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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

For breast cancer, shorter-term radiation works

Two-thirds of women who have lumpectomies for breast cancer are getting radiation treatment that lasts nearly twice as long as necessary, a new study reports. The conventional, lo...

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Despite resolutions, people eat more after the holidays

Every year after the holidays, people inevitably swear they’ll make amends for the extra calories they consumed in December by eating less when the new year comes. They’ll buy more broccoli,...

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

2 days’ rest best for concussion recovery

For kids, prolonged inactivity can be counterproductive

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

From dirt, fighter emerges

New antibiotic could defeat drug resistance

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Through music lessons, kids tune their brains

They spark emotional, behavioral growth in kids

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Class to bridge language gap

Mercy staff members request Spanish class from college

DATE: Jan 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

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