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Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

SAN DIEGO – Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes’ husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it, but the choice was no guesswo...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

A dietitian’s four favorite foods that are high in good fats

Remember when we used to think that dietary fat was bad? We believed that “fat makes you fat,” but now know that obesity is more complex than just overeating a single nutrient. It’s amazing ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Gynecology museum’s 4,500 items tell an interesting and odd medical tale

WASHINGTON – ‘What are those?” I asked, pointing to an instrument that appeared to be a fork and a spoon joined with handles. “Those are salad tongs,” deadpanned Mary Hyde, my guide through ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Fort Lewis College students get a check-up

Fresh Check Day targets students’ mental wellness

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Karen Pence: ‘All of us could benefit from art therapy’

Vice president’s wife will highlight issue during Trump administration

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Should women older than 18 get the HPV vaccine?

About half of American teenagers have been vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Should adult women follow s...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Got 10 minutes? You can do this workout

You don’t have to go to the gym

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Active, virtuous living may not always protect your heart

Exercise is good, but nothing is 100 percent protective

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Bystander rape-prevention programs face questions

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Training programs around the country are trying to teach bystanders to stop sexual assault, and now is when they have to be especially alert. Campus sexual assault repor...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Colorado dentists and other doctors seek opioid alternatives as crisis worsens

Wisdom teeth surgery involves pliers, so there’s often some post-operative pain. For years, dentists have prescribed painkilling opioids, like percocet or vicodin for patients. Bu...

DATE: Oct 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study examines how far U.S. women must travel to get abortion

NEW YORK – How far do American women need to travel in order to obtain an abortion? A new study, billed as the first of its kind, makes those calculations state-by-state and count...

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care

WASHINGTON – The phone calls come – from fellow scientists and desperate strangers – with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health