Health - The Durango Herald

Outbreak turns Ebola into a moving target

I have been contemplating how to address the topic of Ebola in the context of the La Plata Health Watch. The fact of the matter is that the current pace of the outbreak makes it ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Quarantine ends for family, friends

They had contact with infectious Ebola patient

DATE: Oct 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nursing comes home

Navigating health-care bureaucracy poses challenges

DATE: Oct 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health Briefs

Health departments prepared for Ebola Colorado has had no cases of Ebola, but San Juan Basin Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are following U.S. Cen...

DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

How much is your health worth?

For those who can afford them, specialty drugs may be worth it

DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Sense of smell as eerie indicator

Losing it is a predictor of imminent death

DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Being coroner doesn’t mute pain of personal loss

Death catches some people unawares. Others, like my Grandpa Reuben, see it coming. As the only child of two only children, I was unusually close to my grandparents. I followed Gra...

DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

The rewards of curiosity

This state of mind may make you a better learner

DATE: Oct 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Consider vaccine to avoid misery of shingles

If you are at least old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo or Mister Rogers, then you probably remember when chicken pox was a right of passage for young children. When I was si...

DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Health Briefs

Low-cost blood screenings available in Farmington San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington will provide low-cost blood screenings from 6 to 9 a.m. Oct. 15 at San Juan Colleg...

DATE: Oct 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health