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Free dental screenings available for kids in Southwest Colorado

In the spirit of National Children’s Dental Health Month, San Juan Basin Public Health is offering free dental screenings and fluoride varnishes for any child ages 1 to 5. Kari...

Science Says: Why Europe still has so many measles outbreaks

LONDON – While parts of the world have all but banished measles, Europe is still getting hit with large outbreaks where some people don’t get vaccinated. Measles is still a bigger...

San Juan Basin Public Health clinic announces changes in vaccine prices

The prices for travel vaccines and private pay vaccines at San Juan Basin Public Health’s Immunization Clinic were both increased and decreased based on the manufacture prices and administ...

Worst of bad U.S. flu season finally over as illnesses decline

NEW YORK – The worst of the nation’s nasty flu season is finally over. The season apparently peaked in early February and has been fading since, health officials said Friday. The ...

What’s in the IV bag? Studies show safer option than saline

New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk...

New services, technologies can help with aging in place

There is nothing quite as devastating for many older people as having to leave the comfort of home because of poor health or limited mobility. But a new generation of services and...

Swallowing problems can be a serious health risk

Behind your tongue, just a few inches down the back of your throat, lies a dangerous precipice: over one edge it’s a straight shot down your trachea and bronchi and into the lungs, and over ...

Our Place adult day care in Durango to close

Lack of clients makes operation financially unfeasible

Four Corners Eye Clinic to offer free glaucoma screenings

Free glaucoma screenings from ophthalmologists will be offered from 4 to 6 p.m. March 14 at Four Corners Eye Clinic, Suite 212, 575 Rivergate Lane. Screenings are provided in obse...

Preventive treatment for peanut allergy succeeds in study

The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday that its daily capsules of peanut powder helped children build tolerance i...

Hickenlooper, other governors release health plan

‘Bipartisan blueprint’ aims to stabilize markets

Carbs, fat, DNA? Weight loss is finicky, new study shows

CHICAGO (AP) – A precision nutrition approach to weight loss didn’t hold up in a study testing low fat versus low carb depending on dieters’ DNA profiles. Previous research has su...
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