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Health – Addiction Counseling Through MCTC’s Addiction Counseling Program, the oldest in the state of Minnesota, you will receive hands-on training and excellent training from experienced faculty that will ground you in the fundamentals of counseling. This program, which emphasizes the importance of interpersonal and cross-cultural communications, prepares you for Minnesota Alcohol and Drug Counselor licensure. For more info: www.minneapolis.edu Central Services Technician This certificate program trains you to become a Central Services Technician, where you will play an important role in patient care by preventing infections. In this program, you will learn how to sterilize medical instruments, learn basic surgical instrumentation and medical terminology as well as decontamination and sterilization processes. Once you complete the program can take the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution’s certification exam. For more info: www.minneapolis.edu Community Health Worker Community health workers teach the basics of good health and link people to health care and social service systems. Upon completion of MCTC’s 17-credit Community Health Worker (CMHW) certificate, you’ll be able to help improve health care access for underrepresented groups, the elderly and the chronically ill. For more info: www.minneapolis.edu Dental Assistant Become a valuable part of a dental office with MCTC’s accredited Dental Assistant Program. Whether you are new to the field, currently

 

FDA Approves New Treatment To Battle Cellulite

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment to combat … MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 80 percent of women develop cellulite, and …
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Cheaper, stronger heroin claiming more lives

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So far in Minneapolis alone this year, heroin overdoses have killed a 25-year-old … He was known to use heroin then, and his addiction lasted for decades until …
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Alzheimer's Drug Curbs Compulsive Buying in Shopaholics

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A drug used to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease may curb compulsive … Grant, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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