Women invited to join heart-health program

Colorado State University Extension in La Plata County is working with Tufts University to help women improve their heart health through Strong Women, Healthy Hearts. Women older...

Health department changes name to San Juan Basin Public Health

San Juan Basin Health has changed its name to “San Juan Basin Public Health,” effective immediately. The name change better reflects the organization’s public health mission: to p...

Hospice of Mercy to offer 8-week grief support group

Hospice of Mercy is offering an eight-week grief support group for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the pro...

Rare neurological disorder prevents people from knowing where they are

I knew I was safe. I was mere blocks from where I’d started my walk with Otis, the beagle I was dog-sitting. That knowledge didn’t matter, though; fear and adrenaline pulsed through my veins...

Pumping iron gives the mind a lift

To free the mind, first free the body through exercise

Cortez Parks and Recreation considers smoke-free zones

Survey to ask about tobacco use in parks

1 in 4 U.S. men have cancer-linked HPV genital infections

CHICAGO – The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several can...

Suicide-prevention effort begins

Meeting begins community plan to reduce tragic deaths

Wearable sensors as ‘check engine’ light for health

WASHINGTON – A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any sympt...

Durango Floatation Therapy offers escape from your senses

Center opened on north Main

Fish oil pills for pregnant moms may cut asthma risk in kids

Children whose moms took high doses of fish oil during their last three months of pregnancy were less likely to develop chronic wheezing problems or asthma by age 5, finds a study that sugge...

A novel approach: Fighting painkiller addiction at home

People hooked on prescription painkillers were able to use a drug at home to curb cravings and prevent abuse while waiting to get in a treatment program, finds a small study that gives hope ...