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CHICAGO Hands-only CPR doesnt just eliminate the yuck factor. A new study shows it can save more lives.Its the first large American study to show more adults survived cardiac arrest when a...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
American Red Cross announces classes The American Red Cross will offer these health and safety training classes at its Southwest Chapter office, 1911 Main Ave., Suite 282:b Adult, infant and child...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
BOSTON Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth.The latest is Provenge, a...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
The 16th annual Pink Ribbon Affair, a fundraiser that calls attention to the battle against breast cancer and celebrates survival, has a slightly different format this year.The celebration is set...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
A Durango High School student whose family has a long history of breast cancer has launched a 90-day drive to fund breast cancer research.Chelsea McSparren, 17, is collecting pink lids from Yoplait...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
ATLANTA – Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities –...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
Takeon TABOR Limits will hurt thestate when economy picks up January13, 2003 The Colorado General Assembly opened this years sessionWednesday with leaders of both houses explaining what they...
DATE: Sept. 26, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
Overweight children 14 percent of Colorados kids ages 2 to 14 are shouldnt shoulder the entire blame for their flabbiness, says Felicia Hubbell, manager of Anytime Fitness in Durango.Parents...
DATE: Sept. 26, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON That sticky gunk coating Alzheimers patients brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might...
DATE: Sept. 26, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
CHICAGO Swallowing button batteries can be fatal or cause serious harm, and research suggests that severe injuries in children, though relatively scarce, are on the rise.The dangers are...
DATE: Sept. 26, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
Establishing in children what she calls an internal guidance system prepares them to manage the whipsaw succession of physical, mental and emotional challenges they encounter, Erika Berglund...
DATE: Sept. 19, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
Two surgeons at Mercy Regional Medical Center are participants in nationwide clinical trials of devices designed to ease lower-back and leg pain resulting from a compromised lower spine.Dr. Jim...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2010 | CATEGORY: Health
