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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...

Urology services coming to Bayfield in April

San Juan Health Partners Urology will begin offering services in Bayfield in April at San Juan Regional Heart Center, 480 Wolverine Drive. Three urologists – Dr. Daniel Mannas, D...

Cholesterol drug cuts heart risks, spurs new debate on cost

A long-acting cholesterol medicine cut the risk of having a heart attack or some other serious problems by 15 to 20 percent in a big study that’s likely to spur fresh debate about what drugs...

Falls are taking a huge and rising toll on elderly brains

NEW YORK – Elderly people are suffering concussions and other brain injuries from falls at what appear to be unprecedented rates, according to a new report from U.S. government researchers. ...

Indigenous Bolivians have some of the healthiest hearts

LONDON – Deep in the Bolivian Amazon lives a group of indigenous people who spend their days hunting and farming. Researchers say this may be partly why they have some of the healthiest hear...

Ten nutrition mistakes even really healthy people make

Even when you try your best to eat well, it’s difficult to know everything about nutrition. I often talk with clients who believe they are making good choices and don’t realize that little o...

Now hear this: Loud sound may pose more harm than we thought

NEW YORK – Matt Garlock has trouble making out what his friends say in loud bars, but when he got a hearing test, the result was normal. Recent research may have found an explanation for pro...

New CEO to lead Mercy Regional Medical Center

Will McConnell joined Durango hospital in 2010

Doctors tie Zika virus to heart problems in some adults

For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults. The evidence so far is only in eight people in Venezuela, and is not ...

GOP health bill would cut CDC’s $1B disease fighting fund

NEW YORK – A proposal to replace the Obama health care law would cut out a pillar of funding for the nation’s lead public health agency, and experts say that would likely curtail programs ac...

Bacteria, metals found in Animas Valley wells

Water-quality tests show variable contamination
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