Health - The Durango Herald

Cigarette tax increase proposed for ballot

Would raise the tax per pack from 84 cents to $2.59

DATE: Jul 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suicide by job: Farmers, lumberjacks, fisherman top list

Study finds enormous differences across occupations

DATE: Jul 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Abortion debate turns to single-payer health care

Advocates worry state ballot drive could limit access

DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flu spray fails to protect kids; panel urges shot instead

NEW YORK – The nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine failed to protect kids again last year, the latest in a string of failures that has prompted an expert panel to recommend that do...

DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Fort Lewis College raises goals for student health

School meets many recreation, nutrition requirements of partnership

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Postpartum depression is more than the ‘baby blues’

Durango woman uses her experience to help moms cope after giving birth

DATE: Jun 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

1 free meal from drug company can sway doctors’ prescribing

CHICAGO – As little as one free meal from a drug company can influence which medicines doctors prescribe for Medicare patients, according to a study using Medicare records and recently relea...

DATE: Jun 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Coffee struck from list of possible cancer-causing agents

LONDON – Go on, have another cup. Coffee is now off the list of things that could possibly cause cancer. Experts convened by the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm d...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans have leftover narcotics at home

Nearly 60 percent of Americans have leftover narcotics in their homes, and 20 percent have shared those with another person, according to a survey published Monday that provides more evidenc...

DATE: Jun 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Students get hands-on health care experience

Camp allows teens to explore health careers

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Would teens be slimmer if stars hawked kale and quinoa?

CHICAGO – Would U.S. teens be any slimmer if Katy Perry hawked kale and quinoa? New research doesn’t prove a link, but its authors think music stars popular with teens may be cont...

DATE: Jun 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health