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Building a better flu vaccine after debacle

NEW YORK – With this season’s flu vaccine protecting only one in four people, scientists are working on new manufacturing techniques and virus-killing methods to update the creaky, 80-year-o...

DATE: Jan 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

You’re thinking about fitness all wrong

Strive for wholeness, not just the finish line

DATE: Jan 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Can imaginary exercise keep muscles strong?

Have you ever broken a bone and had to immobilize a limb in a cast? Do you remember how weak your muscles were once the cast was cut off? A new study indicates that imagination can be a usef...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Save a life: Know the signs of heart attack

Do you know how to identify the symptoms of a heart attack? If not, learning them may be an important step to saving your life or the life of someone you love. Coronary heart dise...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Health Briefs

Mercy recognized in Consumer Reports Mercy Regional Medical Center is recognized in the February 2015 issue of Consumer Reports magazine as a top-scoring hospital in the nation fo...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Environment trumps genetics in shaping immune system

WASHINGTON – How your immune system does its job seems to depend more on your environment and the germs you encounter than on your genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Flu vaccine misses target, only 23% effective

Strain more virulent than expected

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

‘Brain zapping’

Magnetic resonance therapy calms storms of veterans’ trauma

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Possible to limit stroke disability

For the first time in two decades, a new treatment has been shown to limit the damage from a common type of stroke. Researchers in the Netherlands found that mechanically removing a clot in ...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Emergencies are his specialty

Durango Fire Protection District hires new emergency services director

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Group highlights cervical health January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society says the majority of cervical-cancer cases and deaths could b...

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Errors common when reporting cause of death

A great many of the death certificates filed in this country aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, and neither are the scientific studies based on them. I’ve expressed this o...

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

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