In new fight against fat, doctors told to get serious
‘Telling patients to lose weight is not enough’
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Fewer teens smoke but more use e-cigarettes
Fewer U.S. teens are smoking cigarettes, but more are getting a nicotine fix from hookahs and electronic cigarettes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Overal...
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Not every ‘magic bullet’ leads to a cure
Some years ago I had the opportunity to assist the efforts of other health-care providers serving the needs of the people of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. One morning, I was...
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch
Using testosterone may increase risk for heart failure
CHICAGO – Testosterone treatments may increase risks for heart attacks, strokes and death in older men with low hormone levels and other health problems, a large Veterans Affairs study sugge...
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Boys are a bit more likely to be born early
WASHINGTON – Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, too, says a new report about the health of the world’s newborns.
“This is ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Girls build fitness, self-esteem
Program in region pairs physical, mental health
DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Health Briefs
Acupuncture clinic available, sponsored for veterans
A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at 635 East Fifth A...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Stop the spread
Basic precautions can prevent common cold, deadly disease
DATE: Nov 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
Being bilingual may delay dementia
The latest evidence that speaking more than one language is a very good thing for our brains comes from a study finding dementia develops years later in bilingual people than in people who s...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
When suicide isn’t: Cultures interpret death differently
Dr. Keith Campbell, the British scientist whose research in cell biology led to the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, died at 58. A clone is a fully functioning, living copy created from a si...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report
Obesity surgery effective for teens
Having excess weight causes ailments once seen only in adults
DATE: Nov 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
HIV-like virus suppressed in monkey experiment
NEW YORK – Doctors may one day be able to control a patient’s HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.
In monkeys, that s...
DATE: Nov 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health
