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Mercy recognized in Consumer Reports Mercy Regional Medical Center is recognized in the February 2015 issue of Consumer Reports magazine as a top-scoring hospital in the nation fo...

Environment trumps genetics in shaping immune system

WASHINGTON – How your immune system does its job seems to depend more on your environment and the germs you encounter than on your genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find...

Flu vaccine misses target, only 23% effective

Strain more virulent than expected

‘Brain zapping’

Magnetic resonance therapy calms storms of veterans’ trauma

Possible to limit stroke disability

For the first time in two decades, a new treatment has been shown to limit the damage from a common type of stroke. Researchers in the Netherlands found that mechanically removing a clot in ...

Emergencies are his specialty

Durango Fire Protection District hires new emergency services director

Health Briefs

Group highlights cervical health January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society says the majority of cervical-cancer cases and deaths could b...

Errors common when reporting cause of death

A great many of the death certificates filed in this country aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, and neither are the scientific studies based on them. I’ve expressed this o...

For breast cancer, shorter-term radiation works

Two-thirds of women who have lumpectomies for breast cancer are getting radiation treatment that lasts nearly twice as long as necessary, a new study reports. The conventional, lo...

Despite resolutions, people eat more after the holidays

Every year after the holidays, people inevitably swear they’ll make amends for the extra calories they consumed in December by eating less when the new year comes. They’ll buy more broccoli,...

2 days’ rest best for concussion recovery

For kids, prolonged inactivity can be counterproductive

From dirt, fighter emerges

New antibiotic could defeat drug resistance
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