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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

Health

Golden years shorter, sicker in Southern states

Hawaii tops the charts in the government’s first state-by-state look at how long Americans age 65 can expect to live,…

July 21, 2013

Health

Working to preserve memory

Delaying retirement can lower risk of Alzheimer’s

July 21, 2013

Health

Work on MS vaccine promising

researcher to talk about treatment

July 21, 2013

Health

Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia

Noticing you have had a decline beyond the occasional misplaced car keys or forgotten names could be the very earliest…

July 21, 2013

Travel

Swimming with the sharks

La Jolla, these leopards are docile and enticing

July 20, 2013

Travel

Books keep business travelers sane

Bowles, a lawyer in Winter Park, is now reading Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander – one of more than…

July 20, 2013

Travel

Where summer and deals sizzle

Ariz. resorts offer serious discounts when temperature hits triple digits

July 20, 2013

Travel

Doctors often on planes to deal with emergencies

The research is the largest look yet at what happens to people who develop a medical problem on a commercial…

July 20, 2013

Health

Diabetes study finds new weight-loss benefits

loss doesn’t lower all risks

July 14, 2013

Health

90-somethings’ brainpower is improving, study shows

Researchers found that on tests of mental abilities, a group of 95-year-old Danes scored better than a group of Danes…

July 14, 2013

Health

Wait a minute: Don’t cut cord

Analysis: Delayed severing of umbilical shows blood benefits

July 14, 2013

Health

Noggin aerobics aim to keep senior citizens’ minds sharp

Brain aerobics instructor Patricia Izzi works with, from left, Carol Putnam, Florence Mills and Mary Jane Clabots on an exercise…

July 14, 2013

Health

Taking on nicotine for 20 years

Plata County group’s determination brought success, leaders say

July 14, 2013