A new study shows medical abortions done at home with online help and pills sent by mail appear to be just as safe as those done at a clinic. The…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2016, the birth rate for women ages 30 to 34 was about 103 per 100,000; the rate for women ages…
Magellan Diagnostics shows the company’s LeadCare Plus device used to test lead levels in blood. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned…
Associated Press file In a “signing statement” that accompanied Trump’s signature on the bill passed this month to keep the government open, the president noted a handful of objections on…
Almost one-third of new drugs approved by FDA from 2001-2010, ended up years later with warnings about unexpected, sometimes life-threatening side effects or complications, suggested by an analysis published in…
About 20 volunteers helped build the play set, and volunteers plan to return with mulch later this week. The Durango Daybreak Rotary Club asked Executive Director of Manna Kathy Tonnessen…
Ignacio’s Laura Wagner is recovering from brain surgery
Jimmy Kimmel, left, and his pregnant wife Molly McNearney at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. The hole-in-the-heart problem that plagues comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son is…
Global warming’s milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)Associated…
The U.S. government’s latest report card on food poisoning suggests that campylobacter, a germ commonly linked to raw milk and poultry, is surpassing salmonella at the top of the culprit…
The reason may be the yellowish goo smeared on her 18-inch wound as she lay on the operating table. The Houston woman was helping test a novel medicine aimed at…
An American Medical Association survey found that nine in 10 physicians are satisfied with their choice. Medical students topped the chart, with 94 percent feeling very satisfied.Durango Herald file After…
Long-term use of aspirin is associated with lower risk of dying from various types of cancers, including colorectal, lung, breast and prostate cancer, according to a study presented at the…
The DASH diet emphasizes foods rich in protein, fiber, potassium, magnesium and calcium and low in saturated fat, sugar and salt. On your plate, that looks like plenty of fruits…
Most young Americans want any health care overhaul under President Donald Trump to look a lot like the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor, President Barack Obama.…
In this March 29, 2017 photo, Joyce Endresen wears an Optune therapy device for brain cancer, as she speaks on a phone at work in Aurora, Ill. She was diagnosed…
Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitos collected in a trap in Hutchins, Texas, that had been set up in Dallas County near the location of a confirmed…
Bill Kochevar, 56, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down after a cycling accident in Cleveland nearly a decade ago, feeds himself after doctors implanted electronic sensors into his brain…
Community college to offer bachelor’s degrees
The Food and Drug Administration approved Ocrevus, the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. While there are more…
The Food and Drug Administration approved Dupixent for moderate or severe eczema, which causes red, fiercely itchy rashes on the face, arms and legs.Sanofi/Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration…
Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University…
A culture of human breast cancer cells. Environmental risks and heredity get the most blame for cancer, but new research suggests random chance may play a bigger role than people…
Repatha cut the chances of having a heart attack or some other serious problems by 15 to 20 percent in a big study of people at high risk for those…
One in every 45 Americans 75 and older suffered brain injuries that resulted in emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or deaths in 2013. The rate for that age group jumped 76…
The Tsimane have some of the healthiest hearts on the planet, according to Dr. Randall Thompson, a cardiologist at St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Scientists say…
Keep smoothies in the 300-calorie range by serving smaller portions (about 8-12 ounces), using more vegetables than fruit, and by going easy on the high-calorie nuts and seeds.Associated Press file…
Matt Garlock, of Mansfield, Mass., 29, has trouble making out what his friends say in loud bars, but when he got a hearing test, the result was normal. Scientists have…
Associated Press file<br><br>A Sucre municipality worker fumigates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. Doctors say they have tied infection with…
A microbiologist demonstrates using a loop to work with bacteria at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A March 2017 proposal to replace the Obama health care…
