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Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease....

Colorado launching suicide prevention efforts

Mental health care, school-based programs central to plan

Psychotherapist starts suicide loss grief group in Bayfield

Residents expressed need for therapeutic resources

Southwest Retina opens research center to conduct clinical trials

Patients from across Four Corners will test new medications, devices

I quit drinking a year ago. Here’s what happened.

I sipped my last chilled vodka with lime last September. There wasn’t a lot of pomp when I bid farewell to cocktails. I didn’t want to broadcast my decision because I’d unsuccessfully tried ...

Food allergy sufferers often served a side of skepticism alongside their struggle

Patricia Hopp rose from her seat and took a deep breath. It was the first or second day of middle school, and Trece, as her family and friends call her, had something to say. She’d need her ...

Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics

SEATTLE – Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that benefits extend beyond we...

Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 states

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At le...

Stop wearing out your snooze button

Did you press the snooze button this morning ... maybe even more than once? Maybe you had time to sleep in or just felt so tired and “out of it” that you couldn’t believe it was ...

Thousands of young U.S. children get no vaccines, survey finds

NEW YORK – A small but growing proportion of the youngest children in the U.S. have not been vaccinated against any disease, worrying health officials. An estimated 100,000 young ...

Rate of new Ebola cases has doubled since September

LONDON – The rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said T...

Opioid Memorial Wall to visit Durango on Monday

Number of opioid-related deaths rises in state, nation