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Impossible Whopper not fooling Durango taste-testers
Plant-based patty touts flavor of real meat
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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 officials reported that prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are…
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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 referred to as “Methadone Mile,” in Boston. Fatal drug overdoses…
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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 was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, doctors wanted to give her…
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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 Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. The…
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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 you’ve already had a heart attack, doctors recommend taking a…
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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 Cuba, and a control group. Between late 2016 and May…
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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 16, 2019, offers some of the first biological clues to…
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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’ headquarters in Washington as protesters demonstrate against the FDA’s opioid…
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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 tests may some day replace the invasive diagnostic testing he…
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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 Miss medicinal gardens in University, Miss. The plants are used…
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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 of Health’s research hospital in Bethesda, Md. Volkow is studying…
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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 published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.Associated Press file One reason may…
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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 alleviate the condition while at their home in Derry, Pa.…
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Vaping laws take effect Monday across Colorado
also tighten existing smoking restrictions
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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 the flu vaccine has again turned out to be a…
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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 sexual desire in a women, a market drugmakers have been…
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 fatigue and gut issues. In my practice, I’m guided by…
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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 fresh evidence that previous signs of shrinking obesity weren’t a…
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Ketamine center aims to help those with depression, PTSD, chronic pain
Anesthetic developing niche as fast-acting treatment
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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 packed Hasidic enclave surrounded by suburbia in the Hudson Valley.…
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Cardiology and urology clinic opens in Durango
Specialty physicians leave Bayfield after 2½ years
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Two hours outside per week improves well-being
research could lead to weekly nature exposure guidelines
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New gene tests for germs quickly reveal source of infections
Brian Jetter poses for a portrait in La Jolla, Calif. In 2018 at 40, he was suddenly battling pneumonia and sepsis, and a slew of tests had failed to find…
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Motorcyclist critically injured in Highway 3 crash
seek additional witnesses to collision
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Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight
Associated Press file<br><br>According to preliminary research, dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your body clock and lead to weight gain and even…
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Deaths from falls among older Americans are on the rise
Assoiciated Press file<br><br>An elderly couple walks down a hall of a nursing home in Easton, Pa. Research released on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 shows fatal falls have nearly tripled in…
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U.S. measles count surpasses 1,000
Associated Press file<br><br>A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., north of New York City.du1-i-syn It’s already the highest in…
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Researchers pose as heroin users to find treatment gaps
Packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. In a study that appeared Monday, in Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers posing as heroin users…