The rewards of curiosity
This state of mind may make you a better learner
DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Consider vaccine to avoid misery of shingles
If you are at least old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo or Mister Rogers, then you probably remember when chicken pox was a right of passage for young children.
When I was si...
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
Health Briefs
Low-cost blood screenings available in Farmington
San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington will provide low-cost blood screenings from 6 to 9 a.m. Oct. 15 at San Juan Colleg...
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Solving the puzzle of surgical recovery time
Researchers study why some people recover faster
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Tango as therapy
Body, mind benefit from this precise, passionate dance
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Sepsis can turn hospital visit deadly
In Colorado, 12,000 people expected to contract it this year
DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
‘A little stronger every day’
Bayfield man recovering after suffering spinal injury
DATE: Oct 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Where do you fall among U.S. drinkers?
Do you drink a glass of wine with dinner every night? That puts you in the top 30 percent of American adults in terms of per-capita alcohol consumption. If you drink two glasses, that would ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Women can receive free mammograms
Women’s Wellness Connection and the American Cancer Society urge women ages 40 to 64 to talk with their doctors during National Breast Cancer Awa...
DATE: Sep 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
When at the gym, exercise your manners
No staring, no grunting and, please, use your towel and remember to share the equipment
DATE: Sep 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Double trouble: Mental illness and alcoholism
It was a rude awakening in the wee hours – forceful drubbing on our kitchen door, all the more audible as the bedroom was directly above.
Crossing the kitchen, I recognized a sta...
DATE: Sep 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
How to tell a child about a parent’s cancer
“I can’t imagine going through that with a child that age,” we moms with cancer tell each other.
Every parent, every kid, every cancer is so different. And we don’t want to imagi...
DATE: Sep 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
