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New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

PHILADELPHIA – Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack sur...

San Juan Basin Public Health offers holiday food safety reminders

San Juan Basin Public Health reminds the community about food safety during the holiday season to keep family and friends safe. Do not prepare food for others when sick. Wa...

Mercy welcomes hospitalist Dr. Tierney Lake

Internal medicine physician Dr. Tierney Lake recently joined Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center’s team of hospitalists, who specialize in the care of hospital patients. ...

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making m...

Will you get dementia? Many may not understand their risk

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults survey...

Durango to host opioid crisis regional forum

Durango will host the second annual Opioid Crisis Regional Forum from noon to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The forum will provide pa...

Animas Valley Grange to host Medicare for All talk

Guinn Unger with Healthcare Durango will present a free, nonpartisan presentation and dialogue, “Medicare for All Plan: Myths and Misconceptions,” about the National Improved Medicare for Al...

U.S. superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling

NEW YORK – Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable. So t...

Medicare classes to take place in Durango

Janice Moore will offer Medicare insurance classes for people age 65 and older. The classes will discuss ways to save money by learning to speak and understand Medicare. Classes ...

Mercy Regional Medical Center welcomes radiation oncologist

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center recently welcomed board-certified radiation oncologist Dr. Douglas Kelly to the Durango Cancer Center, 1 Mercado St., Suite 100. Kelly...

U.S. officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a “very strong culprit.” The same...

Health department to host information and enrollment events

Community members can find out what’s new with health insurance in Colorado at three information and enrollment events hosted by San Juan Basin Public Health in November. Kevin O’...
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