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First aid: Not just for scraped knees

Class teaches how to recognize mental health disorders, support people in crisis

Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice

WASHINGTON – Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why: Obesity, they found, can rob the tongue of taste buds. ...

Suicide-prevention speaker will appear tonight via livestream

Kevin Hines was scheduled to make an appearance at Fort Lewis College

Flu, crowded shelters create perfect storm for homeless

The flu descended on Connie Gabaldon like a fog, she recalled, clouding her mind and compromising her judgment. It progressed to chest and back pain, the aches perhaps made worse by a fall t...

Do my ‘social prescriptions’ help patients?

About a decade ago, a colleague told me about a cool new initiative, something called “Exercise Is Medicine.” The idea made total sense to me: Rather than just tell my patients about exercis...

Abortion is safe but barriers reduce quality of care, report says

WASHINGTON – Abortions in the U.S. are very safe but getting one without facing delays and false medical information depends on where women live, says a broad examination of the nation’s abo...

Cholesterol drug lowers risk of death, heart attack, study says

ORLANDO, Fla. – A newer cholesterol drug, used with older statin medicines, modestly lowered heart risks and deaths in a big study of heart attack survivors that might persuade insurers to c...

Durango student battling cancer will meet NBA hero Stephen Curry

Make-A-Wish Foundation sending Durango family to California

‘Homer can help you’: War veterans use ancient epics to cope

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The trials of Odysseus are really not that different from the struggles of those learning to readjust after wars of today, modern veterans are finding. A small g...

Doctors find air pocket where part of man’s brain should be

The 84-year-old man arrived in the emergency room with complaints that weren’t uncommon for a patient his age. He had reported feeling unsteady over the past several months, culmi...

Barbershop study trimmed black men’s hair and blood pressure

ORLANDO, Fla. – Trim your hair, your beard, your blood pressure? Black men reduced one of their biggest medical risks through a novel project that shows the power of familiar faces and trust...

Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain

CHICAGO – A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain. In patients with stubborn back aches or hip or knee arthritis, opioids...