Low-income residents spend thousands at Durango Farmers Market
Nonprofit offers matching funds for food stamps spent on fresh produce
DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
What’s the life expectancy in your neighborhood?
Poverty, income and education may contribute to trends
DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Local group forms to help restaurant workers cope with stress, share stories
Service workers face odd hours, low pay, high demand
DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Telemedicine’s challenge: Getting patients to click the app
Walmart workers can now see a doctor for only $4. The catch? It has to be a virtual visit.
The retail giant recently rolled back the $40 price on telemedicine, becoming the latest...
DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Workshop to address wellness, nutrition
The workshop “Optimal Wellness Through Nutrition: Living an Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle” will be held from 8:50 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. ...
DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Make your chocolate dark ... for your health
Did you know that chocolate is the No. 1 food craved by women between the ages of 25 and 40 years old? Just about every woman in that age range knows this. It’s delicious.
We are ...
DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition
Chronic pain given as top reason for using medical marijuana
Chronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs.
That’s followed by stiffness from multiple sclerosis and chemothe...
DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Nearly half of U.S. adults have heart or blood vessel disease
A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly attributable to recent guidelines that expanded ...
DATE: Feb 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Study: Many small kids in U.S. are using too much toothpaste
NEW YORK – Too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older, according to a government survey released Thursday. ...
DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Health exchange sees healthy interest, but residents call for reform
More than 3,000 people in La Plata County use state insurance program
DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
After the overdose: A family’s journey into grief and guilt
LA QUINTA, Calif. – There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Health department offers HPV vaccine
San Juan Basin Public Health reminds young adults and parents that the HPV vaccine can prevent cancer.
Every year in the U.S., human papillomavirus causes 30,700 cancers in men a...
DATE: Jan 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
