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Durango Derailers looking for another $50,000 year

More than 100 Durango Derailers bicycle club members are training for a July ride to raise money to cover the travel expenses of Southwest Colorado children who are treated at Children’s Hos...

DATE: May 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

When seizure led to death, was that ruled a suicide?

“We (medical examiners) certify on the basis of our own training, personal philosophy and mood,” wrote one of my colleagues during a contentious online debate about the “correct” manner of d...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Health Briefs

Mother’s Day signals Women’s Health Week Mother’s Day starts Women’s Health Week, and the American Cancer Society and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urge...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Migraine drugs linked to kids’ IQ

Regulators warn women not to take some medications

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Superbugs have new enemy in super robots

Hospitals using surge of germ-fighting products

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

A cancer warning for indoor tanning beds?

WASHINGTON – Indoor tanning beds would come with new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Admin...

DATE: May 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Infertility: Don’t despair

For those dealing with common but delicate issue, there’s hope

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Briefs

Adult role model winners announced The Adult Role Model Award contest, sponsored by Celebrating Healthy Communities of San Juan Basin Health Department, asked youths to nominate p...

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

For heart president, it was stroke of fortune

Attack 27 years ago left no ill effects

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Child ‘reborn’ with stem-cell windpipe

CHICAGO  A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. ...

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Sometimes the thyroid does too much, or too little

Disorders of the thyroid gland are among the most common hormonal disorders which cause disease. The thyroid is a gland located in the front of the neck made up of soft tissue wh...

DATE: May 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Health Briefs

Heart Safe La Plata to offer CPR trainings Heart Safe La Plata will offer these CPR trainings to the community at the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority training room, 142 Sheppard D...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health