Health treatment

LONDON – Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment rallied Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high in the...

ALBUQUERQUE – Laughter can combat trauma. Spiritual cleansings could be used to fight an opioid addiction. Cactus extract may battle diabetes and obesity. These insights are from curanderismo –...

DENVER – As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, emergency room physicians in Colorado warn their colleagues around the country to be on the lookout for an illness that strikes...

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – The heart of an unborn child beat strong and steady through an amplified monitor, as physician Leslie Hayes examined a pregnant 40-year-old who recently was weaned from heroin with...

After Michael Horstkamp was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer about a year ago, he sought treatment to supplement his chemotherapy. His journey lead from a hospital near his home in Maryland to...

Anyone identified as having prediabetes is invited to attend a free class by Sheena Carswell, who is a clinical nurse specialist and is board-certified in advanced diabetes management , and Marge...

Residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment may become more available, after the Durango Planning Commission unanimously approved the Durango Recovery Center plans for the final time Tuesday....

She kept the marijuana cookies in the freezer. Not because the edibles were better chilled, but because the ice box was supposed to be too tough a nut for her children to crack. The Denver woman’s...

One medical facility is already feeling the fallout from the suspension, announced Tuesday, of a Durango doctor’s medical license. Southern Rockies Addiction Treatment Services fielded multiple...

Dr. Deborah Parr, a psychiatrist who practices in Durango, had her medical license suspended Tuesday in connection with her recommendations regarding medical use of marijuana. Parr is one of four...

Surrounded by swirling nitrogen vapor at negative 200 degrees, the cold in a cryosauna can overwhelm the senses. But some who have tried it say the relief cryotherapy provides from chronic pain is...