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A ‘sci-fi’ cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds

WASHINGTON – It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadl...

U.S. enrolls volunteers in large test of possible Zika vaccine

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that can cause...

Brain and arm implants help paralyzed man feed himself

LONDON – A paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in eight years, after doctors implanted sensors in his brain that sent signals to his arm. Bill Kochevar was p...

Community Health Action Coalition offers free education about advance care planning

The Community Health Action Coalition is offering a free educational presentation about advance care planning. “My Life: Planning in Advance,” an initiative funded by the Colorado...

Mercy to offer free class for those with prediabetes

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. April 7 in Suite 140 of the medical office building, 1010 Three Springs Blvd. ...

Southwest Colorado Community College expands nursing programs

Community college to offer bachelor’s degrees

FDA approves 1st drug for aggressive multiple sclerosis

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. The Food and ...

FDA approves 1st drug for moderate and severe eczema cases

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesda...

Death rates up for middle age whites with little education

WASHINGTON – A sobering portrait of less-educated middle-age white Americans emerged Thursday with new research showing them dying disproportionately from what one expert calls “deaths of de...

Unavoidable typos in DNA help fuel cancer

WASHINGTON – Cancer patients often wonder “why me?” Does their tumor run in the family? Did they try hard enough to avoid risks like smoking, too much sun or a bad diet? Lifestyle...

Community Challenge to focus on seniors, caregivers

“Meeting the Needs of Seniors, Providers and Caregivers,” the seventh annual Community Challenge, will be held April 18 and May 11 at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. ...

Heart Safe La Plata to hold CPR classes

Local nonprofit Heart Safe La Plata will offer an adult CPR class from 6 to 9 p.m. April 5 and a CPR class for health care providers from 6 to 10 p.m. April 12 at Durango Fire and Rescue Sta...
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