Health - The Durango Herald

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

Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics

SEATTLE – Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that benefits extend beyond we...

DATE: Oct 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 states

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At le...

DATE: Oct 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Stop wearing out your snooze button

Did you press the snooze button this morning ... maybe even more than once? Maybe you had time to sleep in or just felt so tired and “out of it” that you couldn’t believe it was ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Thousands of young U.S. children get no vaccines, survey finds

NEW YORK – A small but growing proportion of the youngest children in the U.S. have not been vaccinated against any disease, worrying health officials. An estimated 100,000 young ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Rate of new Ebola cases has doubled since September

LONDON – The rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said T...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Opioid Memorial Wall to visit Durango on Monday

Number of opioid-related deaths rises in state, nation

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Finding answers for patients with rarest of rare diseases

WASHINGTON – The youngster’s mysterious symptoms stumped every expert his parents consulted: No diagnosis explained why he couldn’t sit up on his own, or why he’d frequently choke, or his ne...

DATE: Oct 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Cultural identity, open conversations aid suicide prevention among Native Americans

Southern Utes participating in Intergenerational Intertribal program

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

9-year-old Bayfield girl faces terminal cancer diagnosis

Scott family plans to travel, adopt pets as daughter fights to survive

DATE: Oct 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine up to age 45

U.S. regulators Friday expanded the use of Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine to adults up to age 45. The vaccine was previously only for preteens and young adults through 26. The Fo...

DATE: Oct 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health