Southwest Life

CU is monitoring football players’ hearts

Technology aimed at improving performance

August 24, 2013

New York City loses small hospitals as money woes mount

Interfaith Medical Center, which serves an overwhelmingly low-income population in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is the second Brooklyn hospital facing possible closure.Bebeto Matthews/Associated…

August 18, 2013

Health

Mild lead poisonings can lead to school suspensions

Research out Tuesday finds that even children with just moderate levels of lead in their first three years of life…

August 18, 2013

Health

Biting back

Durango videographer works in Ecuador to help fight parasitic ‘kissing bug’

August 18, 2013

Health

Obesity levels high in 13 states, South

A national telephone survey in 2012 found 13 states with very high rates of obesity in. But overall, the proportion…

August 18, 2013

Health

Study: Induced labor, autism are linked

Simon G. Gregory, associate professor of medicine and medical genetics at Duke University, is the lead author of a study…

August 18, 2013

Travel

Smokejumper base features parachute corps

The smokejumper training base in Missoula gives visitors a look at the preparation and skill required of men and women…

August 17, 2013

Travel

Hiking Shi Shi

Solitude and sea stacks are the draw at pristine Washington beach

August 17, 2013

Health

Study: No link between combat, suicide

Research points to alcohol, mental illness, being male

August 11, 2013

Health

High blood sugar tied to dementia

shows risk rises as glucose levels increase

August 11, 2013

Health

Dogs used to help sniff out ovarian cancer

Pennsylvania researchers hope to develop new diagnostic tool

August 11, 2013

Health

Childhood obesity rates decrease in 18 states

Progress, but a long way to go; Colorado kids gained weight

August 11, 2013

Health

Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SAR

Since last September, the World Health Organization has confirmed 90 cases of MERS, the Middle East respiratory syndrome, including 45…

August 4, 2013

Health

Government panel backs lung-cancer screening

For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get…

August 4, 2013

Health

Sex after heart attack? Doctors asked to advise

Discussions should involve everything from when and how to resume sex, to what position might be best for some conditions…

August 4, 2013

Health

The forefront of hip surgery

Durango physician likes benefits of frontal approach

August 4, 2013

Health

Scientists: Cancer definition should change

The recommendations, from a working group of the National Cancer Institute, were published last week in the Journal of the…

August 4, 2013

Travel

Into the Outback

Touring Australia by motorcycle

August 3, 2013

Travel

The endless quest for better boarding

Airlines try different ways to fill planes fast

August 3, 2013

Health

Capping hair loss

chemo, cold hats may stop balding

July 28, 2013

Health

Rate of teen HPV vaccination is decreasing

‘We’re dropping the ball,’ CDC director says

July 28, 2013

Health

This surgical knife has an edge

Instrument analyzes smoke to help detect cancer

July 28, 2013

Health

Children injured by falling TVs ‘alarming’

Doctors and safety experts say better awareness is needed about the dangers – especially the risks of putting heavier, older…

July 28, 2013

Health

Cyclists ride to fight Parkinson’s

country trek to bring group to Durango

July 28, 2013