Health

To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life

Ashish Bibireddy, 23, poses for a photo at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Va. Ten medical students…

August 12, 2019

Health

Three Springs MRI to provide higher quality scans with new technology

images allow for better diagnoses

August 11, 2019

Local News

Impossible Whopper not fooling Durango taste-testers

Plant-based patty touts flavor of real meat

August 10, 2019

Health

Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths

A Narcan nasal device which delivers naloxone in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, health…

August 9, 2019

Health

Is pot safe when pregnant?

seeks answer, draws critics

August 7, 2019

Health

Cities again see more overdose deaths than country towns

An unidentified heroin user, left, is injected by another man, right, on the street near a strip of land sometimes…

August 2, 2019

Health

Hurry up and wait: Doctors say insurers increasingly interfere

Cancer patient Kim Lauerman poses for a portrait in her home Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Alpharetta, Ga. After Lauerman…

August 1, 2019

Health

New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients

George Barrett, 85, of Lakewood, Colo., is checked by nurse Renee Whitley as he recuperates from open-heart surgery at the…

July 27, 2019

Health

Study: Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health

A new study suggests millions of people need to rethink their use of aspirin to prevent a heart attack. If…

July 26, 2019

Health

Diplomats’ brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery

This image shows amount of differences between brain scans of patients, U.S. diplomats who developed concussion-like symptoms after working in…

July 24, 2019

Health

New clues on why women’s Alzheimer’s risk differs from men’s

This microscope image shows the 46 human chromosomes, blue, with telomeres appearing as white pinpoints. Research released on Tuesday, July…

July 20, 2019

Health

Number of U.S. overdose deaths appears to be falling

Containers depicting OxyContin prescription pill bottles lie on the ground in front of the Department of Health and Human Services’…

July 17, 2019

Health

Scientists close in on blood test for Alzheimer’s

Dr. Jori Fleisher, neurologist, examines Thomas Doyle, 66, at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Doyle, 66, hopes blood…

July 16, 2019

Health

U.S. growing largest crop of marijuana for research in 5 years

In this 2014 photo provided by the University of Mississippi, Dr. Suman Chandra inspects marijuana plants growing at the Ole…

July 15, 2019

Health

A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, works in the MRI lab at the National Institutes…

July 13, 2019

Health

Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws

Legalizing recreational marijuana for U.S. adults may have led to a slight decline in teen use. That’s according to research…

July 9, 2019

Health

Future is in doubt for cheaper versions of biologic drugs

Chuck Pope, left, and wife, Nina, talk about his ongoing battle with rheumatoid arthritis and trying to afford medications to…

July 2, 2019

Local News

Vaping laws take effect Monday across Colorado

also tighten existing smoking restrictions

July 1, 2019

Health

Vaccine no match against flu bug that popped up near end

A medical assistant at a community health center gives a patient a flu shot in Seattle. U.S. health officials say…

June 29, 2019

Health

New drug to boost women’s sex drive approved in U.S.

The medication Vyleesi, approved June 21 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is only the second approved to increase…

June 26, 2019

Nourishing Morsels

Is dairy really good for you?

Almost everyone would feel better in some way if they cut out all dairy – from sinusitis and allergies to…

June 26, 2019

Health

U.S. preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity

A study released June 18, 2019, found U.S. preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, offering…

June 24, 2019

Southwest Life

Ketamine center aims to help those with depression, PTSD, chronic pain

Anesthetic developing niche as fast-acting treatment

June 20, 2019

Health

Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak

Orthodox Jewish girls walk to waiting buses after summer day camp in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. Kiryas Joel is a tightly…

June 17, 2019