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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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

Young at heart? Not most Americans, government report says

NEW YORK – Your heart might be older than you are. A new government report suggests age is just a number – and perhaps not a very telling one when it comes to your risk of heart attack or st...

Young at heart? Not most Americans, government report says

NEW YORK – Your heart might be older than you are. A new government report suggests age is just a number – and perhaps not a very telling one when it comes to your risk of heart attack or st...

Southwest Colo. lags in health coverage

Slower to close uninsured gap than other parts of state
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