Hyperbaric chambers encourage the healing of chronic wounds
Oxygen supports immune system, growth factors
DATE: Oct 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
FDA wants stronger warning on breast implants about risks
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials want women getting breast implants to receive stronger warnings and more details about the possible risks and complications.
The Food and Drug A...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Study points to virus as culprit in kids’ paralyzing illness
WASHINGTON – Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus is to blame for a mysterious illness that can start like the sniffles but quickly paralyze children.
The...
DATE: Oct 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
UN says Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency
LONDON – The World Health Organization says the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo still warrants being classified as a global emergency, even though the number of confirmed cases has slowed in...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Durango library to host health insurance Q&A
San Juan Basin Public Health will host a health insurance presentation and question-and-answer session from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.
W...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor
WASHINGTON – If Roland Henry had died in a different part of the country, his organs might have been recovered. And lives could have been saved.
But the local organ collection age...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Health departments offer flu season reminders
The flu season officially started Sept. 29, and San Juan Basin Public Health and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urge everyone ages 6 months and older to get vaccina...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Who says you can’t eat red meat? Food advice questioned anew
NEW YORK – So is red meat good or bad for you? If the answer were only that simple.
A team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Durango pancreatic cancer patient beating the odds
Low-dose chemotherapy and IV vitamin C prove effective
DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
San Juan Health Partners Pediatrics to offer Saturday clinic hours
San Juan Health Partners Pediatrics will offer extended Saturday hours through May for flu season from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 407 South Schwartz Ave., Suite 102, in Farmington.
The ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.
The emergency physician n...
DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in US
NEW YORK – U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year.
More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia were reported last year. Th...
DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
