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Mini Med School offered locally The University of Colorado School of Medicine will offer a free program called “Mini Med School” for people who would like to learn more about medi...

Questioning the science of skipping breakfast

How government nutritionists may have gotten it wrong

FDA approves female sex pill, but with safety restrictions

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a pharmaceutical industry e...

Most Legionnaires’ deaths tied to spray from shower, faucet

NEW YORK – Most deaths from Legionnaires’ disease are tied to hospital and nursing home showers, not outdoor cooling towers, new government figures released Thursday show. Cooling...

More than 1 in 10 American adults experience chronic pain, NIH says

America is a nation in pain, according to a new analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. How much pain, exactly? More than 25 million American adul...

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New Mercy clinic to treat bones, joints Mercy Regional Medical Center has opened Mercy Orthopedic Associates, a physician clinic specializing in treatment of injuries and diseases...

Kids with cancer get futuristic chance at saving fertility

CHICAGO – Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She’s also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday. ...

Becoming a dad? Expect to gain weight

NEW YORK – Many men gain a new sense of responsibility and purpose when they become fathers. A new study suggests they also gain 3 to 5 pounds. The research wasn’t designed to pro...

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Farmington hospital opens healing garden San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Hospital will celebrate its newly completed Healing Garden from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at 525 South Schwar...

Study finds teen pot use not linked to health issues

With the widespread availability of marijuana in recent years thanks to its legalization in a growing number of states, there has been increasing concern about the long-term health consequen...

Experimental Ebola vaccine could stop virus in West Africa

LONDON – An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a ...

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Free class can help those with prediabetes People with prediabetes are invited to attend a free class by Sheena Carswell and Marge Morris from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 7 in Suite 140 of ...
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