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Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of U.S. adults light up

NEW YORK – Smoking in the U.S. has hit another all-time low. About 14 percent of U.S adults were smokers last year, down from about 16 percent the year before, government figures ...

Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

GENEVA – Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too ...

NIH ends alcohol study, citing funding, credibility problems

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, saying ethical problems with how the research was pla...

Prescription drug use may increase risk of depression, study says

More than a third of American adults at potential risk

Blueprints of Hope to hold workshop series

Local nonprofit Blueprints of Hope will hold a workshop, “Lifting the Fog – Navigating the Impact of Cancer Treatments on Memory, Thinking and Attention,” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 23 in th...

Fewer U.S. teens smoking, doing drugs – and drinking milk

NEW YORK – Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they’re drinking less milk, too. Less than one-third of high school students drink a glass ...

Research comes to surprising conclusion about marathon runners and arthritis

A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners. The study Most people would assume that serious runners f...

Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence

CHICAGO – With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teac...

Flu season was one of the deadliest for U.S. children

NEW YORK – The past flu season was the deadliest for U.S. children in nearly a decade, health officials said Friday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they...

San Juan Regional Medical Center receives award

The San Juan Regional Medical Center Emergency Medical Services Department, for the third year consecutive year, received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award ...

Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife

CHICAGO – The deaths of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade highlight a troubling trend – rising suicides among middle-aged Americans. Mental health pr...

CryoMedSpa announces events

CryoMedSpa Durango recently announced it will hold free community events Wednesday and Friday. An informational meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Rochester Hotel R S...
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