Pat Sullivan/Associated Press<br><br>Plastic surgeon Anthony Echo believes Frank Reyes will recover almost all use of his hand after doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital performed an operation to help save the…
In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), Mercy Health Foundation invites the community to register for the 21st annual 5K Journey of Hope fun run/walk and the 10K…
Garden tour to support preservation on East Third Avenue
Researchers at the National Institutes report that being overweight or obese at age 50 may affect the age, years later, when Alzheimer’s strikes. Among those who eventually got sick, more…
75 years ago: “Miss Fern Anderson, Durango school art teacher, is in Ochsner Hospital with a broken back. A vertebrae was crushed when she was thrown by a horse she…
A patient has her blood pressure checked by registered nurse in Plainfield, Vt. Your heart might be older than you are, according to a CDC report, which takes a new…
But according to Fox2 News in Wyandotte, Michigan, nobody in that town thinks it’s funny that a teenage girl pretended for months that she was pregnant with triplets, no less,…
The research released Wednesday by Boston-based Rapid7 Inc. looks at nine baby monitors made by eight different companies. The researchers found security problems and design flaws in all of the…
A: This is classic: a partner who wants to “help” but actually seeks to change you. There could be many reasons why you aren’t more inspired to kick buns at…
And the Bethesda, Maryland, lawyer knew that she wanted something else: subtle candlelight, white hydrangeas, palepink roses and Vera Wang – elements more often associated with Western-style nuptials than with…
Carroll calls her game “the antidote to Tinder.” In it, players are pitted against each other, given brief descriptions of two characters who are madly in love and then instructed…
A new study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that nearly 3 out of 4 Americans’ “heart age” is older than their real age. The…
So, yeah. About 30 percent of humans feel the need to defecate after drinking their morning joe. If you’re one of that lucky three out of 10, you’ve probably wondered…
Two new chefs will be teaching the culinary program at Manna Soup Kitchen. Culinary Manager McKenzie Miller graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and…
A: Congrats on your first-grader! Friendship is a big topic in the lower grades. Many parents, teachers, counselors and school administrators place an emphasis on making friends and go out…
A: You know it. I know it. Speaking up about your HIV status is better than not. If you’re asking for permission to avoid disclosing it, you’ve come to the…
75 years ago: “Rather than let them spoil and go to waste, James M. Noland is offering plenty of crab apples ‘free for nothing’ to those who will pick ‘em.…
75 years ago: “The Herald-Democrat, joining in the celebration of Labor Day, will not publish a paper Monday. Banks, public offices and most of the businesses in Durango will be…
Dr. Vivek Reddy checks a screen implanting a tiny wireless pacemaker into a patient. Unlike traditional pacemakers – which need a generator and wires and are implanted via surgery –…
75 years ago: “A secret was revealed this week which caused more than a ripple of excitement when the former Mary Belle Andrews and Gordon Seaburn announced that they had…
Using several mobile apps during a business trip, Todd Kuhns and his wife, Bich Kuhns, visited the Winchester Mystery House, a mansion and historic landmark open to tourists in San…
The caption on this June 20, 1988, photo read: “This architect’s rendering of the expanded and remodeled La Plata County Courthouse will be on display at area businesses while a…
75 years ago: “Only a little more than two days time is left in which registration may be made for the Sept. 10 Colorado primaries.” 50 years ago: “It’s all…
‘Fastest Nun in the West’ faces long, slow road to canonization
The public is invited to celebrate the 100th birthday of American monk and writer Thomas Merton from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 12 at Inhabit, 1970 East Third Ave. The…
The LDS church sponsors nearly 38,000 scout groups
For most of Western history, marriage had little equality. Wives bore the brunt of child care and housework, depended on their husbands for financial support and enjoyed little social autonomy…
