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Soaring overdose deaths cut U.S. life expectancy for 2nd year

NEW YORK – U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Animas Valley Elementary teaches the ABCs of emotional intelligence

Pilot program focuses on kindness, communication, self-worth

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado extends child health care program

Congress fails to renew funding for 9 million kids

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Striking a chord, NIH taps the brain to find how music heals

WASHINGTON – Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, patients looking up in surp...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Loneliness seems to damage health, triggering inflammation and neurological changes

Loneliness can tank your mood, but can it affect your health, too? All signs point to yes. It turns out that feeling lonely can do more than make you sad: It can predic...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

A CDC ban on ‘fetus’ and ‘transgender’? Experts alarmed

NEW YORK – Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget do...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Dolores leukemia patient donates his art prize to injured student

Nick Lester’s artwork selected for Children’s Hospital holiday card

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Researcher aims to stall deadly symptoms of rattlesnake bite

Doctor develops way to slow down spread of poison

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Q&A: How is the U.S. opioid crisis affecting children?

NEW YORK – Public attention to the historic wave of opioid addiction gripping the U.S. has focused mostly on its effect on adults and the thousands who have died of overdoses. Missed by much...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes

MARION, Ind. – She was first roused awake at 2:30 a.m. by a call seeking an emergency placement for a child. Ninety minutes later, it was a storm of texts telling of a problem at a foster ho...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Deaths from window blinds show need for cord ban, study says

CHICAGO – Children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on blinds with c...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Blood test may help predict which breast cancers will recur

A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

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