha Josephson) ROCHESTER — Two-year-old Jace Josephson made it through a heart transplant and a surgery to remove his large intestine this year, said his mother, Akasha Josephson. And when he's clear to leave Mayo Clinic, the Josephsons plan to move …