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Heart Safe La Plata will offer these classes at the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An adult CPR/AED course will take place at 6 p.m.…
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Organ donors to have new choices: Hands, face
Double-hand transplant recipient Lindsay Aronson Ess works on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va. She lost her hands and feet to an infection in 2007.Steve Helber/Associated…
La Plata Health Watch
Even friends won’t tell you about bad breath
There is a tendency for those with welder’s burns to arrive at the emergency room in the evening or the wee hours, when their coping nears zero. One night, a…
Health
Strep scorecard may save trip to doctor
An iPad app used by patients at Boston Children’s Hospital displays a questionnaire tallying symptom scores about sore throats. Patients fill out the questionnaire while they wait in the emergency…
La Plata Health Watch
New guidelines get specific about cholesterol control
Let’s see what good Dr. Clark has to enlighten us about today: “Lowering your cholesterol to prevent heart attack and stroke.” Don’t blame the timing on me. The good folks…
Health
Health Briefs
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and women are encouraged to talk with their health-care providers about scheduling a pap test. A pap test is the first line of defense…
Health
Health-care spending has slowed its pace
Nationally, spending on health care is growing at the slowest pace ever recorded. Annual spending on health care often grew more than 10 percent a year during the 1970s and…
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Health Briefs
Heart Safe La Plata is offering online CPR and first-aid training to the community. People can sign up for and take the course on their home computers. Participants will need…
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Exercise eases pain from breast cancer drugs, study finds
A new study shows that exercise can significantly reduce joint pain in women undergoing cancer treatment using aromatase inhibitors.Associated Press file photo The study focused on hormonal therapies called aromatase…
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Breast cancer more manageable
New research may help tens of thousands of women each year avoid being overtreated for breast cancer by reducing the reliance on chemotherapy and radiation.Associated Press file The research is…
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Feds curb antibiotic use for livestock
Rules would make its use illegal to help animals gain weight
La Plata Health Watch
Listen here, be safe to ensure holiday cheer
He was bundled up warm in layers of wool so as not to catch cold like a jolly old fool. He pondered his hygiene for the party that night and…
Health
When tests turn up a surprise
What, if anything, should you be told about incidental findings?
Health
Media saturation inflicts stress, trauma of tragedy
Prolonged consumption of negative news can harm your mental health
Health
Exams got you stressed? Rover to the rescue
“You’re so nice,” said Heidi Moy, 20 and an occupational therapy major from Stony Point, N.Y., as she patted one of the therapy dogs brought to campus last week as…
Health
Meningitis hits two universities
Since mid-November, four students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have contracted the dangerous type of bacterial meningitis known as strain B, and one of them had to have…
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Health Briefs
A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at 635 East Fifth Ave. This is a free,…
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The goal of 1: Doctors aim to lower twin birth rates
Ken and Abigail Ernst conceived their 2-month-old daughter, Lucy, using only one embryo through in vitro fertilization. Now that about half of all babies born using advanced fertility help are…
Health
Genetic testing company to stop providing data on health risks
The decision was in response to a warning letter sent by the agency two weeks ago saying that the genetic test was a medical device that requires approval. “We remain…
Coroner's Report
When a sudden lift in mood isn’t a positive sign
Franz was an artist and an accomplished potter. Born in Austria, he was conscripted into Hitler’s army when his country was overrun. Captured by the Allies, Franz spent several years…
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U.S. births may have stopped decreasing
The number of babies born last year only slipped a little, and preliminary government figures released Friday indicate that trend continued through the first six months of this year. U.S.…
Health
Face transplant patients are thriving 2 years later
Texas man’s life transformed after surgery
Green Medicine
Blood sugar imbalances affect mood, brain function
If you learn to balance your blood sugars on a daily basis, you will be doing just that. The highs and lows of blood sugar swings affect your brain’s capacity…