Health - The Durango Herald

Vaccine shows benefits beyond measles

Virus can weaken immune system for up to 3 years

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Genetic testing can explain sudden deaths

Certain inherited diseases confer a significantly increased risk of sudden death. Genetic tests for many of those diseases are available, but most coroners and medical examiners don’t order ...

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Tiniest babies, toughest choices

Care of preemies varies widely across U.S.

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Seeing stress as force for good

How you think about it determines how it affects you

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Blood drives make it easy to be a donor The United Blood Services will host these blood drives: 9 a.m. to noon May 12 at the Colorado Department of Transportation, 3803...

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

E-cigarettes carry risks for adolescents

I was thinking of former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop recently. When I was a second-year medical student, I got to meet the man who became “America’s doctor.” It was an aw...

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

3-D printer creates new airways

Implants save lives, eventually dissolve

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Recipes for a long life

Book examines world’s ‘blue zones’

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Yoga reduces trauma in veterans with PTSD

Yoga catches on as therapy for veterans with PTSD

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

After heart attack, get moving right away

Exercise is key to preventing another

DATE: May 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Contraceptive funding dies in Senate

IUD measure killed by GOP-controlled committee

DATE: Apr 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health Briefs

Free class to help prediabetes patients Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 140. People w...

DATE: Apr 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health