Health - The Durango Herald

Single-payer backers go for ballot measure in Colorado

ColoradoCare proposes eliminating private insurance for 10 percent tax

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

State obesity rates hold steady

30% or more of population rated obese in 22 states

DATE: Sep 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Unaffordable health plans an increasing trend

S.W. Colorado healthier than rest of state

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health Briefs

Education center celebrates five years Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many members from the region’s hea...

DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Southwest Colo. lags in health coverage

Slower to close uninsured gap than other parts of state

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Just thankful he’s here’

Maddox family deals with aftermath of baby heart transplant

DATE: Aug 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Conditions fuel rabbit fever in Colorado

Tularemia can be mistaken for flu

DATE: Jul 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Investigation finishing on Denver’s overbudget VA hospital

AURORA – The first inquiries into what went wrong with a vastly overbudget veterans medical center outside Denver could be done soon, VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday. ...

DATE: Jul 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado selects required health insurance benefits

DENVER (AP) – The state of Colorado has notified the federal government it has selected the Kaiser State Employee Plan as its 2017 benchmark plan representing essential health benefits, offi...

DATE: Jul 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chocolate cake may be good for the ticker

Ahh, chocolate. There probably isn’t a more magical ingredient on Earth than the sweet, dark-brown flavoring used for more than 3,000 years. Today, most chocolate is consumed in the form of ...

DATE: Jun 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World