Health

1 out of 10 teenagers binge drink

A worrisome rate holds steady for high school seniors in U.S.

September 22, 2013

Bill Gates, wife win prestigious Lasker Award

Microsoft Corp. founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, attend to a child as they met with…

Study: Early signs of MS may be found in the spinal fluid

The study released last week was small and must be verified by additional research. But if it pans out, the…

Measles tally worst in 15 years

Before a vaccine became available about 50 years ago, nearly all children got measles by their 15th birthday. In those…

Cancer-care crisis looms in U.S.

Dr. Patricia Ganz of the University of California, Los Angeles, says, “The patient can’t be passive. It’s an important partnership…

Video game boosts brain

people develop focus and memory

A new culprit in ‘male menopause’

estrogen levels may cause weight gain and lower sex drive

La Plata Health Watch

Your pancreas plays a vital role in your health

While obviously intended as a humorous overstatement, many people don’t know much about this important organ and its multiple essential…

Working & moving

Treadmill, stand-up desks are healthier options

Changing its role, not its rationale

Healthy Lifestyle La Plata is in transition

The advantage of age

Nyad says maturity, experience key in completing record Cuba-to-Florida swim

Researchers show gut microbes might be useful in fighting fat

Dr. Jeffrey Gordon and graduate student Vanessa Ridaura of Washington University in St. Louis have found that certain microbes may…

Coroner's Report

What’s proper burial for an aborted fetus?

That’s not all they have to decide. Sometimes, they have to decide whether to allow babies to be buried. Dr.…

Some flu vaccines working overtime

Treatments now target certain specific populations

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Helping hands

Urgent-care centers handling more traffic, offer relief for over-stressed emergency rooms

Expo to take holistic approach

90 exhibits scheduled at local fairgrounds for event’s 18th year

Students skip veggies, schools dump lunches

Program falters when kids refuse to eat

La Plata Health Watch

Kids courting serious trouble when they huff

What is most commonly the first drug of abuse among children and adolescents. Alcohol? Not quite. Marijuana? Think again. If…

Districts reaping fewer profits from junk food, soft-drink sales

A government survey found 44 percent of school districts banned junk food from vending machines last year, up from 30…

9M use sleeping pills to get some zzz’s

But that’s only part of the picture. Experts believe there are millions more who try options such as over-the-counter medicines…

New cap to curb fatal Tylenol overdoses

Extra Strength Tylenol will now have a new warning label on the cap alerting users to potentially fatal risks of…

New criteria increase number of men with depression

Women traditionally have been diagnosed with depression about twice as often as men, with about 20 percent of women becoming…

Hickenlooper recognizes brain-swelling condition

Durangoan, whose son has hydrocephalus, pressed for Colo. representatives’ support