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Half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

ANAHEIM, Calif. – New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. ...

Diabetes: Avoid joining the trend

Are you diabetic or have a close family member or friend who is? November is National Diabetes Month and brings attention to the group of disorders and their impact on millions of Americans....

Half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

ANAHEIM, Calif. – New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. ...

Mercy earns ‘A’ grade for patient safety

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, recently announced that Mercy Regional Medical Center was one of 832 hospitals nationwide and one of 18 in Colorado...

Kids Rock to offer breastfeeding workshop

A breast-feeding workshop for pregnant women and their partners will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at Kids Rock, 563 Main Ave. The workshop will be taught by Joy Frazer. ...

Durango, Cortez to host Medicare, Medicaid workshop

Southwest Colorado Health Care Coalition and Onward Innovation will hold two workshops Thursday about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ emergency preparedness rule that affec...

Is it an emergency? Insurer makes patients question ER visit

INDIANAPOLIS – Alison Wrenne was making waffles for her two young children one morning when abdominal pain forced her to the floor. A neighbor who is a physician assistant urged her to go to...

Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy

LONDON – Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to sa...

Drugstore pain pills as effective as opioids in ER patients

CHICAGO – Emergency rooms are where many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers, but what if doctors offered over-the-counter pills instead? A new study tested that app...

Herbalist to teach about medicinal mushrooms

A class about the medicinal uses of mushrooms, “Local Medicinal Mushrooms,” will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Durango. Herbalist and microbiologist Anna Marij...

Concerned about inflammation? These foods may help

There’s a lot of talk about inflammation and anti-inflammatory diets – but there’s also a lot of misinformation and confusion surrounding these nutrition buzz words. Many people aren’t quite...

Do I have Alzheimer’s or don’t I?

He lived with a diagnosis for years, but he may not have it
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