" Minnesota will get nearly $1 million in federal funds to try to improve the treatment of people with heart disease and strokes, and to create a statewide registry of stroke patients."

"The registry will not identify patients by name but will track how well they're treated, said Stanton Shanedling, head of the heart disease and stroke prevention unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. The registry could help identify problems, he said, by showing whether stroke patients have higher survival rates in some parts of the state than others."

"Some of the funds will be used to set up wellness programs in businesses statewide,
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