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Durango mother’s agonizing search for a diagnosis leads to Lyme disease

‘I felt as if I had no purpose,’ Tasha Rayburn says

DATE: Dec 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in U.S.

NEW YORK – The death toll in the vaping illness outbreak has topped 50, U.S. health officials said Thursday, Dec. 12. The 52 deaths in 26 states are among the 2,409 hospitalized c...

DATE: Dec 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. approves fish oil-based drug for cutting heart risks

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators on Friday approved expanded use of a fish oil-based drug for preventing serious heart complications in high-risk patients already taking cholesterol-lowering ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids’ study says

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight someh...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Phone-in-cheek: Spike seen in cellphone-linked face injuries

Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them. That’s according to a study published Dec. 5 that found a spike in U.S. emergency ro...

DATE: Dec 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Bayfield parents find new ways to address teen depression

Conversation Cafe connects parents with resources

DATE: Dec 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

NEW YORK – The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. outbreak

NEW YORK – Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured

WASHINGTON – The government launched a new program on Tuesday to provide an HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it. Tak...

DATE: Dec 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs

NEW YORK – Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t – repeat don’t – wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care. That’s according to a U.S. government study that result...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease

PHILADELPHIA – Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. One new study found that heart attack sur...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health