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The forefront of hip surgery

Durango physician likes benefits of frontal approach

Scientists: Cancer definition should change

A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer-research institution has recommended changing the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnos...

Health Briefs

Health department offers assistance Mackenzie Morgan, the family health coordinator for San Juan Basin Health Department, announces that she is available to help pregnant women a...

Capping hair loss

During chemo, cold hats may stop balding

Rate of teen HPV vaccination is decreasing

‘We’re dropping the ball,’ CDC director says

This surgical knife has an edge

Instrument analyzes smoke to help detect cancer

Children injured by falling TVs ‘alarming’

CHICAGO – Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years, and the injury rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a stu...

Pain keeps us alive and helps doctors diagnose

Pain is a condition familiar to all and in no need of definition. Pain sensation is one sensory perception experienced through our nervous system. Others are touch, vibration, pr...

Cyclists ride to fight Parkinson’s

Cross country trek to bring group to Durango

Golden years shorter, sicker in Southern states

ATLANTA – If you’re 65 and living in Hawaii, here’s some good news: Odds are you’ll live another 21 years. And for all but five of those years, you’ll likely be in pretty good health. ...

Working to preserve memory

Delaying retirement can lower risk of Alzheimer’s

Health Briefs

Social factors affecting health to be discussed The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center and The Colorado Trust will host a webinar viewing party at 11:30 a.m. Thurs...