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Robot duck’s aim: Helps kids with cancer via power of play

ATLANTA – A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer – a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help t...

DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Breaking through a top weight-loss obstacle

Why is weight loss so difficult when it is exactly what is needed to improve overall health? One major obstacle with weight loss is that the brain subconsciously hears “loss,” an...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

IV bag shortage has hospitals scrambling to treat flu

TRENTON, N.J. – An ongoing shortage of fluids used to deliver medicine and treat dehydrated patients has hospital workers scrambling in the midst of a nasty flu season and supplies from fact...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Rowing, rebounders, boxing among 2018’s top fitness trends

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – If you skipped most of your workouts to be more “present” during the holiday festivities and aren’t looking forward to getting back on the treadmill, we feel you. We ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

I tried mindfulness to quit drinking. It actually worked.

I don’t know when I started drinking every day. But as I entered my mid-30s, I realized alcohol had moved from a weekend visitor to a roommate before I even noticed the shift. I’m not an alc...

DATE: Jan 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Grants aim to help address behavioral health care shortage

Four Corners social work graduate students receive stipends, training

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Enrollment in Colorado health exchange increased this year

Sign-up period ends Jan. 12

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

New, long-acting drugs cut frequency of migraine headaches

New, long-acting drugs may hold hope for millions of people who often suffer migraines. Studies of two of these medicines, given as shots every month or so, found they cut the frequency of t...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

A cascade of hearts, a sense of loss: Suicide and social media in the suburbs

On Instagram and Snapchat, sadness melded with rumor and fear. Students reeled first from the suicide of a 16-year-old girl at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. Six days later,...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve ever injured yourself?

Sneezing and sleeping are particularly dangerous activities for back injuries

DATE: Dec 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine

After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer and even pull off the ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

The other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills

Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs, often prescribed by multiple d...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...

Robot duck’s aim: Helps kids with cancer via power of play

Breaking through a top weight-loss obstacle

IV bag shortage has hospitals scrambling to treat flu

Rowing, rebounders, boxing among 2018’s top fitness trends

I tried mindfulness to quit drinking. It actually worked.

Grants aim to help address behavioral health care shortage

Enrollment in Colorado health exchange increased this year

New, long-acting drugs cut frequency of migraine headaches

A cascade of hearts, a sense of loss: Suicide and social media in the suburbs

What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve ever injured yourself?

In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine

The other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills

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