Taking a shot at measles
Health department recommends vaccination
DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
How much sleep do you really need?
Age matters when it’s time for bed
DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Music training limits loss of listening skills
Playing when young shows benefits much later in life
DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Thyroid assessment will be offered Friday
The thyroid gland is known as the master gland of metabolism because it controls our ability to make energy.
Poor thyroid fu...
DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
It’s not easy to change your mind
When a child dies from a head injury, an “undetermined” manner-of-death certification may be seen as an act of cowardice or an act of courage.
Brookelynn Palmer, the 13-month-old ...
DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report
No straight A’s on health report card
Poor and children of color need help
DATE: Feb 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Pursuing dignity in death
Hundreds listen to advocate speak at Fort Lewis College
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Wide access to naloxone could save lives
The horizons are expanding for a life-saving drug in Colorado.
Naloxone is a safe, nonabusable drug that reverses the effects of an opiate overdose.
When an overdose ...
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
Combining low, high tech
Old-school fitness teaming up with latest gadgets
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
‘Expensive’ placebos work better than ‘cheap’ ones
What ethical implications are involved?
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Free class to address prediabetes
People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Effectively managing...
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
The trouble with tackle football before 12
Memory loss comes later in life
DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health
