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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...

Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day with media

NEW YORK – Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites. Common Sense Media has released an e...

New push for pint-sized medical devices to treat sick kids

WASHINGTON – Improvise isn’t a word parents want to hear from their kid’s doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care because many of the medical devices needed to trea...

Health Briefs

Free class to address prediabetes diagnosis People who have prediabetes are invited to attend a free class by Sheena Carswell and Marge Morris from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 6 in Suite 14...

3 ways to help yourself feel safe in an insane world

Anxiety affects 40M Americans

A surprising link between indoor carbon dioxide levels, cognitive function

In a development likely to sharpen debate about indoor environment conditions in office buildings, a study published Monday reports that workers showed significantly lowered cognitive functi...

Colo. health exchange ready for failed co-op’s customers

DENVER (AP) – The leader of the state health exchange expressed confidence Monday that most people losing Colorado HealthOP policies will stay with the exchange. The largest insur...

Plague may have been spreading much earlier than once believed

LONDON – The plague was spreading nearly 3,000 years before previously thought, scientists say after finding traces of the disease in the teeth of ancient people – a discovery that could pro...

Doctor puts mind to mindfulness, discovers meditation’s benefits

A few summers ago during a weeklong vacation, I started playing a mind game. In the mornings, I would sit outside on a comfortable deck chair, surrounded by the shrill call of cicadas, and g...

Health Briefs

United Blood Services announces drives United Blood Services will host these blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in the gym of Dolores High School, 1301 Central, Dol...

Cancer group’s mammogram advice: Start later and get fewer

CHICAGO – The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government tas...
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