Health - The Durango Herald

Capping hair loss

During chemo, cold hats may stop balding

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Rate of teen HPV vaccination is decreasing

‘We’re dropping the ball,’ CDC director says

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

This surgical knife has an edge

Instrument analyzes smoke to help detect cancer

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Children injured by falling TVs ‘alarming’

CHICAGO – Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years, and the injury rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a stu...

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Pain keeps us alive and helps doctors diagnose

Pain is a condition familiar to all and in no need of definition. Pain sensation is one sensory perception experienced through our nervous system. Others are touch, vibration, pr...

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Cyclists ride to fight Parkinson’s

Cross country trek to bring group to Durango

DATE: Jul 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Golden years shorter, sicker in Southern states

ATLANTA – If you’re 65 and living in Hawaii, here’s some good news: Odds are you’ll live another 21 years. And for all but five of those years, you’ll likely be in pretty good health. ...