Insights into domestic violence & a Minnesota father’s mission after his daughter’s murder

Originally posted on Minnesota Prairie Roots:
Local clergy, representatives from crisis centers and many others gathered to hear Dan Kasper’s powerful message on domestic violence. IN A NEARLY TWO-HOUR presentation Sunday afternoon to a crowd of around 50 gathered at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Dan Kasper of Northfield spoke from the heart—of losing a…

The Research Project, Week Thirty One, New Mexico

This week I am reporting on the results of some interesting sleep research funded by the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico. I think most of us would assume that people who live in hunter-gatherer, pre-industrial societies would get more sleep on average than those of us who live in the fast-paced world. This research…

The Research Project, Week Twenty Seven, Nebraska

After eight weeks of states whose names begin with the letter “M” we are moving on to the N’s as in Nebraska. This week we head to Creighton University, a Jesuit school in Omaha, where they are developing a promising new way to help those suffering from PTSD, also known as shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome. The…

The Research Project, Week Twenty Two, Michigan Stents

Here’s what Michigan Tech professor Jeremy Goldman has been doing to improve a common medical procedure: Blocked artery, the doctor says. Too much plaque clogging the inside, curbing the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and raising the risk of blood clots. Better widen the opening with a balloon-tipped catheter and insert a stent—a…