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Durango gym owner distills years of fitness experience into “Wellness Toolbox”

Don Roberts’ fitness and nutrition book a guide to making healthier choices

Local volunteers work to improve lives of Guatemalans

More than 230 residents have traveled on medical missions

Wrist surgery puts retired coach back in play

Bob Hofman can shoot basketball for first time in decades

Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain aging

WASHINGTON – Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age but now scientists are peeking inside living brains to tell if depression might worsen that decline – and finding some worriso...

Five immunity boosters to add to your diet

Sometimes in the winter it feels like coughing, scratchy throats and runny noses are just a part of daily life. I don’t give financial advice, but my goal is to share how the foods you eat ...

Flu vaccine doing a relatively good job this season

NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Preliminary figures sugges...

Durango homeless coalition mum on progress

Group has been meeting for six months

Suicide survivor finds healing in art at Ignacio community center

‘It’s a safe place to talk. It’s a safe place to create’

Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infection

Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose an...

Pea-sized pill delivers insulin shot from inside the stomach

WASHINGTON – Scientists figured out how to hide a shot inside a pea-sized pill – creating a swallowable gadget, inspired by a tortoise shell, that can inject medicines like insulin from insi...

Special Olympics coach bets on ‘human spirit ... winning’

Scott Beckstead will mentor World Games team in Abu Dhabi

Low-income residents spend thousands at Durango Farmers Market

Nonprofit offers matching funds for food stamps spent on fresh produce