New study could nip Alzheimer’s in the bud
Healthy seniors to be tested in bid to foil disease
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Graphic warnings on cigarettes appear to work
SYDNEY – Australia’s landmark cigarette legislation banning logos and putting dire health warnings and graphic images of sick or dying smokers on packs seems to be working, data shows, even ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Is good hygiene giving kids allergies?
Sterile environments may put children at risk, especially those at young ages
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Step outside and let nature make you feel alive again
Have your doctor write a ‘park prescription’ for you, if all else fails
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Cold or allergy? Symptoms can be deceptive
One of the most common questions I get this time of year relates to the experience of runny nose and cough.
“Doc, is it a cold or my allergies?”
For some, it can be ha...
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
Pregnant women: Consume more fish
But what is lacking are specifics about what is the safest
DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
‘I got addicted. I was a zombie’
Hundreds of thousands of seniors are misusing prescription drugs
DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Residents reminded to avoid hantavirus
San Juan Basin Health and state health officials warn Coloradans to avoid hantavirus exposure while cleaning cabins or other buildings that ...
DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Doctors turn immune system against cancer
With body pumped full of white blood cells, patients see results
DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
A lifeline for low-income teenagers
Second Wind links at-risk kids to counseling
DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
Death in the waiting room: Is it homicide?
John Verrier, a 30-year-old man who went to a Bronx, New York, hospital emergency room because of a skin rash, waited more than eight hours to see a doctor. A security guard found him “stiff...
DATE: Jun 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report
Health Briefs
Prediabetes information class to be held
Mercy Regional Medical Center will host an informational class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday in Suite 1...
DATE: Jun 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health
