Health

Lose weight – even a little – for your health

Its impact on the health of our nation continues to grow. In November 2013, the American Heart Association, American College…

March 1, 2014

Health

Play soccer at all? Then you should probably worry

has been found with degenerative brain condition

March 1, 2014

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Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer free education to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. March 6 in…

February 22, 2014

Health

No more baby talk for your babies

should have conversations with them instead

February 22, 2014

La Plata Health Watch

Hey, gentlemen: you’re more likely to lose color vision

After a decade or more of doing exams for third-class medical certificates (private pilots) and second-class medical certificates (commercial pilots),…

February 22, 2014

Health

A new way to predict depression

analysis can forecast depression in boys

February 22, 2014

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Could your baby’s gender affect your breast milk?

research suggests that may be the case

February 22, 2014

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Can your own loneliness kill you?

Isolation may increase your risk for early death – so, have friends :)

February 22, 2014

Health

Odd flu season hits young adults hardest

Nationally, illness appears to be on decline with better vaccine

February 22, 2014

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Here’s a new way of looking at the music we play

improvisation, language centers of our brains are active

February 22, 2014

Health

Weather swings affect your risk for stroke

wary of cold, humidity, wide temperature variations

February 15, 2014

Health

Marijuana can have terrible side effects

you’re vomiting incessantly, only anti-psychotics will help

February 15, 2014

La Plata Health Watch

If that throbbing is a migraine, you’re not alone

It used to be thought a migraine resulted from the dilation and constriction of blood vessels in the central nervous…

February 15, 2014

Health

Were you exposed to DDT?

so, your risk for Alzheimer’s is probably higher

February 15, 2014

Health

You may want to rethink mamograms

Long-term study puts procedure in some doubt

February 15, 2014

Health

TV drama helps German doctor

That was the lesson for one German man with severe heart failure and a puzzling mix of symptoms including fever,…

February 15, 2014

Health

Your kids drink more caffeine

the good news: They drink less soda

February 15, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Sunshine Gardens Country Home, 2518 Colorado Highway 172, has been designated as a “Leader in Dementia Care” for the second…

February 15, 2014

Policy and Politics

Health coverage shifts focus to what matters

The source of this culinary bounty is a woman I met when she was in college at the University of…

February 15, 2014

Health

Understanding the ‘how’ of better health

Collaborative care helps in number of ways

February 8, 2014

Health

Excessive sugar could be the death of you

Consumption substantially raises risk for deadly heart problems, study finds

February 8, 2014

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Crisis counseling adapts to era of text messaging

The counselor was empathetic. She asked for more detail about the family, offered encouragement and provided the name of a…

February 8, 2014

Health

Child traffic deaths drop

43 percent decrease may be attributed to state laws

February 8, 2014

Health

Gene tests, healthy kids and ethical doubt

On the spot, Baxley, 26, declared she would not let the disease take another life in her family line, even…

February 8, 2014