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Flu vaccine called a good ‘match’ this year

Vaccinations encouraged as season starts

Fatty liver disease can wage a silent war on your liver

One of the secrets to great health is a healthy liver. Modern living and lifestyle habits are very hard on this multitasking organ, and we are seeing the effects of this in the increasing pr...

3 sex-spread diseases hit another record high, CDC says

NEW YORK – Infections from three sexually spread diseases have hit another record high. Chlamydia was the most common. More than 1.5 million cases were reported in the U.S. last y...

Stress reduction workshop offered Saturday

Conflict solutions consultant, Aikido instructor and martial arts practitioner Thomas Holmes will present a Stress Reduction class from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Durango Community Recreat...

Health coalition to promote advance care planning

The Community Health Action Coalition has been awarded $199,927 in funding from the Colorado Health Foundation to promote advance care planning in La Plata County over the span of two years....

Don’t expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop pounds

LONDON – Wearing a fitness tracker may help you keep tabs on how many steps you take, but the devices themselves – even with the lure of a cash reward – probably won’t improve your health, a...

Functional medicine aims to address body, mind, spirit

When Bloomfield resident Vicki Faverino lost her only son to suicide, the trauma was too much to bear, and she had nowhere to turn. “There were times when I’d just stop breathing,...

Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancers

CHICAGO – Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advance treatment for the deadli...

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

WASHINGTON – It’s not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity – mostly walking – helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, t...

Mercy Regional Medical Center to host free prediabetes class

Mercy Regional Medical Center will hold a free prediabetes class from 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 7 in suite 140 of its medical office building, 1010 Three Springs Blvd. Anyone diagnosed with prediabe...

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son’s organ donation

‘I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are’

Health clinics promote proper diets

Chicago-area food banks work with medical providers
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