When I was sick and covered with this unpleasantly itchy rash, I remember spending nearly a week lying on the couch watching TV. I’m told that parents used to intentionally…
San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington will provide low-cost blood screenings from 6 to 9 a.m. Oct. 15 at San Juan College’s Henderson Fine Arts Building, Room 9006. Tests…
Researchers study why some people recover faster
Colorado, 12,000 people expected to contract it this year
But to break into the top 10 percent of American drinkers, you would need to drink more than two bottles of wine with every dinner. And you’d still be below-average…
Women’s Wellness Connection and the American Cancer Society urge women ages 40 to 64 to talk with their doctors during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month about screening for breast cancer.…
staring, no grunting and, please, use your towel and remember to share the equipment
Crossing the kitchen, I recognized a state police cruiser idling in the driveway, lights flashing. I wasn’t on call, so my phone had been off. As I opened the door,…
When telling a child about a parent’s cancer, experts suggest being honest and not making promises that can’t be kept. They also recommend avoiding euphemisms that may confuse younger children.Associated…
The disease originated less than 6,000 years ago in Africa, they say, and took a surprising route to reach the New World: It was carried across the Atlantic by seals.…
San Juan Basin Health Department announces a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to provide Project SPARK (sports, play and active recreation for kids) at Kids’ Camp in Durango…
certain procedures, da Vinci offers greater precision, less trauma
Researchers, industry groups cry foul on study
Dalton Millonzi of Durango tries a new weight machine installed last week at the Durango Community Recreation Center. New weight machines replace outdated and worn-out equipment from 2002.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald…
The virus is known as enterovirus D68. This virus was first identified in the early 1960s and has rarely been confirmed as a cause of illness. Recently, it has been…
The overuse of antibiotics is helping to breed dangerous bacteria that are increasingly resistant to treatment.Associated Press file photo Health officials have sounded alarms that overuse of antibiotics is helping…
Durango, police offer dropbox for controlled substances
The Citizens Health Advisory Council will host the fifth annual Health Summit of La Plata County on Sept. 25 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. A breakfast buffet…
Meeting comes amidst marketing blitz by billion-dollar industry
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Women are encouraged to schedule well-woman exams and determine if they, or someone they know, are due for…
Confusion, agitation, panic can flood a person attempting a simple task
Cornell University researchers randomly assigned almost 100 undergraduates to watch one of three 20-minute sessions featuring: “The Island,” a 2005 sci-fi thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor; that same…
