Health - The Durango Herald

Health summit focuses on reform

Speakers offer insights to care

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Scholarships for 2 local health workers

Durango women win two-year grants

DATE: Sep 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Could the spread of tuberculosis come from seals? Study says yes

After a remarkable analysis of bacterial DNA from 1,000-year-old mummies, scientists have proposed a new hypothesis for how tuberculosis arose and spread around the world. The dis...

DATE: Sep 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Make way for big bellies in U.S.

More than half of adults have abdominal obesity

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Program for Kids’ Camp encourages activity San Juan Basin Health Department announces a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to provide Project SPARK (sports, play a...

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Robot gives Mercy surgeons an edge

For certain procedures, da Vinci offers greater precision, less trauma

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Artificial sweeteners may be harmful to you ... or not

Researchers, industry groups cry foul on study

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Workouts get a little safer at Durango recreation center

The Durango Community Recreation Center installed about 40 new workout stations while they were closed for annual maintenance last week. Today was the first day the new weight mac...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

35M people worldwide are living with HIV

AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest yet

DATE: Sep 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Respiratory virus a reminder to take precautions

As every year, with the start of school, the respiratory viral season is upon us. This year, as you may have heard, there is a somewhat unique virus that is contributing to cold symptoms. ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Many hospitals use too many antibiotics, new study finds

NEW YORK – Doctors in many U.S. hospitals are unnecessarily prescribing multiple antibiotics for several days when just one would do the job, a new study suggests. Health official...

DATE: Sep 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health