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Odd flu season hits young adults hardest
Nationally, illness appears to be on decline with better vaccine
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Here’s a new way of looking at the music we play
improvisation, language centers of our brains are active
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Weather swings affect your risk for stroke
wary of cold, humidity, wide temperature variations
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Marijuana can have terrible side effects
you’re vomiting incessantly, only anti-psychotics will help
La Plata Health Watch
If that throbbing is a migraine, you’re not alone
It used to be thought a migraine resulted from the dilation and constriction of blood vessels in the central nervous system. However, this theory has been largely disproven. Rather, migraine…
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TV drama helps German doctor
That was the lesson for one German man with severe heart failure and a puzzling mix of symptoms including fever, blindness, deafness and enlarged lymph nodes – which baffled doctors…
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Health Briefs
Sunshine Gardens Country Home, 2518 Colorado Highway 172, has been designated as a “Leader in Dementia Care” for the second consecutive year by the Colorado chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.…
Policy and Politics
Health coverage shifts focus to what matters
The source of this culinary bounty is a woman I met when she was in college at the University of Denver and I was still high school, and our friendship…
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Excessive sugar could be the death of you
Consumption substantially raises risk for deadly heart problems, study finds
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Crisis counseling adapts to era of text messaging
The counselor was empathetic. She asked for more detail about the family, offered encouragement and provided the name of a local support group. It was in many ways a typical…
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Gene tests, healthy kids and ethical doubt
On the spot, Baxley, 26, declared she would not let the disease take another life in her family line, even if that meant forgoing childbirth. The next day, her boyfriend,…
Coroner's Report
When sports kill, is it an accident or something else?
The Guardian recently reported six of the boys and the father were later convicted of manslaughter. The brawl broke out just after the game ended. “Several times, (Nieuwenhuizen) called offsides…
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Health Briefs
Citizens Health Advisory Council has selected Pattie Adler as its new executive director. Adler began her new position in December 2013. She worked at San Juan Basin Health Department as…
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Peanut allergies solved?
Although experts say the results of the carefully monitored study are encouraging, they warn it isn’t something that parents should try at home. Peanut allergies are on the rise globally…
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Male hormone may hurt health
The new study is one of several in recent years highlighting cardiac problems as a potential side effect of testosterone gels, patches, pellets and injections. The hormone is approved for…
La Plata Health Watch
Fluoridation is a key pillar of public health
Frankdu1-i-syn Undoubtedly, these advances have saved many millions of lives. They are the foundation of public health, which the World Health Organization defines as “all organized measures (whether public or…
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Mixed omega-3 results
The results suggest this may hold promise for delaying cognitive aging and dementia, said the study’s lead author, Jay Pottala of the University of South Dakota in Sioux Falls and…
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New questions arise for caramel coloring
to re-examine soda additive, which California lists as a carcinogen
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Health Briefs
Heart Safe La Plata will host these classes at the Durango Fire Protection District training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An adult CPR/AED course will take place at 6 p.m. Feb.…
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Cookie Monster forced to cut down on cookies
Sesame Street project aims to transform the eating habits of kids – and it’s working
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A most delicate art in medical practice
doctors share what it takes to build solid and long-lasting relationships with their patients