Dr. Jon Hallberg

Medical Commentator
Minnesota Public Radio

Dr. Jon Hallberg Feature Archive

The news that a government task force has changed its recommendations for breast cancer screening has caused some confused reaction from women. Dr. Jon Hallberg stopped by All Things Considered to give his clinical reaction to the change. (11/17/2009)
Physician and patient
Dr. Jon Hallberg, our regular medical analyst joined Tom Crann this week to talk about the value of diagnosis. (11/09/2009)
MPR's medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg recently found himself on the other side of the doctor's office when he came down with what he thinks was a case of H1N1 flu. (10/20/2009)
Regular medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg talks about one of the smaller pieces of the larger health care puzzle, malpractice insurance. (09/29/2009)
Minnesota's former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman said in an interview he's been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, our medical analyst Jon Hallberg explains with the condition. (09/11/2009)
Our medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg just passed a re-certification test. How up-to-date is your physician's knowledge and what difference does it make? (09/10/2009)
All Things Considered talked about flu with medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg and he returned to talk about what to expect from H1N1 during the period of seasonal flu. (09/03/2009)
MPR's medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg talks about a new study on depression and why doctors have such a difficult time diagnosing the mood disorder. (08/26/2009)
Dr. Jon Hallberg ponders the questions: How often are our common, well-intentioned medical recommendations wrong? (08/18/2009)
Dr. Jon Hallberg, medical analyst for All Things Considered, spoke to MPR's Tom Crann about shingles and Zostavax, the vaccine. (07/28/2009)
Dr. Jon Hallberg, regular medical analyst for All Things Considered, talked about President Obama's nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin for surgeon general. Jon himself is in family medicine at the University of Minnesota. (07/14/2009)
The FDA is trying to decide whether or not to ban the pain-killing drugs Percoset and Vicodin. Both contain acetaminophen, which -- in high doses -- can harm the liver. Dr. Jon Hallberg joined Tom Crann to talk more on the common painkiller, and why the FDA is so concerned. (07/07/2009)
President Obama has signed legislation that will place more federal restrictions on tobacco. Dr. Jon Hallberg, our regular medical analyst, stopped by to talk more about the bill. (06/23/2009)
Yesterday, President Obama outlined his hopes for reforming the nation's health care system in a wide ranging speech before an audience of doctors in Chicago. Our medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg had some reaction from his perspective as a physician. (06/16/2009)
At this time last week, we didn't know much about what we were dealing with. Now, we know more about the H1N1 flu and the most important thing seems to be that it isn't as deadly as people feared. Even most of the confirmed cases in the U.S. are recovering just fine. Dr. Jon Hallberg, joined Tom Crann again to talk about what we've learned this past week. (05/05/2009)