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Southwest Health System lays off 9.5% of staff in Cortez

CEO says reorganization ‘unfortunate’ but needed to improve financial health

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Health System lays off 9.5 percent of staff

CEO: Reorganization ‘unfortunate’ but needed to improve financial health

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Doctors nudged by overdose letter prescribe fewer opioids

In a novel experiment, doctors got a letter from the medical examiner’s office telling them of their patient’s fatal overdose. The response: They started prescribing fewer opioids. ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Most people who think they have a penicillin allergy are wrong. That’s dangerous

Are you allergic to penicillin? If so, are you sure about that? It’s surprisingly common for people to wrongly think they have a penicillin allergy - and that misconception can be...

DATE: Aug 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

No easy answers on best heart check-up for young athletes

WASHINGTON – What kind of heart check-up do young athletes need to make the team? A large study of teenage soccer players in England found in-depth screening didn’t detect signs of trouble i...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

An artist found a parasitic worm in his eye – and turned it into art

The painting was not an image of anything in particular, just an abstract confluence of psychedelic colors and wormlike patterns inside a perfectly round circle. Ben Taylor didn’t like it mu...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Helping nature: Inducing labor avoids cesarean for some moms

Move over, Mother Nature. First-time moms at low risk of complications were less likely to need a cesarean delivery if labor was induced at 39 weeks instead of waiting for it to start on its...

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Advocates condemn techniques used to keep kids online

CHICAGO – Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry’s practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids glued to their sc...

DATE: Aug 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C

NEW YORK – Some patients in desperate need of a kidney transplant participated in a bold experiment where they received organs infected with hepatitis C. The gamble paid off. Thei...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Learning, growing can all start with healthy snack

It’s shocking that despite all the medical advances over the last century, today’s children are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. A big contributor to...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

State Innovation Model introduces ‘whole person care’ to Durango

Health care effort seeks to lower costs, make physical and mental care more convenient

DATE: Aug 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

How to keep working out on vacation

It’s vacation season, and we all agree we should take a break from work. But that doesn’t mean we should take a break from working out. Working out is a great habit that, once broken, can be...

DATE: Aug 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health