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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

Bacon, soda too few nuts may kill you

CHICAGO – Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes. Overeating or not eating en...

Want a productive work day? Watch what you eat

Do you have days at work when you feel energetic, inspired and productive, while on other days you feel tired, busy and stressed, with almost nothing to show for your efforts at the end of t...

Risk & reward: Stopping a cancer drug to see if you’re cured

Imagine you had a life-threatening cancer that a wonder drug had kept in remission for years. Would you risk quitting? Thousands of people with a blood cancer called chronic myelo...

Those with blurry close-up vision get some new help

WASHINGTON – Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurr...

Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease

A French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now has enough properly working red blood cells to dodge the effects of the disorder, researchers rep...
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