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Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

SAN DIEGO – Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes’ husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it, but the choice was no guesswo...

San Juan Regional Medical Center to offer free flu shots

San Juan Regional Medical Center will offer free influenza vaccination clinics in October and November at five locations in northwestern New Mexico: Oct. 28: 9 a.m.-noon, San J...

Restaurant food safety class will be held at La Plata County Fairgrounds

A class about safe food handling will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The class will cover Colorado Department of Health safe ...

A dietitian’s four favorite foods that are high in good fats

Remember when we used to think that dietary fat was bad? We believed that “fat makes you fat,” but now know that obesity is more complex than just overeating a single nutrient. It’s amazing ...

Gynecology museum’s 4,500 items tell an interesting and odd medical tale

WASHINGTON – ‘What are those?” I asked, pointing to an instrument that appeared to be a fork and a spoon joined with handles. “Those are salad tongs,” deadpanned Mary Hyde, my guide through ...

Fort Lewis College students get a check-up

Fresh Check Day targets students’ mental wellness

Karen Pence: ‘All of us could benefit from art therapy’

Vice president’s wife will highlight issue during Trump administration

Should women older than 18 get the HPV vaccine?

About half of American teenagers have been vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Should adult women follow s...

San Juan Basin Public Health to offer free health insurance help

San Juan Basin Public Health will host two identical interactive presentations about health insurance from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 19 and Oct. 24 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. ...

Pagosa Springs to hold ‘Women’s Wellness Week’

The Springs Resort and Spa will hold Women’s Wellness Week, which will offer free health forums Oct. 16-19 at the resort, 165 Hot Springs Blvd., in Pagosa Springs. Events are for ...

Got 10 minutes? You can do this workout

You don’t have to go to the gym

Active, virtuous living may not always protect your heart

Exercise is good, but nothing is 100 percent protective
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