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Students get hands-on health care experience

Camp allows teens to explore health careers

Zika and Durango: Will the virus land here?

Climate, elevation stave off mosquitoes, but for how long?

Would teens be slimmer if stars hawked kale and quinoa?

CHICAGO – Would U.S. teens be any slimmer if Katy Perry hawked kale and quinoa? New research doesn’t prove a link, but its authors think music stars popular with teens may be cont...

Cortez pharmacist fights antibiotic overuse

Marc Meyer helps update CDC guidelines

Health Briefs

Thyroid assessments available June 3 Dr. Nancy Utter will offer free thyroid consultations from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Durango Natural Medicine, 117 County Road 250. The...

Brain scans reveal hidden consciousness in patients

NEW YORK – A standard brain scanning technique is showing promise for helping doctors distinguish between patients in a vegetative state and those with hidden signs of consciousness. ...

Southwest Health worries that lab tech program will close

San Juan College may shutter program

Cortez City Council approves hospital site plan

Southwest Memorial expansion includes new patient wing, office building

Loss for words can be rare brain disorder, not Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON – A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer’s disease although it isn’t robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them. I...

Why do health policy prices vary by region?

By David Olinger The Denver Post DENVER (AP) – High country residents who pay high prices for health insurance are seeing a glimmer of hope for relief. Color...

Living near nature may help you live longer

Living closer to nature is better for your health, new research suggests – and may even extend your life. A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that peopl...

Free dental clinics to serve students in La Plata County

Program aims to help more than 100 kids this month
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