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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...

Sobering report teases out factors leading to suicides

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in th U.S.

Smoke may be here for a while. Is it dangerous?

Residents advised to limit activity, close windows to avoid exposure

Licking cancer: U.S. postal stamp helped fund key breast study

CHICAGO – Countless breast cancer patients in the future will be spared millions of dollars of chemotherapy thanks in part to something that millions of Americans did that cost them just pen...

Health records now accessible via iPhone

Centura Health patients can now access their medical information through Health Records on their iPhones. The program brings together Centura Health hospitals, Colorado Health Ne...

Study finds rare gain for tough-to-treat pancreatic cancer

CHICAGO – Patients with pancreatic cancer that hadn’t spread lived substantially longer on a four-drug combo than on a single standard cancer drug, a rare advance for a tough-to-treat diseas...

Birth certificate fee to increase July 1

San Juan Basin Public Health announces that fees for birth certificates will be increased. Effective July 1, the price for the first certified copy of a birth certificate will inc...

U.S. blocks UN health panel from backing taxes on sugar drinks

GENEVA – The Trump administration has torpedoed a plan to recommend higher taxes on sugary drinks, forcing a World Health Organization panel to back off the UN agency’s previous call for suc...

Breastfeeding workshop offered Thursday

Joy of Life Family Medicine will offer a breastfeeding workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kids Rock, 563 Main Ave. The workshop is for any expecting mothers and fathers. The co...

5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreak

NEW YORK – Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five. Health officials have tied the E. coli o...

Cancer Coalition of Southwest Colorado hosting free dinner

The Cancer Coalition of Southwest Colorado invites cancer survivors and caregivers to a free dinner that will feature information about the Relay for Life in August and the coalition’s wor...
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