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Zip line popularity soars along with injuries, study finds

CHICAGO – Injuries from zip line accidents have soared along with the popularity of an activity that hurtles riders through the air, sometimes at dizzying heights above ground, a study of U....

Transplanting ovarian tissue helps some women have babies

LONDON – The biggest study ever of women who had ovarian tissue removed, frozen and transplanted suggests the experimental technique is safe and can help about one third of them have babies....

Low-nicotine cigarettes cut use, dependence, study finds

A new study might help the push for regulations to limit nicotine in cigarettes. Smokers who switched to special low-nicotine ones wound up smoking less and were more likely to try to quit, ...

Health Briefs

Food safety training available Food safety training required for Colorado cottage-food producers and egg producers will be held from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 19 or from 9:30 a.m. to...

To live past 110 is all in the genes

Known as Wall Street’s oldest stockbroker, Irving Kahn died this year at the age of 109. He was born in 1905, made his first trade in 1929 before the Great Depression hit and continued to wo...

As leaves turn, flu season returns

Season typically lasts from the early fall to the late spring

Don’t get drunk: Advice college kids may not get from doctors

CHICAGO – Government researchers say “deplorably” few college students are warned by doctors about the danger from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to reduce drinking or substance use. ...

Health Briefs

United Blood Services announces drives United Blood Services will host these blood drives: 1:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 1 at the First Methodist Church, 515 N. Park, Cortez. ...

Diagnosis wrong too often, urgent improvement needed

WASHINGTON – Most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis at some point in their lives, a blind spot in modern medicine that can have devastating consequences, says a ...

Sex rarely the cause of heart attacks, researchers find

Despite the depictions in television dramas or romance novels, having sex rarely triggers a heart attack, according to new research published this week. That’s good news for us al...

Txt msgs may lead to broad heart-linked benefits, study says

That’s the message in a study that suggests just four monthly text messages might spur health improvements for heart patients. The simple, heart-related advice led to substantial...

State obesity rates hold steady

30% or more of population rated obese in 22 states
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