Got 10 minutes? You can do this workout
You don’t have to go to the gym
DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Active, virtuous living may not always protect your heart
Exercise is good, but nothing is 100 percent protective
DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Bystander rape-prevention programs face questions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Training programs around the country are trying to teach bystanders to stop sexual assault, and now is when they have to be especially alert. Campus sexual assault repor...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness
A girl saw her mother’s face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a stage and watched the stunned expressi...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Colorado dentists and other doctors seek opioid alternatives as crisis worsens
Wisdom teeth surgery involves pliers, so there’s often some post-operative pain. For years, dentists have prescribed painkilling opioids, like percocet or vicodin for patients.
Bu...
DATE: Oct 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Study examines how far U.S. women must travel to get abortion
NEW YORK – How far do American women need to travel in order to obtain an abortion?
A new study, billed as the first of its kind, makes those calculations state-by-state and count...
DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Flu cases at Colorado hospitals nearly double usual numbers
Residents urged to get vaccinated soon
DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care
WASHINGTON – The phone calls come – from fellow scientists and desperate strangers – with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one...
DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Failure to vaccinate is likely driver of U.S. measles outbreaks, report says
People who don’t get vaccinated are the most likely reason for the steady increase in the rate of measles and major outbreaks in the United States, according to an analysis released Tuesday....
DATE: Oct 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Talk to address coordinating health care services
Care Coordination Central will offer its biannual dialogue, “The Future of Care Coordination,” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the conference room at La Plata Electric Association, 4...
DATE: Oct 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Heart Safe to offer first-aid, CPR classes
Heart Safe La Plata will offer three classes in October at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive:
Oct. 4, a basic first-aid class will be held at 3 p.m. and an ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
Being empathetic is good, but it can hurt your health
Your husband was just passed over for a promotion, and he’s depressed. Your friend’s breast cancer has returned. As a supportive spouse and friend, you feel their pain. Growing research sugg...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health
