Southwest Life

75 years ago: “Dr. and Mrs. BJ Ochsner were hosts at a delightful party when they entertained at one of…

January 12, 2015

Health Briefs

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society says the majority of cervical-cancer cases and deaths could be…

For breast cancer, shorter-term radiation works

The conventional, longer treatment lasts five to seven weeks. But four rigorous studies and guidelines from a leading radiology society…

Despite resolutions, people eat more after the holidays

It turns out that people actually eat the most right around the time they say they’re going to eat the…

2 days’ rest best for concussion recovery

kids, prolonged inactivity can be counterproductive

From dirt, fighter emerges

antibiotic could defeat drug resistance

Through music lessons, kids tune their brains

spark emotional, behavioral growth in kids

Class to bridge language gap

staff members request Spanish class from college

75 years ago: The Kiva Theatre was showing “Mutiny on the Bounty,” starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable. The billing…

75 years ago: Marvel – “About 30 young folks gathered at the Chet Harris home and enjoyed games and dancing.…

January 10, 2015

75 years ago: “Word was received by Durango friends that W.B. Pennington, one of the pioneer photographers in Durango and…

January 9, 2015

75 years ago: “Ida Fracassini down at Graden’s showed the flu who is tougher by subduing the ailment and returning…

January 8, 2015

75 years ago: “Just to settle some of the weather arguments which have ranged with considerable more warmth than the…

January 7, 2015

“Eddie Box Sr., traditional spiritual leader of the Southern Ute Tribe in Ignacio, stands next to a bonfire fueled by…

January 6, 2015

75 years ago: “Five arrests – made quietly during the past week – have smashed a ring of fur bootleggers…

January 5, 2015

Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer free education to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite…

Keys to elusive cures in genes

Mutations are probable answers to various diseases

Can arts help Alzheimer’s patients cope?

Studies examine soothing, functional benefits for elderly, cognitively disabled

Embrace the winter: Boost body, mind

benefits of braving the cold are many

Teens trending toward e-cigarettes, study says

Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the government’s annual drug use survey finds.Associated Press file photo…

Cancer tied to biological ‘bad luck’

Environment, genes may play lesser role

75 years ago: “Postmaster M.J. Brennan released statistics which revealed that the Durango post office receipts of 1939 had boosted…