Southwest Life

San Juan Regional staffs pulmonologists

Reasons people seek treatment from pulmonologists commonly include: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnea and lung cancer. Those seeking…

March 23, 2018

Health

Heart Safe La Plata to offer first-aid, CPR classes

A basic first-aid class will be held at 3 p.m. and an adult CPR class will be held at 6…

March 23, 2018

Health

Are you storing your pills in the right place? A dose of reality

A weekly pill organizer from Port and Polish is $15 and about the size of a cellphone.Becca Risa Luna/Port and…

March 22, 2018

And the West is History

Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver…

March 21, 2018

Travel

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit

Journalists walk through the Leonard Bernstein exhibit during a press preview at the National Museum of American Jewish History in…

March 21, 2018

Health

Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice

Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why:…

March 20, 2018

Travel

Want to avoid the flu while flying? Try a window seat

A window seat on a commercial airplane may be the safest place to sit if you want to avoid getting…

March 20, 2018

Travel

Northeast snowstorms give ski areas late season powder blast

From Vermont to Maine, skiers and riders were cheering the mounds of snow. “It’s amazing,” said Tim Austin, of Brentwood,…

March 19, 2018

Health

Flu, crowded shelters create perfect storm for homeless

Members of Washington’s homeless community have constructed an encampment in front of the Central Union Mission. These crowded spaces can…

March 19, 2018

Health

Do my ‘social prescriptions’ help patients?

Instructor Jane Chente Wu Adams leads her class of seniors in their exercises in Burtonsville, Maryland.Bill O’Leary via Washington Post/file…

March 18, 2018

Travel

Several ways to save on your European vacation

People pass an arrivals sign at the new Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 in London. Airfares to Europe this summer are…

March 18, 2018

Travel

Exploring the pyramid cities of Mexico

A two-week archaeological adventure

March 17, 2018

Health

Abortion is safe but barriers reduce quality of care, report says

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., is currently the state’s only abortion clinic. Abortions in the U.S.…

March 17, 2018

Community

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Saturday “Audition Techniques” workshop with Richard and Peter Leigh-Nilsen, 10 a.m., Jones Hall, Room 205. “Science!” open house, noon, Chemistry…

March 16, 2018

And the West is History

Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver…

March 16, 2018

Travel

Pot tourists can smoke it where they buy it in San Francisco

Rick Thompson, clockwise from bottom left, Keith Baskerville and Xavier Baskerville smoke marijuana while sitting in a booth in the…

March 15, 2018

Health

Cholesterol drug lowers risk of death, heart attack, study says

Praluent 75 mg, a drug sold by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is one of a new class of cholesterol medicines…

March 15, 2018

Community

VFW opens patriotic art scholarship contest

During the 2017-18 school year, applicants are required to submit, with a teacher’s signature, an original piece of artwork on…

March 14, 2018

Community

Volunteer coordinator sought for AARP driving program

Volunteers teach four-hour safe-driver courses for seniors to give updates on driving regulations, safe-driving strategies and the effects of aging…

March 14, 2018

Health

‘Homer can help you’: War veterans use ancient epics to cope

University of Vermont student veterans Thomas Moore, left, and Dan Wright, participate in a class studying Homer’s The Iliad and…

March 14, 2018

Travel

Dog dies after airline worker has it placed in overhead bin

A dog died on a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered its owner to put the animal in…

March 14, 2018

And the West is History

Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver…

March 14, 2018

Travel

Sunlight helps ID Hearst Castle painting as 17th century

The markings allowed museum director Mary Levkoff to determine the painting was created by Spanish artist Bartolome Perez de la…

March 13, 2018

Health

Doctors find air pocket where part of man’s brain should be

After CT and MRI scans, the medical team of an 84-year-old patient made an alarming discovery: Where much of the…

March 13, 2018