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Exercise and obesity are both rising in U.S.

NEW YORK – It may seem like a contradiction, but more adults in the U.S. say they are exercising at the same time more of them are becoming obese. About 24 percent of adults last ...

Loss of income can change health insurance status

People who have lost income because of the 416 Fire may be eligible for a change in their health insurance status. People may qualify for Medicaid in 2018 if their income for the...

Mercy targets emerging epidemic of fragile bone fractures

Clinic serves aging baby boomers

Mercy Regional Medical Center to offer prediabetes class

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 140 of the medical office building at the hospital, 1010 Three S...

Science Says: How family separation may affect kids’ brains

CHICAGO – Doctors have long known that separating families and other traumatic events can damage children’s well-being. More recent research has shed some light on how that may happen: Sever...

Enemy turned ally: Poliovirus is used to fight brain tumors

One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumors. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetica...

Medical milestone: U.S. OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures

WASHINGTON – U.S. health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under feder...

Health Services office launches smartphone app to ease state benefits

The Colorado Department of Human Services has a smartphone app to give customers instant mobile access to benefits, documents and tips. The MyCOBenefits app can reduce customers’ ...

How do you count deaths from a hurricane?

NEW YORK – How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It’s a question that has been debated since the powerful storm slammed into the island and devastated the U.S....

Pain medicine group cancels doctor training about marijuana

Request to cancel came from a federal agency

San Juan Basin Public Health clinic offers contraception services

San Juan Basin Public Health works to prevent teen pregnancy through its Sexual Health Clinic. The clinic provides annual exams, sexually transmitted infection screenings, pregna...

New evidence that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON – Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer’s, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theorie...
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