Health - The Durango Herald

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

Gene map unravels mental illness

Immune system connected to schizophrenia

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Weather killed thousands in 5-year period

Cold, hypothermia took largest percentage

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Don’t get burned: Simple measures can save your skin

Can you guess what is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States? It is skin cancer, with 5 million Americans treated each year. Treatment for skin cancer accounts ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Hold that handshake: Fist bumps are less germy

Could hospitals, doctors adopt this greeting as new standard?

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

The relentless toll

Disease leaves wife as a full-time caretaker of her husband

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. Alzheimer’s rate seems to be dropping

The rate of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is falling in the United States and some other rich countries – good news about an epidemic that is still growing simply because more peop...

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Health Advisory Council to meet at rec center The Citizens Health Advisory Council will meet from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday in the Sunlight Room at Durango Community Recreation Center...

DATE: Aug 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Pot toxicity in animals to be discussed A free community presentation called “Marijuana Toxicity in Animals” will take place at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at Durango Public Library, 1900 Ea...

DATE: Jul 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

How a paper clip and a flame can save a fingernail

For 20 years running, we shared New Year’s Eve with college friends and their families. One such celebration began with a minor but painful injury. Before leaving on a three-hour...

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