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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

‘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 ...
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