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Local group forms to help restaurant workers cope with stress, share stories

Service workers face odd hours, low pay, high demand

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Telemedicine’s challenge: Getting patients to click the app

Walmart workers can now see a doctor for only $4. The catch? It has to be a virtual visit. The retail giant recently rolled back the $40 price on telemedicine, becoming the latest...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Make your chocolate dark ... for your health

Did you know that chocolate is the No. 1 food craved by women between the ages of 25 and 40 years old? Just about every woman in that age range knows this. It’s delicious. We are ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Chronic pain given as top reason for using medical marijuana

Chronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs. That’s followed by stiffness from multiple sclerosis and chemothe...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Nearly half of U.S. adults have heart or blood vessel disease

A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly attributable to recent guidelines that expanded ...

DATE: Feb 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Study: Many small kids in U.S. are using too much toothpaste

NEW YORK – Too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older, according to a government survey released Thursday. ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Health exchange sees healthy interest, but residents call for reform

More than 3,000 people in La Plata County use state insurance program

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

After the overdose: A family’s journey into grief and guilt

LA QUINTA, Calif. – There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Escaping the sugar trap

Balanced diet can break addiction to carbs, boost energy levels

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Mercy Regional Medical Center eliminates management positions

Centura Health cut hundreds of positions at other hospitals last year

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Alternative sweetners healthier than refined sugar

Did you give up sugar to improve your health in 2019? We are four weeks into the new year. Maybe you’ve had some success or maybe you’ve thrown in the towel. Either way, I want t...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

In limbo: Leftover embryos challenge clinics, couples

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Tens of thousands of embryos are stuck in limbo in fertility clinics, leftovers from pregnancy attempts and broken dreams of parenthood. Some are outright aband...

DATE: Jan 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health