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Guns send over 8,000 U.S. kids to ER each year, analysis says

Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-its-kind study found. ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Science Says: Sex and gender aren’t the same

WASHINGTON – Anatomy at birth may prompt a check in the “male” or “female” box on the birth certificate – but to doctors and scientists, sex and gender aren’t always the same thing. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decades

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades. Wednesday’s approval of Xofluza for people age 12 and older comes ahead of the ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Many Connect for Health Colorado customers can expect lower costs

Income-tax penalty for not having insurance ends next year

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Desperate and duped? GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care

People seeking dubious, potentially harmful treatment for cancer and other ailments raised nearly $7 million over two years from crowdfunding sites, a study found. Echoing recent ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off

WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautio...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease....

DATE: Oct 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Colorado launching suicide prevention efforts

Mental health care, school-based programs central to plan

DATE: Oct 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Psychotherapist starts suicide loss grief group in Bayfield

Residents expressed need for therapeutic resources

DATE: Oct 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Retina opens research center to conduct clinical trials

Patients from across Four Corners will test new medications, devices

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

I quit drinking a year ago. Here’s what happened.

I sipped my last chilled vodka with lime last September. There wasn’t a lot of pomp when I bid farewell to cocktails. I didn’t want to broadcast my decision because I’d unsuccessfully tried ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Food allergy sufferers often served a side of skepticism alongside their struggle

Patricia Hopp rose from her seat and took a deep breath. It was the first or second day of middle school, and Trece, as her family and friends call her, had something to say. She’d need her ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food