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Small risk of breast cancer seen with hormone contraceptives

CHICAGO – Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like older pills, they still mo...

‘Take all their excuses away’: Hard cases in heroin fight

More than 64,000 died of drug overdoses last year in the U.S., most from opioids

Doctors: Over a year to see if uterus transplant successful

DALLAS – It took well over a year to determine if a woman who received a womb transplant would become the first in the U.S. to give birth, transplant surgeons in Dallas said Monday. ...

Replacing lymph nodes to ease painful legacy of cancer care

WASHINGTON – Breast cancer treatment left Susan Wolfe-Tank with an arm too painfully swollen to lift anything heavy or even fit into her usual clothing – a debilitating condition that gets l...

Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

WASHINGTON – Scientists are expanding the genetic code of life, using man-made DNA to create a semi-synthetic strain of bacteria – and new research shows those altered microbes actually work...

First baby from a uterus transplant in the US born in Dallas

The first birth as a result of a womb transplant in the United States has occurred in Texas, a milestone for the U.S. but one achieved several years ago in Sweden. A woman who had...

CryoMedSpa therapist to present at library

Nasha Winters of CryoMedSpa will give a presentation called “A Night with Nasha: Bio-Hacking the Holidays” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Sh...

San Juan Medical to offer cardiac screenings

San Juan Regional Medical Center cardiologists will offer teens 13 to 18 free cardiac screenings from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 9 in the catheterization laboratory and radiology waiting area at the h...

When healing’s needed, seek out these immunity-boosting foods

My daughter is in the midst of three surgeries that will span five months. She seems much less anxious than I, but children often remain carefree while their parents worry. Before her first ...

UN: About 11 percent of drugs in poor countries are fake

LONDON – About 11 percent of medicines in developing countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of children from diseases like malaria and pneumonia...

Intensive care for addicted doctors often proves effective

WARRIOR, Ala. – The day a 39-year-old surgeon checked into his rustic cabin here at Bradford Health Services, he said he doubted that he could beat his decades-long struggle with alcohol and...

San Juan Medical cardiology first to use Impella RP

The cardiology program at San Juan Regional Medical Center recently announced it was the first hospital in New Mexico to receive and use the right-ventricular Impella heart pump, known as th...
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