Southwest Life

Health

Breast cancer more manageable

New research may help tens of thousands of women each year avoid being overtreated for breast cancer by reducing the…

December 15, 2013

Health

Feds curb antibiotic use for livestock

Rules would make its use illegal to help animals gain weight

December 15, 2013

Health

When tests turn up a surprise

What, if anything, should you be told about incidental findings?

December 15, 2013

Health

Media saturation inflicts stress, trauma of tragedy

Prolonged consumption of negative news can harm your mental health

December 15, 2013

And the West is History

Information on this photograph said “Charles Naegelin and his blacksmith and wagon shop. Came to Durango in 1874.”Courtesy of Animas…

December 14, 2013

Travel

Fliers oppose calls on planes

Only 19 percent back cellphone use in cabins

December 14, 2013

Travel

Book it

Travel guides offer inspiration, practical advice and a gift option

December 14, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Work on the manual training room addition to Smiley Junior High School will begin Dec. 19, the…

December 13, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Business in Durango is booming, with a surge of Christmas buying bringing the daily volume above that…

December 12, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: An advertisement for La Plata Motor Inc. read: “Our Christmas gift to you free with each car…

December 11, 2013

Health

Exams got you stressed? Rover to the rescue

“You’re so nice,” said Heidi Moy, 20 and an occupational therapy major from Stony Point, N.Y., as she patted one…

December 10, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Animas City, practically a residential portion of Durango, is absolutely without a sewer system, and well neigh…

December 10, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Arthur C. Fassbinder passed away. In 1975, still six years before the founding of the city, Art,…

December 8, 2013

Health

Meningitis hits two universities

Since mid-November, four students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have contracted the dangerous type of bacterial meningitis known…

December 8, 2013

Health

Health Briefs

A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m.…

December 8, 2013

Health

The goal of 1: Doctors aim to lower twin birth rates

Ken and Abigail Ernst conceived their 2-month-old daughter, Lucy, using only one embryo through in vitro fertilization. Now that about…

December 8, 2013

Health

Genetic testing company to stop providing data on health risks

The decision was in response to a warning letter sent by the agency two weeks ago saying that the genetic…

December 8, 2013

Health

Oxytocin may help kids with autism

Hormone stimulates social-connection regions of the brain

December 8, 2013

Health

U.S. births may have stopped decreasing

The number of babies born last year only slipped a little, and preliminary government figures released Friday indicate that trend…

December 8, 2013

Health

Face transplant patients are thriving 2 years later

Texas man’s life transformed after surgery

December 8, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Raymond B. Whitlock of Colorado Springs was the low bidder on the project for building an addition…

December 7, 2013

And the West is History

“With snow on the sidewalk and piled in the street, this was a 1917 winter scene in front of the…

December 7, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “The D. & R.G. W. started to build a new stockyard at the south end of Third…

December 6, 2013

And the West is History

75 years ago: “For about three weeks vehicle traffic will be detoured through north Durango and along the west side…

December 5, 2013