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FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators Wednesday approved a new tuberculosis medicine that shortens and improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases, a worsening problem in many poor countries...

Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives

WASHINGTON – Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompt...

To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life

BRISTOL, Va. – On a field trip to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Ashish Bibireddy put on headphones and scrolled through a jukebox of music from an influential 1927 recording sessio...

Three Springs MRI to provide higher quality scans with new technology

Better images allow for better diagnoses

Impossible Whopper not fooling Durango taste-testers

Plant-based patty touts flavor of real meat

Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths

NEW YORK – Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three de...

COPY Project to host mental health awareness event Sunday

The Community Overcoming Depressed Youth Project will host a Mental Health Awareness Foam Party at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Livestock Barn at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. ...

Is pot safe when pregnant?

Study seeks answer, draws critics

Cities again see more overdose deaths than country towns

NEW YORK – U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to a gove...

Heart Safe La Plata announces August classes

Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit, will offer basic first-aid and CPR classes in August. 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, community basic first aid. 6 -10 p.m. Wednesday, community...

Hurry up and wait: Doctors say insurers increasingly interfere

After Kim Lauerman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, doctors wanted to give her a drug that helps prevent infections and fever during chemotherapy. Her insurer said no. Anthem Bl...

New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients

WASHINGTON – The 92-year-old had a painful tumor on his tongue, and major surgery was his best chance. Doctors called a timeout when he said he lived alone, in a rural farmhouse, and wanted ...
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