You may excessively drink, but alcoholic you are likely not
9 out of 10 do the former, as new study debunks our own assumptions
DATE: Nov 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Brief
Mercy to offer free prediabetes class
Mercy Regional Medical Center will provide information to people who have been diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 1...
DATE: Nov 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Mural adorns wall at DHS to recognize health center
Student arts honor society members at work
DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Health Briefs
United Blood Services to host blood drives
United Blood Services will host these blood drives:
From 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the commons room of Animas High School,...
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Energy drinks can harm your kids
These dietary supplements aren’t tightly regulated
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Clean contacts or risk infection
Nearly 1M visits to doctor, emergency room occurring
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Quarantines used to protect against disease
One joke told many times in the emergency room goes something like this:
ER doc to patient: “Sir, you seem to be pretty sick – headache, low fever, chills, malaise, nausea, aches ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
Can Ebola survivors’ own blood save the sick?
Test study will see if plasma can help
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Is your smartphone giving you ‘text neck’?
Excessive texting can lead to poor posture, injury
DATE: Nov 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Heroin deaths have doubled
NEW YORK – Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the nation, a new government study says, between 2010 and 2012 in the 28 states for which information was availa...
DATE: Nov 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Health-coverage guides available
Open enrollment for health insurance from Connect for Health Colorado will last until Feb. 15.
San Juan Basin Health Department has h...
DATE: Nov 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
E-cigarette use triples in high school kids
Product marketing has skyrocketed, too, in recent years
DATE: Nov 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
