Durango Herald file Women older than 40 with a body mass index over 24 who exercise less than once a week are eligible to join the program. A 12-week program,…
du1-i-syn The name change better reflects the organization’s public health mission: to protect human and environmental health and inspire well-being in the community. All current programs are available under the…
Associated Press file Participants will have the opportunity to explore the processes associated with loss and grief, while building understanding and support among group participants. The group will meet at…
Mary McLaurine’s disorder, developmental topographical disorientation, does not allow her to make mental maps of her surroundings.Ricky Carioti/Washington Post I hadn’t written down the address of the home I was…
Survey to ask about tobacco use in parks
A doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in his Chicago office. A national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have mostly silent infections…
Michael Snyder, professor and chair of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, sports wearable gadgets. Wearable gadgets gave a Snyder an early warning that he was getting sick…
In research by the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, children whose mothers took high doses of fish oil during their last three months of pregnancy were less likely to develop…
University of Vermont Psychologist Stacey Sigmon holds a tamper-proof electronic pill dispenser in her office in Burlington, Vt. People hooked on prescription painkillers were able to use the device to…
For some doctors, patients a personal touch makes a difference
du1-i-syn The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. The three Mercy entities underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site…
New campaign aims to clarify health care provider’s mission
FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. Fresh problems for “Obamacare.”…
The activity keeps her physically fit and mentally sharp, with an energy level more akin to teenage girls than octogenarians. Her conversation style is laced with humor and real-life stories.…
One of these “new” diseases caused by modern living – nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – is problematic because it can be silent and not cause obvious symptoms in its…
This 1975 microscope image made available by the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria magnified 200 times. A report by the CDC says infections from…
Conflict solutions consultant, Aikido instructor and martial arts practitioner Thomas Holmes, left, will present a Stress Reduction class from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Durango Community Recreation Center,…
Brett Broviak, a manager of respiratory and sleep services at IU Health North Hospital, shows off his Fitbit fitness tracker for the camera on the hospital’s campus in Carmel, Ind.…
Lara MacGregor is a participant in a new crowdsourcing project for metastatic breast cancer research. She is undergoing treatment at the Norton Cancer Center in Louisville, Ky. In just the…
An elderly couple walks down a hall in Easton, Pa. It’s not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity, mostly walking, helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments…
‘I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are’
Chicago-area food banks work with medical providers
This illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control depicts a computer-generated image of a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery.…
A doctor watches an internal video of the patient’s body as he assists in prostate cancer surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago in 2011.University of Chicago…
When author Laura Hillenbrand developed chronic fatigue syndrome at age 20, her internist sent her to a psychiatrist. According to conservative estimates, 2.5 million people in the United States suffer…
Middle ear infections – what doctors call otitis media – prompt at least 12 million visits to the doctor each year, and they’re the most common reason for prescribing antibiotics…
