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Using 1 germ to fight another when today’s antibiotics fail

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa’s lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for breath, she sought out a dramatic experiment – deliberately inhaling a ...

Comfort Keepers offers professional caregiving class

Comfort Keepers announces it is providing a professional training program specifically designed for personal care aides. The Caregiver Learning Academy offers comprehensive careg...

How ‘completely avoidable’ measles cases continue to climb

WASHINGTON – The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 – and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk a...

Mercy Home Health is among the top 100 home health agencies in U.S.

Mercy Home Health was recognized as a Top 100 HomeCare Elite agency by Ability and Decision Health. HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies based on performance ...

Durango gym owner distills years of fitness experience into “Wellness Toolbox”

Don Roberts’ fitness and nutrition book a guide to making healthier choices

Local volunteers work to improve lives of Guatemalans

More than 230 residents have traveled on medical missions

Joy of Life Family Medicine to host breastfeeding workshop

Joy Frazer with Joy of Life Family Medicine will host a breastfeeding workshop for mothers- and fathers-to-be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kids Rock, 563 Main Ave. The class will ...

Mercy to offer free class to those with prediabetes March 1

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class about prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 1, in Suite 140 of the medical office building, 1010 Three Springs Blvd. Th...

Wrist surgery puts retired coach back in play

Bob Hofman can shoot basketball for first time in decades

Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain aging

WASHINGTON – Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age but now scientists are peeking inside living brains to tell if depression might worsen that decline – and finding some worriso...

Five immunity boosters to add to your diet

Sometimes in the winter it feels like coughing, scratchy throats and runny noses are just a part of daily life. I don’t give financial advice, but my goal is to share how the foods you eat ...

Flu vaccine doing a relatively good job this season

NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Preliminary figures sugges...
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