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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...

Amia offers social visits for seniors in Southwest Colorado

In an effort to combat elder isolation, seniors in Southwest Colorado have been offered free social visits through services provided by Amia: Friends for Elders. The San Juan Basi...

Cycling to work means better health and a longer life

A British medical journal published a study this spring that seemed to confirm what dedicated bicyclists had long suspected: Commuting on two wheels is really, really good for your health. ...

‘She gave me the ultimate gift’: Selena Gomez tells story of her kidney transplant

Selena Gomez dropped a bombshell on Instagram: The 25-year-old pop star had a kidney transplant earlier this summer, and the donor was a friend, actress Francia Raisa. The first photo in the...

Study prompts call to examine flu vaccine and miscarriage

NEW YORK – A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protectio...
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