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Durango Derailers looking for another $50,000 year
It will be the sixth year that Derailers ride the three-day Courage Classic, which last year raised $2.3 million for Children’s Hospital. The race is marking its 24th outing, which…
Coroner's Report
When seizure led to death, was that ruled a suicide?
“To others outside our community, we appear not to know what we are doing, because we come to different conclusions for the same set of facts,” he concluded. The source…
Health
A cancer warning for indoor tanning beds?
Tanning beds are causing more melanoma cases in young adults, the Food and Drug Administration said in asking for a cancer warning to accompany them.Associated Press photo file The FDA…
Health
Child ‘reborn’ with stem-cell windpipe
Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010. Until the operation at a central Illinois…
La Plata Health Watch
Sometimes the thyroid does too much, or too little
The thyroid is a gland located in the front of the neck made up of soft tissue which produces thyroid hormone that is released into the bloodstream. The gland is…
Health
Hormone offers hope for diabetics
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Co-Director Doug Melton, right, and Peng Yi, a post-doctoral fellow in his lab, have identified a hormone that can sharply boost a mouse’s supply of cells…
Health
For an all-out health change, try going all-in
“It comes down to making them both priorities and thinking about both throughout the day,” says lead researcher Abby King, professor at the Stanford (University) Prevention Research Center. King and…
La Plata Health Watch
This juice may be hazardous to your health, well-being
Most often, all they may know is that someone needs help. Such was the case when our receptionist transferred a call to me at a rural clinic. The parents of…
Health
Fake limb costs challenge Boston victims
These are just a fraction of the medical expenses that victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face. The mammoth price tag is probably not what patients are focusing on…
Health
Tots’ wailing may be migraine
Children and teens treated for migraine headaches at three hospitals in Italy and France were much more likely than other kids to have had colic in infancy. The link has…
Health
Wars’ losses are Boston bomb victims’ gains
U.S. Army Capt. Dan Berschinski lost both legs to an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. The sacrifices of Berschinski, a special guest last season at an Atlanta…
La Plata Health Watch
Plantar fasciitis issues? Think about Achilles
Having spent many years in Florida as a kid myself, I was reminded of the old General Motors pavilion that chronicled the story of human locomotion from walking to space…
Local News
Heavy drinking blurs Colo. health
18 percent say they exceed moderation; 21 percent in La Plata
Health
More backside coverage in new hospital gown
Henry Ford Hospital’s gown aims to offer a little more style, comfort and rear coverage.Riva Sayegh-McCullen/Associated Press Resembling a wrap-around robe, the gown closes in the back and front and…
Health
A treatment for morning sickness set to return
That long-ago safety scare, prompted by hundreds of lawsuits claiming birth defects, proved to be a false alarm. Mondays FDA decision means a new version of the pill once called…
La Plata Health Watch
Hear this: Protect your hearing while you can
Would you be able to distinguish the natural noises all around? Would you hear the birds singing, the bugs buzzing, the faint rustle of rodents in the undergrowth? Would you…