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About those omega-3s: You need them, so eat more fish

Are you getting enough omega-3s? These vital fats are beneficial for heart, brain and eye health, but it’s not just the amount that matters. The type of omega-3s in your diet could determine...

Southwest Health to open health clinic in Dolores

Town has been without doctor since January

Brain scans may change care for some people with memory loss

WASHINGTON – Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer’s? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of patients whose memory prob...

Federal insurance program for kids at risk

Program benefits 74,000 Coloradans

U.S. teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline

NEW YORK – After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows. The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the o...

Tibetan Buddhism-based ‘compassion’ training for doctors targets burnout

A mere three years after completing her residency training in 2011, surgeon Carla Haack found herself in the throes of job burnout. She had been devoting her life to the hospital, working 14...

Study boosts hope of ‘liquid biopsies’ for cancer screening

Scientists have the first major evidence that blood tests called liquid biopsies hold promise for screening people for cancer. Hong Kong doctors tried it for a type of head and neck cancer, ...

Gym-going seniors are benefiting from more than exercise

Until an injury temporarily sidelined him recently, Burt Abramowitz, 81, and his 76-year-old workout partner had a standing commitment three times each week. They’d work out at the Gold’s Gy...

Report reveals underground U.S. haven for heroin, drug users

NEW YORK – A safe haven where drug users inject themselves with heroin and other drugs has been quietly operating in the United States for the past three years, a report reveals. ...

Your brain can form new memories while you are asleep, neuroscientists show

A sleeping brain can form fresh memories, according to a team of neuroscientists. The researchers played complex sounds to people while they were sleeping, and afterward the sleepers could r...

Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia

WASHINGTON – Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle changes just might help sta...

Mercy named in best state hospitals for nurses list

Mercy Regional Medical Center was recently named as one of the best Colorado hospitals for nurses on For the past two years, Nurse.org collected more than 39,000 reviews from nurses about ...
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