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New sensors monitor sick babies without wires blocking hugs

WASHINGTON – Peek into any U.S. hospital’s baby ICU, and you’ll see sick and premature newborns covered in wired monitors that tear at fragile skin and make it hard for parents to cuddle the...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Using 1 germ to fight another when today’s antibiotics fail

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa’s lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for breath, she sought out a dramatic experiment – deliberately inhaling a ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

How ‘completely avoidable’ measles cases continue to climb

WASHINGTON – The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 – and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk a...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Durango gym owner distills years of fitness experience into “Wellness Toolbox”

Don Roberts’ fitness and nutrition book a guide to making healthier choices

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Local volunteers work to improve lives of Guatemalans

More than 230 residents have traveled on medical missions

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wrist surgery puts retired coach back in play

Bob Hofman can shoot basketball for first time in decades

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain aging

WASHINGTON – Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age but now scientists are peeking inside living brains to tell if depression might worsen that decline – and finding some worriso...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Five immunity boosters to add to your diet

Sometimes in the winter it feels like coughing, scratchy throats and runny noses are just a part of daily life. I don’t give financial advice, but my goal is to share how the foods you eat ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Flu vaccine doing a relatively good job this season

NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Preliminary figures sugges...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Durango homeless coalition mum on progress

Group has been meeting for six months

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suicide survivor finds healing in art at Ignacio community center

‘It’s a safe place to talk. It’s a safe place to create’

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infection

Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose an...

DATE: Feb 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health