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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 February at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: A basic first-aid class w...

Community Health Action Coalition to hold monthly meeting

The Community Health Action Coalition will hold a meeting from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Eolus Room at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Erik Foss, direct...

Groundhog Day report: Flu’s worsening shadow blanketing U.S.

NEW YORK – It looks like Groundhog Day for the nation’s flu report, too: It’s gotten worse and there are weeks of suffering ahead. The government’s report out Friday showed the fl...

Push to better track living kidney donors’ long-term health

WASHINGTON – The big unknown when someone donates a kidney: The long-term health consequences. Now the U.S. is taking a step toward finally tracking how living donors fare over decades – jus...

‘Fair of Heart and Goosebump Race’ will return to Farmington

San Juan Regional Medical Center will hold its 10th annual “A Fair of the Heart and Goosebump Race” on Feb. 17 at the hospital’s Heart Center, 407 South Schwartz Ave., in Farmington. ...

Middle age is not too late to increase cardiac fitness, studies show

Late January can be a difficult time for anyone who began a new exercise routine on New Year’s Day. Research has shown that nearly half of all resolutions have faded by the end of January, a...

No time for the gym? At-home workouts offer cheap option

Between bomb cyclones and deep freezes, it’s hard to find the motivation to leave your toasty home for a sweat session. Or maybe you’re just too cash-strapped after the holidays to fork over...

Stem cells may help heal diabetic foot wounds

Durango podiatrist enrolls patients in clinical trial

Tiny implant opens way to deliver drugs deep into the brain

WASHINGTON – Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision. Tested only in animals so far...

Mercy 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...

Study confirms flu increases risk of heart attack in elderly

NEW YORK – As if the flu wasn’t bad enough already: Researchers have confirmed that flu sharply increases the risk of heart attack for older people. Doctors have long known that f...

Afraid of getting sick? Six things you can do at home

Coughing, sneezing and misery are a part of many households these days as cold and flu season kicks into high gear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say we are in the midst of ...
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