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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

Rookie doctors can work longer, 24-hour shifts under new rules

CHICAGO – Rookie doctors can work up to 24 hours straight under new work limits taking effect this summer – a move supporters say will enhance training and foes maintain will do just the opp...

Even in middle age, your best running days may still be ahead of you

Elite road racers make running look effortless. While most of us appear to be in pain, their cadence and form belie any of that misery. But there’s good news, middle-of-the-pack runners, bec...

Fitbit tracks your steps; now it wants to chart your Zs, too

NEW YORK – Fitbit, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well. The company said data collected by the millions of Fitbit ...

Free talk to address relief from seasonal allergies

Advanced Allergy Relief Center of the Southwest will present “Seasonal Allergies and Allergic Asthma: An Alternative Solution” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Durango Public Library, 1900...

Popular health reform benefits Durango medical offices

Legislation rewards practices for improving care
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