Unaffordable health plans an increasing trend
S.W. Colorado healthier than rest of state
DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Tech workers turn to ‘forest bathing’ to unplug, recharge
Before they were to find a “sit spot” in the forest, resisting the urge to check their phones and just pay attention to the nature around them, before they played games under soaring western...
DATE: Sep 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Workshop to explore depression treatment
Ruby Jo Walker will present a workshop called “Working Skillfully with Depression Through the Lens of the Autonomic Nervous System” from 9...
DATE: Sep 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Panel backs aspirin for heart health in only certain adults
WASHINGTON – A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s prevent a first heart attack or stroke – and they might get some protection ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Study backs more aggressive treatment of high blood pressure
WASHINGTON – Aiming lower saves more lives when it comes to controlling high blood pressure, says a major new study that could spur doctors to more aggressively treat patients over 50. ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Education center celebrates five years
Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center recently celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Many members from the region’s hea...
DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
The scientific reason your world brightens up when you do
“Feeling blue” might be more than just a metaphor.
Indeed, how we feel about the world can play a huge role in how we see it, according to a new study in the journal Psychological...
DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Half of U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes
CHICAGO – New research suggests that half of all U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The study of government health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers inc...
DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
New medical coding system aims to help track quality of care
WASHINGTON – If things are a bit tense in your doctor’s office come Oct. 1, some behind-the-scenes red tape could be to blame.
That’s the day when the nation’s physicians and hosp...
DATE: Sep 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
A bold move to save a man’s hand: Tucking it into his tummy
Casey Reyes struggled for a way to explain the “sci-fi” surgery doctors were proposing to save her 87-year-old grandfather’s badly burned hand.
“They’re gonna put your hand insid...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Walk, runs to benefit cancer treatment
In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), Mercy Health Foundation invites the community to register for the 21st annua...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Obese at 50? Midlife weight may affect when Alzheimer’s hits
WASHINGTON – One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people’s weight in middle age may influence not just whether they go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but when. ...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
