Are your cabinets and carpet emitting chemicals?
Indoor air can be more polluted than outdoor air
DATE: Dec 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Mercy’s endocrinology clinic to close
The endocrinology clinic at Mercy Regional Medical Center will close in May.
Dr. Gihan “Gigi” Dawood resigned her position at Centura Health Physician Group Southwest Endocrinolog...
DATE: Dec 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Nutritionist at Pediatric Partners helps children dial in their diets
Mikel Love addresses food insecurity, power struggles with picky eaters
DATE: Dec 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
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 December at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive:
A basic first-aid class w...
DATE: Dec 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Mercy cardiology services listed in nation’s top 10 percent
Cardiology services at Mercy Regional Medical Center ranked in the top 10 percent nationwide when measured by volume-weighted performance, according to Healthgrades, a company that provides ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
U.S. health officials to target high-risk alternative remedies
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials plan to crack down on a growing number of unproven alternative remedies, focusing on products containing dangerous ingredients that have occasionally been ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
San Juan Regional Medical Center receives excellence award
San Juan Regional Medical Center recently received a 2017 New Mexico Performance Excellence Award, specifically the Level 3 Roadrunner Recognition Award from Quality New Mexico.
T...
DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Archuleta County commissioner seeks resolution to conflict over courthouse
Judge says courts never rejected offer to use administration building
DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Soaring overdose deaths cut U.S. life expectancy for 2nd year
NEW YORK – U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live.
The government ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Animas Valley Elementary teaches the ABCs of emotional intelligence
Pilot program focuses on kindness, communication, self-worth
DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Colorado extends child health care program
Congress fails to renew funding for 9 million kids
DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Striking a chord, NIH taps the brain to find how music heals
WASHINGTON – Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, patients looking up in surp...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
