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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

‘Just thankful he’s here’

Maddox family deals with aftermath of baby heart transplant

Study: Tiny, wireless pacemaker could be surgery-free option

LONDON – A tiny, wireless pacemaker could offer some heart patients a surgery-free alternative to the traditional devices, a new study says. Some doctors, however, say there are lingering sa...

Health Briefs

Learn about diseases for free at library The Community Health Action Coalition will host the free event, “What’s Bugging You? Infectious Diseases: Real Risks, Real Treatments, Rea...

Scientists report major step in development of universal flu vaccine

Whenever Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks about pressing medical needs he often brings up the universal flu vaccine. One of the costliest public health ...

Doctors recommend early exposure to prevent peanut allergies

CHICAGO – A pediatricians’ group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn 1. The interim guidance is in res...

Doctors recommend early exposure to prevent peanut allergies

The interim guidance is in response to a major allergy study published earlier this year that found that exposure to peanuts in infancy seemed to help build tolerance – contrary to conventio...

Second cancers are on the rise; 1 in 5 U.S. cases is a repeat

Second cancers are on the rise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before. When doctors talk about second cancers, they mean a diff...

Behind the bite: CSU runs West Nile virus tests

FORT COLLINS – It used to be that Colorado State University scientists checking for West Nile virus relied on sticking needles into the brains of baby mice and waiting four to five days to s...
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