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Health Brief

Childhood vaccines recommended San Juan Basin Health Department recognizes August as National Immunization Awareness Month. Childhood vaccines protect against serious a...

DATE: Aug 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Williams’ death spurs hotline calls

One national crisis center saw jump to 1.4M Facebook visitors from its usual 91,000

DATE: Aug 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

You can prevent acid reflux by watching diet

There’s a children’s rhyme about how when our food does not like the atmosphere of our stomach, it “pops back up to say hello.” For many of us, this all-too-common second greeti...

DATE: Aug 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Pass on the salt? Study says you don’t need to

Research method is under fire by scientists

DATE: Aug 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Meat-eaters’ worst nightmare

Lone Star tick spreads across the nation

DATE: Aug 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

CPR, first aid classes to be held in Bayfield The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District will offer CPR and first aid classes at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Dri...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Mothers provide their children ‘perfect baby food’

August is National Breastfeeding Month

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Understanding hormones is key to help women feel happy, healthy

A woman’s reproductive hormones guide her body through the cycles of life. Their main job is to allow us to have children, but they have an effect on every cell in our bodies. Bo...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Green Medicine

Easy on the eyes

Optometrists caution against elongated computer, screen use

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

How does Ebola virus spread – and can it be stopped?

The experts give you answers

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Our definition of death is subject to change

I was a medical student when I first saw someone die. A middle-aged woman lay in the intensive-care unit surrounded by machinery that recorded her heartbeat, measured her blood pr...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report