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Acupuncture clinic available to veterans The Durango Acupuncture Alliance will sponsor a Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday...

Helping seniors age in place

Project makes functional renovations to keep elderly home

More germs resist drugs

Bacteria immune to drugs kill 23,000 a year, sicken 2 million

1 out of 10 teenagers binge drink

A worrisome rate holds steady for high school seniors in U.S.

Bill Gates, wife win prestigious Lasker Award

NEW YORK – Two scientists who illuminated how brain cells communicate, three researchers who developed implants that let deaf people hear and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have won ...

Study: Early signs of MS may be found in the spinal fluid

WASHINGTON – New research suggests it might be possible to spot early signs of multiple sclerosis in patients’ spinal fluid, findings that offer a new clue about how this mysterious disease ...

Measles tally worst in 15 years

ATLANTA – Health officials say 2013 already is one of the worst years for measles in more than 15 years. Before a vaccine became available about 50 years ago, nearly all children ...

Health Briefs

Insurance program to be discussed The Citizens Health Advisory Council, League of Women Voters of La Plata County and Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center will spon...

Cancer-care crisis looms in U.S.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the baby boomers reach their tumor-prone years and doctors have a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments,...

Video game boosts brain

Older people develop focus and memory

A new culprit in ‘male menopause’

Low estrogen levels may cause weight gain and lower sex drive

Your pancreas plays a vital role in your health

I once heard a prominent surgeon begin a presentation with the quip that all he had learned in surgical training could be summed up with the advice to (surgically) “stay away from the pancre...
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