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How best to treat opioids’ youngest sufferers? No one knows

CHICAGO – Two babies, born 15 months apart to the same young woman overcoming opioid addiction. Two very different treatments. Sarah Sherbert’s first child was whisked away to a h...

First blood test to help diagnose brain injuries gets OK

CHICAGO – The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval. The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercialize its test, giv...

14 worms pulled from woman’s eye after rare infection

NEW YORK – An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were remove...

Marijuana’s 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashes

CHICAGO – Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on w...

Kids Rock to offer breastfeeding workshop

A winter breastfeeding workshop with Joy Frazer will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kids Rock, 563 Main Ave. The workshop is for pregnant women and their partners and will d...

Physical therapist assistant completes training

Physical therapist assistant Casey Buckingham of Absolute Physical Therapy recently completed a course called “Evidence-Based Treatment of the Thoracic Spine,” which covered pathologies of t...

Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu

NEW YORK – The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 1...

San Juan Regional Medical Center offers tips for flu season

Recommendations included for infants, children, adults

Free screenings offered for Children’s Dental Health Month

San Juan Basin Public Health will offer free dental screenings and fluoride varnishes for children from 1 to 5 years old this spring to recognize National Children’s Dental Health Month, whi...

AP count: Nearly 11.8M enroll for Obama health law in 2018

WASHINGTON – Call it the political equivalent of a death-defying escape: former President Barack Obama’s health care law pulled in nearly 11.8 million customers for 2018, despite the Republi...

What can you do if your doctor always keeps you waiting?

Q: My doctor was seriously late for my appointment, which caused me to miss some work and basically penalized me financially. Can I demand at least a partial refund? A: Just this ...

2nd man has gene editing; therapy has no safety flags so far

A second patient has been treated in a historic gene editing study in California, and no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man’s treatment nearly three months a...
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