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Science Says: How family separation may affect kids’ brains

On June 17, 2018, people who have been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United…

June 29, 2018

Enemy turned ally: Poliovirus is used to fight brain tumors

Dr. Matthias Gromeier at his laboratory at Duke in Durham, N.C. Gromeier developed a modified poliovirus to attack glioblastoma brain…

June 27, 2018

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Medical milestone: U.S. OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures

GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex is a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without THC. U.S. health regulators on Monday, June…

June 25, 2018

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Health Services office launches smartphone app to ease state benefits

The MyCOBenefits app can reduce customers’ trips to benefits offices while freeing up county service centers. With the app, customers…

June 25, 2018

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How do you count deaths from a hurricane?

Associated Press file<br><br>A child shines a light on hundreds of shoes at a memorial for those killed by Hurricane Maria,…

June 24, 2018

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Pain medicine group cancels doctor training about marijuana

Request to cancel came from a federal agency

June 23, 2018

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San Juan Basin Public Health clinic offers contraception services

The clinic provides annual exams, sexually transmitted infection screenings, pregnancy tests, all birth control methods, infection checks, tobacco cessation and…

June 22, 2018

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New evidence that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

Slices of human brains in the Mount Sinai Brain Bank that researchers are using to study Alzheimer’s disease. Viruses that…

June 21, 2018

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Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of U.S. adults light up

The rate of smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to about 14 percent in 2017, according to new data…

June 20, 2018

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Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

A man plays a game at the Paris Games Week in Paris. The World Health Organization says that compulsively playing…

June 19, 2018

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NIH ends alcohol study, citing funding, credibility problems

A woman evaluates the aroma of a wine in California. On Friday, June 15, 2018, National Institutes of Health Director…

June 17, 2018

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Prescription drug use may increase risk of depression, study says

More than a third of American adults at potential risk

June 16, 2018

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Blueprints of Hope to hold workshop series

The workshop will focus on memory and thinking difficulties that appear during and after cancer therapies and will feature presentations…

June 15, 2018

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Fewer U.S. teens smoking, doing drugs – and drinking milk

Nearly 20 years ago, about nearly half of high school students said they drank at least one glass of milk…

June 14, 2018

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Research comes to surprising conclusion about marathon runners and arthritis

A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners.Associated Press file The…

June 13, 2018

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Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence

Crosses representing victims of gun violence stand outside Collins Academy High School in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. With frustration mounting…

June 12, 2018

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Flu season was one of the deadliest for U.S. children

A nurse prepares a flu shot in Atlanta. On Friday, health officials said the flu killed more children in the…

June 10, 2018

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San Juan Regional Medical Center receives award

Mission: Lifeline EMS recognizes emergency medical services for improving systems of care to identify suspected heart attack patients, notify the…

June 10, 2018

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Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife

This combination of 2004 and 2016 file photos shows fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain in New York.…

June 9, 2018

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CryoMedSpa announces events

An informational meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Rochester Hotel R Space facility, 726 East Second…

June 8, 2018

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Sobering report teases out factors leading to suicides

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in th U.S.

June 7, 2018

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Licking cancer: U.S. postal stamp helped fund key breast study

Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, D-Decatur, promotes the breast cancer prevention stamp from the well on the floor of the House…

June 6, 2018

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Health records now accessible via iPhone

The program brings together Centura Health hospitals, Colorado Health Neighborhoods, emergency rooms, urgent care centers and the existing Apple Health…

June 5, 2018

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Study finds rare gain for tough-to-treat pancreatic cancer

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center via AP<br><br>Pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, grow as a sphere encased in membranes, red.…

June 5, 2018