Medical research

Local News

Fort Lewis College students research vitamin D as a treatment for long COVID-19

Monthlong study will test if the supplement can offer an over-the-counter solution to growing problem

February 9, 2022

Local News

Local public health officials prepare for omicron variant but await more information

Colorado sees first confirmed case Thursday

December 1, 2021

Local News

Rapid testing remains elusive in fight against COVID-19

Colorado lost an important tool when community sites phased out tests

November 25, 2021

Local News

Cortez woman’s baby born with COVID-19 antibodies

completed Moderna vaccination in early February

March 23, 2021

Health

Laser therapy offers lasting relief for muscle, nerve pain

repairs tissue at cellular level

September 26, 2019

Regional News

New research explores effects of marijuana edibles

insists edible made him kill wife

November 25, 2018

Local News

Should hemp be legalized at the national level?

Federal legislation would normalize a crop the DEA considers illegal

May 11, 2018

Southwest Life

Stem-cell treatments aim to regenerate injured joints

Durango doctor administers new therapy to heal damaged tissue

February 3, 2018

Health

Stem cells may help heal diabetic foot wounds

Durango podiatrist enrolls patients in clinical trial

January 28, 2018

Nation & World

Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

Cancer patients increasingly are having their care guided by gene tumor boards, a new version of the hospital panels that…

October 18, 2017

Nation & World

FDA advisers endorse gene therapy to treat form of blindness

Dr. Barry Byrne listens to testimony concerning the approval of a potentially breakthrough drug for a form of blindness during…

October 13, 2017

Health

Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness

Caroline, Cole, Christian. All had mere glimmers of vision and were destined to lose even that because of an inherited…

October 10, 2017

Nation & World

Testing probe to help cancer surgeons know they got it all

The device is highly experimental, but laboratory tests show it uses molecular fingerprints to distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy…

September 6, 2017

Nation & World

Study: Brain changes seen in pregnancy

may help mom prepare motherhood

December 21, 2016

Regional News

Researchers fret as info lags on pot effects on older adults

Abundant research has been done on how the drug impacts developing brains, but little is known about the potential consequences…

December 6, 2016

Editorials

With changing views on pot, it’s time for serious study on its effects

changing views on pot, it’s time for a serious study on its effects

August 14, 2016

Nation & World

Large-scale study: Short men and overweight women get a raw deal in life

destined to make less money than their taller, fitter peers

March 11, 2016

Local News

‘Our little black secret’

Colorado’s African American infants die three times more often than white infants

February 20, 2016

Nation & World

Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50

FILE – In this May 6, 2010 file photo, a radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast…

January 10, 2016

Business

Advances reveal mysteries of brain

Lasers, magnetism allow glimpses of the organ at work

June 23, 2015

Regional News

State publishes review of health research on pot

The 188-page report doesn’t include new research on marijuana. Instead, it’s a review of what its authors call limited existing…

February 2, 2015

Regional News

Legal pot’s health effects not known yet

data low on adult use

January 12, 2015

Regional News

Colo. to research medical pot

Studies to examine benefits of using marijuana

December 17, 2014

Health

How would altitude affect your exercise?

Durango study examines effects of elevation on cyclists’ lungs

March 1, 2014