Inmates with mental illnesses await treatment
Durango, state face backlog of people needing court-ordered mental health care
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Durango teen vaping rates outstrip state average
Health department: Vaping an ‘on-ramp’ to addiction
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Three tips for surviving the holidays
Worried your willpower will let you down this holiday season? You should be, but read on because there’s still hope. As the holidays kick off, it usually means extra time…
Animas High warns parents, students about mono case
School asks students to stay home until 24 hours after fever
Colorado offering free sign-language interpretation services
Two-year pilot aimed at rural areas
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Montezuma County mobile health clinic hits the road
WIC van provides health and nutrition benefits
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Colorado launching suicide prevention efforts
Mental health care, school-based programs central to plan
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Flu season hard to predict after record-setting year
Health officials say get vaccinations before November
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Damron pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
Judge orders evaluation at mental health facility
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Durango woman with prosthetic limb to climb volcano in Ecuador
Bee Mathis one of 20 climbers selected to summit 19,000-foot peak
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New center provides emergency aid, counseling to veterans
Free mental health care, financial aid and yoga classes are offered
Dolores yoga and wellness festival is Aug. 25
A new wellness and yoga festival will be held in downtown Dolores Aug. 25. The Wild Roots Yoga & Wellness Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at…
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Learning, growing can start with a good snack
It’s shocking that despite all the medical advances over the last century, today’s children are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. A big contributor to this…
3D-printed implant restores woman’s collapsed ankle
Doctor at Mercy Orthopedic Associates is an early adopter of innovative procedure
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Air ambulance companies have consumers in death grip
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Two years ago in this space, I told the story of a Mississippi woman Katherine Green who got caught in the unsavory business…
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Dolores walk-in clinic moves to hospital campus in Cortez
Southwest Medical Group has announced that the walk-in care clinic in Dolores would open at its new location, 1413 N. Mildred Road, on Monday. The building is at the front…
Hispanics see health care communication barriers
Nearly 60 percent look to outside sources for help with providers
Resurrecting old insurance model may limit coverage
du1-i-syn A new health insurance option awaits consumers this fall. Proponents say it will offer lower premiums and relief from increasingly expensive Obamacare policies sold in the so-called individual market.…
Health care exchange rates stabilizing
Costs anticipated to increase by about 6 percent
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Residents call for additional testing at proposed homeless camp
Future site poses unanswered health questions