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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 ...

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...

Babies try harder when they see you sweat, research shows

NEW YORK – If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Especially if a baby is watching. Children around 15 months old can become more persistent in pursuing a goal if they’ve ...

Substance abuse prevention sessions will be held Oct. 2

The Colorado Office of Behavioral Health recently contracted with the Colorado Health Institute to offer substance abuse prevention programs to communities. Two sessions will be ...

Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health

WASHINGTON – In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environm...

Buyer beware: Long-term care costs are surging

Long-term care costs are surging again and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year. Growing labor expenses and sicker patients hel...

What it’s like to survive a lightning strike

Rain and hail were pelting down and a thunderclap roared across a lake in central California. From afar, the fiery lightning strike that came with it looked like an explosion, dar...

Durango Public Library to host heart-health talk

An educational talk, “Heart Health, Save a Life,” will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Attendees will learn a...

Free thyroid assessments offered to public

Nancy Utter, a naturopathic practitioner, will offer a free thyroid gland assessment clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Durango Natural Medicine, 117 County Road 250. ...

America’s opioid problem is so bad it’s cutting into U.S. life expectancy

Prosecutors in New York announced this week that an August drug raid yielded 140 pounds of fentanyl, the most in the city’s history and enough to kill 32 million people, they told New York 4...

Handling chronic pain without relying on opioids

Each year, more than 300 people take part in a program at the Pain Rehabilitation Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Their complaints range widely, from specific problems such as ...

San Juan medical center to offer free balance classes

San Juan Regional Medical Center will offer a free fall-prevention program, “Matter of Balance,” during October and November in the Personal Reverence Room at the Center for Workforce Excell...
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