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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...

Cancer group says colon screening should start at 45, not 50

NEW YORK – New guidelines released Wednesday recommend U.S. adults start colon cancer screening earlier, at age 45 instead of 50. The American Cancer Society’s advice puts it out ...

Rap video, social campaign targets teen pot smokers

LOS ANGELES – New rap videos aimed at Los Angeles-area teens show a common high school scene: Young people hanging out at a party, empty beer cups strewn about and joints being fired up. ...

Health officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Ebola response

GENEVA – The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is “cautiously optimistic” about efforts to curb the spread of Ebola in an urban area in Congo, although the lethal virus is still repo...

A surprising bullying battleground: Senior centers

SAN FRANCISCO – The unwanted were turned away from cafeteria tables. Fistfights broke out at karaoke. Dances became breeding grounds for gossip and cruelty. It became clear this p...

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...

Surgery causes cognitive losses in some seniors

Two years ago, Daniel Cole’s 85-year-old father had heart bypass surgery. He hasn’t been quite the same since. “He forgets things and will ask you the same thing several times,” s...

Heart Safe La Plata to offer first-aid, CPR classes

Local nonprofit Heart Safe La Plata will offer basic first-aid and CPR trainings in June at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: A basic first-aid class will ...

Teens with health challenges learn to support each other through peer mentorship

Similar groups offered for parents of kids with chronic health conditions

Gut check: Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alert

Scientists have developed a swallowed capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside ...

Many cancer patients juggle care along with financial pain

Josephine Rizo survived chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, but breast cancer treatment wrecked her finances. Money was already tight when doctors told the Phoenix resident she h...
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