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Mercy targets emerging epidemic of fragile bone fractures
Mercy clinic serves aging baby boomers as fragile bone fractures increase
Health & Wellness
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Smoke may be here for a while. Is it dangerous?
Residents advised to limit activity, close windows to avoid exposure
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City won’t study uranium health risks before opening homeless camp
State recommends complete assessment
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State measures aim to address opioids as deaths continue to rise
Pending Medicaid measure could provide inpatient treatments
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Colorado bill would start grants for suicide prevention in schools
Measure aims to train staff, students to identify at-risk individuals
Business
Cataract surgery evolves to make vision even sharper
New tool allows surgeons to improve lens selection
Living
Battle over Affordable Care Act shifts to the states
We’ve heard relatively little from Washington in recent months about the Affordable Care Act, but that doesn’t mean our elected officials have forgotten about it or that its future is…
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Cortez Sanitation approves installation of solar panels
Directors say panels will save on energy costs at sewer lift stations
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March inspections: Pie Maker, Tabletop Pizza, Loop’s Coffee …
March inspection reports released
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Montezuma, La Plata counties rank high for two STDs
Untreated STDs can have lasting consequences
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Amid shortage, health education centers work to recruit rural doctors
Colorado could be short 800 primary care physicians by 2020
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Local nurse recognized for boosting health of newborns
Christa Zubieta’s efforts help newborns, mothers
Student battling cancer will get to meet his NBA hero
Make-A-Wish Foundation sending family to California to meet Stephen Curry
Education
Fort Lewis College public health program is growing fast
More than 100 FLC students pursue public health major
Colorado sets record for flu hospitalizations
Hospitalizations rise as wave spreads
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Study shows gap between needs and resources in Montezuma County
Not all eligible residents receiving food, health care
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Federal spending on rural health care is uncertain and rarely discussed
Regional hospitals provide critical services and are economic engines