Health - The Durango Herald

UN bungles response to Africa’s yellow fever outbreak

KINSHASA, Congo – The World Health Organization and its partners shipped more than 6 million yellow fever vaccines to Angola in February to quash an emerging epidemic, yet when they asked co...

DATE: Aug 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Can house dust explain why Amish protected from asthma?

CHICAGO – Forget Fluffy and Fido. Bessie the cow just might make a healthier pet. That idea stems from new research in two farming-based religious communities that shun modern way...

DATE: Aug 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Scientists uncover genes affecting risk for depression

NEW YORK – In a key advance for the study of depression, a comprehensive scan of human DNA has turned up the apparent hiding places of more than a dozen genes linked to the disorder. ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Medical benefits of dental floss unproven

HOLMDEL, N.J. – It’s one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities. Except there’s little proof that flossing ...

DATE: Aug 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

45 million pounds of flour recalled

DES MOINES, Iowa – The most basic of baking ingredients, flour, is at the center of a complicated question: How did it become contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces? ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Formula for physical activity: 8 hours of sitting means 1 hour of exercise

If you fear you’re doing irreparable damage to your body because your white-collar job keeps you sitting at your desk from 9 to 5, or you regularly spend entire weekends sprawled out on your...

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Jail’s medical contract cuts costs, increases coverage

A newly contracted team of medical personnel are expected to provide around-the-clock coverage and reduce costs for the La Plata County Jail. Southern Health Partners, a Tennessee...

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Severe birth defects not as lethal as doctors once said

CHICAGO – Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with life.” Support groups and social media showing th...

DATE: Jul 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Superbug resistant to antibiotics found again in U.S.

NEW YORK – A New York City patient was infected with bacteria that had a special type of resistance to antibiotics last year, the earliest known case in the U.S. of bacteria that could lead ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Icy sauna in Durango touted for pain relief

Cryotherapy uses nitrogen to lower skin temperature to 34 degrees

DATE: Jul 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

New kidneys 40 years apart show transplant progress, hurdles

WASHINGTON – Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit only when suited up against germs. ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health