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Hospital groups creating company to make cheap generic drugs

TRENTON, N.J. – Several major not-for-profit hospital groups are trying their own solution to drug shortages and high prices: creating a company to make cheaper generic drugs. The...

Public invited to integrative health open house

The public is invited to attend an open house about integrative health care from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pathways Physical Therapy and Holistic Health, 2243 Main Ave., Suite 3. ...

What about the memory test Trump aced? It’s not for everyone

WASHINGTON – Drawing a clock. Counting backward by sevens. Rattling off words that begin with “F’’ before a minute’s up. They may not sound like difficult tasks, but they’re part ...

Acupuncturist to give allergy talk Thursday at Durango Public Library

Acupuncturist Caleb Gates will give a talk about Advanced Allergy Therapeutics at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The talk is titled “Resolving ...

Century after pandemic, science takes its best shot at flu

WASHINGTON – The descriptions are haunting. Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbere...

Warning: Stifling sneezes can be health hazard in rare cases

LONDON – Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he...

Usage remains low for pill that can prevent HIV infection

NEW YORK – From gritty neighborhoods in New York and Los Angeles to clinics in Kenya and Brazil, health workers are trying to popularize a pill that has proven highly effective in preventing...

Fitness chain bans cable news networks as part of ‘healthy way of life’

With the start of the new year, scores of Americans are rushing to their local gyms, resolving to get a head start on a healthier routine. For some, particularly amid today’s high...

Mercy receives five-star Medicare rating

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recognized Mercy Regional Medical Center with a five-star rating for overall hospital quality. Mercy is one of seven hospitals in Co...

U.S. OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug aimed at women with advanced breast cancer caused by an inherited flawed gene. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Ast...

Our shame over sexual health makes us avoid the doctor, but these apps might help

We’re taught to feel shame around our sexuality from a young age, as our bodies develop and start to function in ways we’re unfamiliar with, as we begin to realize our body’s potential for p...

Robot duck’s aim: Helps kids with cancer via power of play

ATLANTA – A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer – a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help t...
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