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Marijuana can have terrible side effects

When you’re vomiting incessantly, only anti-psychotics will help

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

If that throbbing is a migraine, you’re not alone

There are few benign acute health problems more disabling than a migraine. Yet, this common condition affects tens of millions of children and adults each year in the United States, resultin...

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Weather swings affect your risk for stroke

Be wary of cold, humidity, wide temperature variations

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Were you exposed to DDT?

If so, your risk for Alzheimer’s is probably higher

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Your kids drink more caffeine

But the good news: They drink less soda

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Sunshine Gardens earns recognition Sunshine Gardens Country Home, 2518 Colorado Highway 172, has been designated as a “Leader in Dementia Care” for the second consecutive year by ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

You may want to rethink mamograms

Long-term study puts procedure in some doubt

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Health coverage shifts focus to what matters

If you ever need to borrow a strawberry stemmer, instant popsicle maker or human-shaped spatula, I’ve got them and about 50 other high-grade kitchen gadgets. This is not because of a strange...

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Understanding the ‘how’ of better health

Collaborative care helps in number of ways

DATE: Feb 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Excessive sugar could be the death of you

Consumption substantially raises risk for deadly heart problems, study finds

DATE: Feb 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health

Crisis counseling adapts to era of text messaging

The conversation began abruptly, with the anonymous teenager getting straight to the point: She had just told her family she was really a boy trapped in a female body. “Now my family hates m...

DATE: Feb 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health