Health & Wellness
Living
Fort Lewis College raises goals for student health
School meets many recreation, nutrition requirements of partnership
Living
Southwest Health pharmacist stresses antibiotics awareness
Meyer helped update CDC’s guidelines
Local News
Cortez council approves hospital plan, City Hall contract
Southwest Memorial expansion includes new patient wing, office building
Local News
Colorado vaccine database proposal falls
State’s vaccination rates among the nation’s lowest
Local News
Pain pills give rise to heroin in West
Near Sacramento, California, nearly a dozen people died from opioids in recent weeks
Local News
Montezuma County votes to evict mosquito district
Bidding process cited; district rebuts charges
Guest Columns
Thinking About Health Women’s life span falling in rural America
Those of us who grew up in small rural communities in the 1950s and ’60s, expected to have longer life spans than our parents. The trends were in our favor.…
Local News
Mercy plans groundbreaking ceremony for hospice
For The Journal Mercy Regional Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation invite the community to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Hospice of Mercy residence on Thursday, April 21, at…
Living
Unknowns remain about marijuana’s impact on public health
Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald<br><br>From left, Cody Goss, Luke Mason, Maggie Gallagher and Jamie Knight Colorado is more than two years into its social experiment allowing the sale and use of marijuana…
Living
Medicare’s Three-Day Rule Can Make Nursing Home Stays Expensive
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Judy Norblade, a retired marketing director, and her husband, Paul, a retired teacher, thought they had all their financial bases covered. They had…
Local News
Ute Mountain Utes get hands-on drone lesson
TOWAOC — At the Ute Mountain Ute Learning Center, a dozen Native Americans crowd around tables full of half-built, remote-control drones during a spring break technology workshop Thursday. Instructor Jay…
Local News
Ute Mountain Utes awarded $8M for job training
Money intended for technology, health care jobs
Business
Copter chops up a blizzard at health fair
The barely visible Air Care helicopter from San Juan Regional Medical Center stirs up a blizzard as it lands by the Cortez Recreation Center for the 9Health Fair on Saturday.Sam…
Business
Hospice enlists speakers for ‘Decisions Day’
It’s never too early to start planning, marketing director says
Local News
County ranks high and low in health study
Social factors cast shadow on ranking for physical environment
Local News
Local providers respond to health rankings report
The barely visible Air Care helicopter from San Juan Regional Medical Center stirs up a blizzard as it lands by the Cortez Recreation Center Saturday for the 9Health Fair.Sam Green/The…
Business
Bootstrap yoga class targets PTSD, anxiety
Cortez yoga class helps practitioners to be more aware of their bodies
Local News
Vaccine database bill moves ahead
A bill in the Colorado Legislature creating a database tracking kids who have not been vaccinated has drawn opposition from Republicans who say such a database could open the door…