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From beginning to end, Mom was my best friend

As a kid, I was a loner. I don’t recall much teasing or bullying, just isolation. I wished for friends, but my interests (anything to do with science) were so different from the interests of...

DATE: Aug 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Childhood obesity rates decrease in 18 states

Progress, but a long way to go; Colorado kids gained weight

DATE: Aug 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SAR

LONDON – The new respiratory virus that emerged in the Middle East last year appears to make people sicker faster than SARS, but doesn’t seem to spread as easily, according to the latest det...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Brief

Gentle yoga classes offered Gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays at St. Marks Church, 910 E...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Government panel backs lung-cancer screening

For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of t...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Sex after heart attack? Doctors asked to advise

CHICAGO – Many heart specialists are hardly Dr. Ruth – sex is not something they relish bringing up with patients. But new guidance says they should, early and often, to let survivors know i...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

HPV vaccine a safe way to prevent cancer

Cancer research has come a long way in recent years. For some researchers, the “holy grail” is a vaccine to prevent cancer. Imagine that you could create a safe, effective vaccine...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

The forefront of hip surgery

Durango physician likes benefits of frontal approach

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Scientists: Cancer definition should change

A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer-research institution has recommended changing the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnos...

DATE: Aug 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Health department offers assistance Mackenzie Morgan, the family health coordinator for San Juan Basin Health Department, announces that she is available to help pregnant women a...

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health