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Are e-cigarettes the best tool for quitting tobacco?
Concern is whether these will shrink, swell smoking legion
La Plata Health Watch
Eat too much, and you turn into a lazy lion
Let me illustrate my point with a vignette. Picture yourself at a great feast, such as a holiday buffet. You fill your plate with succulent meats, creamy starches, buttery veggies…
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Protecting yourself from dangerous medical myths
Contagious fads, misinformation can make you sick
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Mercy Family Medicine will open a new clinic in Bayfield at 480 Wolverine Drive, Suite 3 today. Mercy Family Medicine providers who will work at the new clinic are Richard…
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A fountain of youth? For elderly, it’s exercise
Movement combats a litany of age-related ailments
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The Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition, supported by San Juan Basin Health announces the winners of the third annual La Plata County Adult Role Model Awards. Young people were asked to…
Coroner's Report
How to handle allegations of poisoning?
Yesterday, the will was read. Stepmother Jane got all the dough None of us liked her much, you know. Even though Dad was awfully sick We know she gave him…
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Will ‘young’ blood someday help humans?
Older mice got stronger, exercised longer and performed better mentally after they were injected with blood from young mice, or even just with a substance that’s more abundant in younger…
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Depression a risk for young, first-time dads
Difficulty transitioning to parenthood among several known factors
La Plata Health Watch
Prepare properly and you’ll enjoy your next hike
Along the way, we passed many fellow adventurers of various backgrounds and levels of preparation. It got me thinking about the health risks one can encounter during the otherwise healthy…
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Your ZIP code plays a big part in your health
lifespan, too, has more to do with geography than your genes
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No sugar for a year: Could you do it?
the tears, family discovers it can live (mostly) without
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Mother’s Day kicks off Women’s Health Week, which takes place from May 11 to 17. The American Cancer Society joins the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in encouraging…
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Growing new muscle in men’s injured legs
Dr. Stephen Badylak, deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, implanted a scaffolding-like material derived from pig bladder into a handful of men to help heal severe leg…
La Plata Health Watch
Healing heels: Take care when caring for them
Despite significant improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of calcaneus fractures during the last several decades, it may nonetheless be noted some heels heal easily and other heels are hell…
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Bikers, walkers make for healthier cities
Chicago, which is among the top 15 cities for bicycling and walking, deploys mini-snowplows to clear bike lanes.Associated Press file photo Those are among the findings of a report based…
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A first-aid approach to preventing suicides
training, people can help in county where rate is triple U.S. average
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Heart Safe La Plata will offer these classes at the Durango Fire Protection District training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An adult CPR/AED course will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday.…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proclaimed May “Older American’s Month.” To recognized the month, Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will offer a Lunch and…