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Help offered navigating state health market

DENVER – Connect for Health Colorado, the health-insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act, set a new single-day record when it opened for business getting people signed up...

DATE: Jan 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Beware, flu is spreading; protect yourself

According to public-health experts, we are in the middle of one of the worst influenza epidemics in the last five years. As of this writing, the Centers for Disease Control and P...

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Health Briefs

Prediabetes education available Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer free education to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 140 of the medical office buil...

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Keys to elusive cures in genes

Mutations are probable answers to various diseases

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Can arts help Alzheimer’s patients cope?

Studies examine soothing, functional benefits for elderly, cognitively disabled

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Embrace the winter: Boost body, mind

The benefits of braving the cold are many

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Teens trending toward e-cigarettes, study says

WASHINGTON – More teens are trying out e-cigarettes than the real thing, according to the government’s annual drug-use survey. Researchers were surprised at how many eighth-, 10th...

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Cancer tied to biological ‘bad luck’

Environment, genes may play lesser role

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Stress may dilute reward

Greater effort doesn’t mean more gratification

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

No one says night shifts are easy

Occasionally, I have described my career in emergency medicine as enduring 30-plus years of sleep depravation. Actually, it’s longer than that. In college, I worked several summe...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Switch to farming made our skeletons fragile

Life on the farm might sound awfully active. But before the invention of agriculture, humans were hunting and gathering every morsel of food they ate – which made for an even more active lif...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Nuts nutrient-packed, but only 4 in 10 eat them

‘If you eat in moderation, they are really good for you’

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Photos: DHS girls soccer advancesDemons defeat Riverdale Ridge 1-0 in the second round of playoffs

Demons defeat Riverdale Ridge 1-0 in the second round of playoffs

About a dozen cutbow trout thrown from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife truck

Durango High School baseball defeats Montrose 8-4 on Saturday

Photos: Senior day for Durango High School boys lacrosseDHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

DHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

Photos/video: Galloping alongThe Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

The Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

Photos: It’s all about sportsmanship at annual Bowker Games

Play ball: Demons in action at homeDurango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Durango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Photos: Hands Off! RallyAbout 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

About 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

Photos: Hadestown Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

DHS lost to Grand Junction High School 10-4 on Friday afternoon