Health - The Durango Herald

Districts reaping fewer profits from junk food, soft-drink sales

ATLANTA – There’s been a big shift in how many school districts take money from soda companies and ban junk food from vending machines, health officials say. A government survey f...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

9M use sleeping pills to get some zzz’s

ATLANTA – Can’t get enough shuteye? Nearly 9 million U.S. adults resort to prescription sleeping pills – and most are white, female, educated or 50 or older, according to the first governmen...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

New cap to curb fatal Tylenol overdoses

WASHINGTON – Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step, ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

New criteria increase number of men with depression

A new study finds that depression may be far more common in men than previously estimated. Women traditionally have been diagnosed with depression about twice as often as men, wit...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Brief

Mercy wins honor for medical records HIMSS Analytics has awarded Mercy Regional Medical Center a Stage 7 award for its electronic medical records system. Stage 7, the highest rank...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Hickenlooper recognizes brain-swelling condition

Durangoan, whose son has hydrocephalus, pressed for Colo. representatives’ support

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Bill Walton finds way ‘back’ to the game

Basketball big man gives credit to his less-invasive surgery on troubled spine

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Head blows tied to mental problems

Study examines former football players

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

In Colorado, Lyme disease is not a scourge

My family enjoyed many summers in north-central New Hampshire. The evening routine included body inspections on us kids for the presence of ticks. The family dog was scrutinized ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Health Brief

Annual health summit to be held Sept. 20 The Citizens Health Advisory Council will host the fourth annual Health Summit of La Plata County on Sept. 20 at DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Cam...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health