Author – The Durango Herald

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

WASHINGTON – It’s not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity – mostly walking – helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, t...

DATE: Sep 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son’s organ donation

‘I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are’

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Researchers creating antibiotic gel to tackle ear infections

WASHINGTON – Parents know the frustration of trying to get that gunky pink antibiotic into a tot screaming from an ear infection. A one-time squirt of special ear drops one day might replace...

DATE: Sep 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Volunteers sought for Zika vaccine

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science. It may sound bizarre, but researchers are planning just such a study – this winter, when mo...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Volunteers sought as race to develop a Zika vaccine heats up

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science. It may sound bizarre, but researchers are planning just such a study – this winter, when mo...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry

It nourishes fetus, acting as its lungs, kidneys and liver

DATE: Aug 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

New kidneys 40 years apart show transplant progress, hurdles

WASHINGTON – Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit only when suited up against germs. ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

1 in 5 may die unnecessarily during trauma treatment in U.S.

1 in 5 major injury deaths are preventable

DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Loss for words can be rare brain disorder, not Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON – A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer’s disease although it isn’t robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them. I...

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Trying to face Zika with finances in limbo

Health officials preparing for illness

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Don’t be fooled by the bathroom scale

Weight measurements not always an accurate indicator of health

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects women

WASHINGTON – In a new approach to HIV prevention, women modestly reduced their risk of infection by inserting a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month, according to two long...

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health