Health

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

Dr. Sanjay Sharma, professor of cardiology at St. George’s University of London, speaks during an interview about a study he…

August 11, 2018

Visual Arts

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

British artist Ben Taylor created “The Host” after he realized that a parasitic worm had been living in one of…

August 10, 2018

Health

Helping nature: Inducing labor avoids cesarean for some moms

A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. According to a study released…

August 9, 2018

Health

Advocates condemn techniques used to keep kids online

Youths look at computer screens at an Internet cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tech industry’s use of persuasive psychological techniques…

August 8, 2018

Health

Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C

Kiran Shelat, a 65-year-old retired civil engineer, had spent two years on a kidney transplant waiting list before signing up…

August 7, 2018

Healing Nutrition

Learning, growing can all start with healthy snack

A big contributor to this problem is poor nutrition, but it doesn’t have to be that way in your house.…

August 7, 2018

Local News

State Innovation Model introduces ‘whole person care’ to Durango

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

August 6, 2018

Health

How to keep working out on vacation

Runners cross the Westminster Bridge beside the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben clock tower in London. One way…

August 4, 2018

Southwest Life

3D-printed implant restores woman’s collapsed ankle

at Mercy Orthopedic Associates is an early adopter of innovative procedure

August 2, 2018

Health

Want to be happier? Stop scheduling your free time, study says

Hikers wade through the cold Virgin River along the “Narrows,” in Zion National Park, Utah.Associated Press file The paper argues…

July 31, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

‘It hasn’t stopped my life at all’: Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson’s disease

Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson’s disease. Appearing Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” the former “M.A.S.H.” star said he…

July 31, 2018

Health

FDA OKs 1st drug to treat smallpox, in case of terror attack

This 1975 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a cluster of smallpox viruses.…

July 30, 2018

Health

Pediatricians leery of giving fruit juice to children

The American Academy of Pediatrics says school-age children (7 to 18 years old) should limit consumption of fruit juice to…

July 29, 2018

Health

FDA approves new pill to reduce pain from endometriosis

Packaging for the drug Orilissa (elagolix). The company AbbeVie said that the Food and Drug Administration approved its the drug…

July 29, 2018

Health

Hopes rise again for a drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease

A section of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at…

July 27, 2018

Health

Ultrasound jiggles open brain barrier, a step to better care

Patient Rick Karr is prepared for treatment at the facility in Toronto, Canada. Karr was the first Alzheimer’s patient treated…

July 26, 2018

Health

Health care industry branches into fresh meals, rides to gym

Virta Woodard, a 56-year-old diabetic, chats with wellness coach Ryan Manuwa while exercising at Nifty After Fifty fitness centers in…

July 25, 2018

Healing Nutrition

Ditch your nighttime overeating

I’ve lost count of the clients that have come to me about eating late at night (or even waking up…

July 25, 2018

Health

AIDS drugs show more promise for preventing new infections

A doctor holds Truvada pills at her office in San Francisco. New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment…

July 24, 2018

Health

Woman likely spread Ebola a year after infection, doctors say

This undated colorized transmission electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an Ebola…

July 23, 2018

Health

Simpler, one-dose treatment to prevent malaria relapse OK’d

On July 20, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Krintafel, a simpler, one-dose treatment, to prevent relapses…

July 22, 2018

Health

Bayer to stop sales of birth control device tied to injuries

On July 20, 2018, the maker of the permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports from women and…

July 21, 2018

Health

Gene tests can provide health clues – and needless worry

Kendra Snyder, right, talks with patrons at Checkers Bar & Grill in Mount Union, Pa. At age 12, Snyder passed…

July 20, 2018

Food

Mom blames teen’s death on packaging for peanut cookies

In a July 12 Facebook post, Kelli Travers-Stafford wrote that her daughter Alexi mistakenly ate one of the cookies at…

July 19, 2018