Ad
Southwest Life

When it comes to food allergies, how to help your kids snack smarter

Back-to-school time is stressful on its own. Add in the specter of food allergies – of your own kids or their friends – and the stakes can feel even higher. What to toss in the lunch bag? Wh...

Overdose Awareness Day event to be held at Buckley Park

An Overdose Awareness Day event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at Buckley Park. International Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise awareness about overdoses, reduce the st...

Medicare for All explored as an alternative to the status quo

Healthcare Durango explains single-payer system

As with adults, no easy way to address weight with children

NEW YORK – Red, yellow, green. It’s a system for conveying the healthfulness of foods, and at the center of a debate about how to approach weight loss for children. This month, th...

Animas Surgical Hospital to host back pain seminar

Animas Surgical Hospital will host an informational and interactive seminar about the causes of back pain and treatment options from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East...

Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states

Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September 2018, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration sy...

‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles seen in Europe, WHO reports

LONDON – The World Health Organization says there has been a “dramatic resurgence” of measles in Europe, in part fueled by vaccine refusals, with nearly 90,000 people sickened by the virus i...

La Plata County Sheriff’s lieutenant shoots himself in leg

Officer was airlifted to Denver hospital after training accident

How much pot in that brownie? Chocolate can throw off tests

How much marijuana is really in that pot brownie? Chocolate can throw off potency tests so labels aren’t always accurate, and now scientists are trying to figure out why. In state...

UN: Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed nearly 2,000 people

LONDON – The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo is approaching a “stark” milestone with nearly 2,000 people killed by the virus in the yea...

Durango Insurance Professionals to host talk about health care

Ken Bates of Durango Insurance Professionals will give a presentation about health care from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the TBK Bank Community Room, 259 West Ninth St. ...

Computer modeling improves replacement of ailing shoulders

Technology expected to increase procedures to implant new joints
Directory Plus

Search Directory Plus

Find:
Where: