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Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free Education Fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday in conference rooms…

May 11, 2016

Mercy Regional Medical Center earns an ‘A’ for patient safety

Mercy Regional Medical Center received its eighth consecutive “A” grade for patient safety since the fall of 2012.Durango Herald file…

May 4, 2016

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Drop off your unwanted prescription drugs at Durango Police Department

The Durango Police Department will take any unused or expired medication for safe disposal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

April 27, 2016

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Health Briefs

The community is invited to attend the National Nurses Week Champagne Celebration at 7 p.m. May 5 in The Pullman…

April 27, 2016

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Mercy to break ground on new hospice

Center to fill gap in local health care

April 20, 2016

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A walk outdoors can ease stress of cancer

Support group serves survivors, patients, caregivers

April 13, 2016

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Don’t be fooled by the bathroom scale

Weight measurements not always an accurate indicator of health

April 6, 2016

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Health Briefs

Licensed acupuncturist Caleb Gates will give a presentation called “Resolving Airborne Allergies, Allergic Asthma and Food Sensitivities” at 6 p.m.…

April 6, 2016

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Bootstrap yoga class targets PTSD, anxiety

Practice addresses PTSD, anxiety

April 6, 2016

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Blood test for concussions? Researchers report some progress

Dr. Linda Papa is an emergency medicine physician at Orlando Health in Orlando, Fla. New research bolsters evidence that a…

March 30, 2016

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Durango’s allergy season blows in early

Doctors offices fill with sufferers seeking relief

March 23, 2016

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Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer a free class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. April…

March 23, 2016

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What to do when doctors prescribe risky painkillers

Experts advise starting with the lowest effective dose when using powerful painkillers such as OxyContin or Vicodin.Associated Press file photo…

March 16, 2016

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Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center invites health care workers and other professional caregivers to “Staying Sane in a Crazy, Rapidly Changing…

March 16, 2016

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Sleep deprivation can give you the ‘marijuana munchies’

A new study makes the case that sleep deprivation can trigger powerful changes in how you eat that are akin…

March 9, 2016

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Health Briefs

Blueprints of Hope invites people who are experiencing any phase of a cancer diagnosis to the program “Cancer Journaling: The…

March 9, 2016

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Surgeons perform nation’s first uterus transplant

A team of Cleveland Clinic transplant surgeons and gynecological surgeons perform the nation’s first uterus transplant during a nine-hour surgery…

March 2, 2016

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Health Briefs

Free dental clinics for La Plata County students will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school-based…

March 2, 2016

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Anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects women

Researchers say women who inserted a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month were partially protected against…

February 24, 2016

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Annual 9Health Fair to offer affordable services

9Health coming to Durango in March

February 24, 2016

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Health Briefs

Cox Members of the Community Health Action Coalition named Dr. Robert Cox as their 2015 Health Hero. Cox has been…

February 17, 2016

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Stopping Zika may require genetically modified insects

The World Health Organization says it may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out…

February 17, 2016

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New research finds noise harder on children than adults

A toddler participates in a speech perception experiment in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,…

February 15, 2016

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Veteran’s hospitals compare favorably on treating 3 common conditions

In a 2010-13 study on death rates and readmissions veterans’ hospitals compare favorably with others when it comes to treating…

February 10, 2016