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A CDC ban on ‘fetus’ and ‘transgender’? Experts alarmed

NEW YORK – Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget do...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Dolores leukemia patient donates his art prize to injured student

Nick Lester’s artwork selected for Children’s Hospital holiday card

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Researcher aims to stall deadly symptoms of rattlesnake bite

Doctor develops way to slow down spread of poison

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Q&A: How is the U.S. opioid crisis affecting children?

NEW YORK – Public attention to the historic wave of opioid addiction gripping the U.S. has focused mostly on its effect on adults and the thousands who have died of overdoses. Missed by much...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes

MARION, Ind. – She was first roused awake at 2:30 a.m. by a call seeking an emergency placement for a child. Ninety minutes later, it was a storm of texts telling of a problem at a foster ho...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Deaths from window blinds show need for cord ban, study says

CHICAGO – Children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on blinds with c...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Blood test may help predict which breast cancers will recur

A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

New studies show that even light activity is healthier than previously thought

As if you needed another reason to make fitness your New Year’s resolution: Two recent mortality studies have produced evidence that exercise – even light activity such as vacuuming or walki...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Are 3-D mammograms really better? U.S. puts scans to the test

WASHINGTON – A better mammogram? Increasingly women are asked if they want a 3-D mammogram instead of the regular X-ray – and now U.S. health officials are starting a huge study to tell if t...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Mercy hospital opens hub for sports medicine

7,000-square-foot space to offer physical therapy, athletic training and exercise classes

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

IUD program leads to decline in teen pregnancies, abortions in Colorado

DENVER – Colorado teen pregnancies and abortions have dropped sharply since 2009, and state health officials attribute much of the trend to the increased availability of free and low-cost ac...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health