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Transplant gives new face, scalp to burned firefighter

NEW YORK – A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced M...

Scales aren’t always best measure of health

Business owners bring body composition tests to Boulder

Old laws collide with digital reality in teen sexting cases

Educators aren’t allowed to counsel students without informing police about incidents

Health Briefs

Restaurant food safety class offered A restaurant food safety class will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500 Main ...

Drug might help breast cancer patients avoid heart damage

ORLANDO, Fla. – Many cancer treatments have a dark side – they can damage the heart. New research suggests this risk might be lowered in women with breast tumors if they take a heart drug as...

Apple shape poses risks

Study: Even the normal-weight should watch that pot belly

Big study suggests steep drop in needless heart procedures

CHICAGO – Fewer heart patients are getting inappropriate angioplasties, a new study suggests. The analysis showed overuse of the common procedure to open clogged heart arteries ha...

Promise seen for wireless pacemakers placed without surgery

ORLANDO, Fla. – Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers – miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery. ...

Single-payer health care on 2016 ballot in Colorado

Would create a universal system and eliminate private insurance

Cattle country responds to recent cancer report

Weld County residents take meat study with grain of salt

Help for doctors’ suicidal thoughts

CHICAGO – Doctors-in-training face long, stressful hours, sleepless nights and a high risk of depression and suicidal thoughts, but often are too stoic and time-starved to seek help. A study...

Health Briefs

Health insurance marketplace discussed “Understanding Colorado’s Health Insurance Marketplace” will be presented by Kevin O’Connor, health coverage guide for San Juan Basin Health...
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