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Health Briefs

Board of Health to meet Thursday The San Juan Basin Health Department Board of Health will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in the department’s Columbine Conference Room, 281 Sawyer Drive....

DATE: May 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Why you don’t want to drink pool water

Here’s a good reason never to swallow water from a swimming pool: A new study found telltale signs of feces in more than half of pools sampled in Atlanta last summer. The problem ...

DATE: May 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Long-distance house call

Children’s Hospital doctors’ visits are welcome

DATE: May 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Durango Derailers looking for another $50,000 year

More than 100 Durango Derailers bicycle club members are training for a July ride to raise money to cover the travel expenses of Southwest Colorado children who are treated at Children’s Hos...

DATE: May 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

When seizure led to death, was that ruled a suicide?

“We (medical examiners) certify on the basis of our own training, personal philosophy and mood,” wrote one of my colleagues during a contentious online debate about the “correct” manner of d...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Health Briefs

Mother’s Day signals Women’s Health Week Mother’s Day starts Women’s Health Week, and the American Cancer Society and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urge...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Migraine drugs linked to kids’ IQ

Regulators warn women not to take some medications

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Superbugs have new enemy in super robots

Hospitals using surge of germ-fighting products

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

A cancer warning for indoor tanning beds?

WASHINGTON – Indoor tanning beds would come with new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Admin...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Infertility: Don’t despair

For those dealing with common but delicate issue, there’s hope

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Adult role model winners announced The Adult Role Model Award contest, sponsored by Celebrating Healthy Communities of San Juan Basin Health Department, asked youths to nominate p...

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health