After being informed of a positive COVID-19 test, there are several steps to take to stay safe and keep others safe.
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Gold was first discovered in late 1860 by Abe Lee and a party of prospectors travelling east from California.
As the world approaches a full year living under the threat of what we now know as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent announcement that vaccines may be available soon, public health entities still stress that social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands are the best defense against …
Physician’s assistant Aubrey Deegan recently joined Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center.
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Baba’s Magical Christmas is now in its 12th year of providing Secret Santa gifts for students in the community who could benefit from an extra special Christmas.
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The 1898 Free Methodist Church in Howard has gotten a new lease on life.
Salida vocalist, Alex Maes, announced the Nov. 12 debut of her latest EP called “Metaphors” with her band, The Connection.
If you are overweight or have obesity, weight loss can improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells.
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For some people, cemeteries are a place to be avoided, but for the late Frank (Frangie) Ordaz, Woodlawn Cemetery (sometimes called Woodland) was a sacred place to be cherished and cared for. His granddaughter, Tracey (Ordaz) Mann and husband, Chris, are carrying on Frank’s legacy.
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Devyn Grundy, 18, of Fairplay recently won first place for the 16- to 18-year-old age group in the oil or acrylic category at the Boys & Girl’s Clubs of America National Fine Arts contest held in Atlanta in August.
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The year 1986 was a hard time for Buena Vista. The nation’s economy was in a recession, and the Climax mine north of Leadville, the Arkansas Valley’s largest employer and at one time the largest source of steel-hardening molybdenum in the world, had suspended production in 1982 ahead of clos…
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Vino Salida maximized outdoor space, allowing people to socially distance themselves in festive, music-filled air and by doing so continued the Tenderfoot Stomp tradition Saturday.
Chickenpox may be a childhood disease, but it can come back to haunt you in later life as shingles.
As aspen leaves turn golden, hikers and hunters head to the mountains, but unfortunately they are not always prepared for the beating their feet will take.
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Pink! This color is internationally renowned for representing breast cancer awareness, and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
by Arlene Shovald
Although we live in one of the healthiest counties and states in America, did you know that our current diabetes rate in Colorado would rank as the highest rate in America just 30 years ago?
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is defined as pain in the pelvic area that lasts six months or longer.
Sue Ann Hum said she wanted to play in her studio and see where it took her this year.
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The Colorado TINTS (Theater in Non-Traditional Spaces) production of “Mother! The Story of Mother Jones” starring Jan Justis is available to view online.
Katherine Granzella has had a busy couple of weeks, with two family weddings, her son’s birthday and her own 90th birthday and receiving the 2019 Auxilian of the Year award for her longtime work with Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Auxiliary.
To mask or not to mask – that seems to be the question, even though Gov. Jared Polis, as of July 17, issued a statewide order for Coloradans to wear a face covering while indoors.
Dr. Shikha Gupta, a new addition to Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center medical staff will provide allergy, asthma and immunology services for children and adults at the outpatient pavilion.
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Chaffee County Habitat for Humanity and Salida School District are working together on a home in Spartan Alley which will go to an employee of the district.
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An informal group of golfers in Salida has turned its pastime into philanthropy.
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Noah Hightower likes to fly and likes to help other people experience the joy of flight.
Parents provide, children decide.
Editor’s note: The following article was published in the Herald Democrat on Nov. 25 1918.
May is Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month in Colorado. Ticks are blood-feeding parasites of animals, found throughout Colorado and particularly common at higher elevations.
NAMI Chaffee County, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is participating in Mental Health Month in May to raise awareness of mental illness.
Stress is an important and natural stimulant that compels us to adapt to a new environment or lifestyle change. It causes a physiological response that helps us either flee or fight the threat or stressor. But spending too much time on high alert can have damaging health effects.
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Across the country, hospital emergency departments have seen fluctuations in numbers and kinds of patients as COVID-19 unfolds.
Smoke a lot of weed as a teenager, and when you reach adulthood you’ll be more likely to have trouble falling or staying asleep, according to a new University of Colorado-Boulder study of more than 1,800 twins.
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Colleen Wysocki, a registered dietitian for California Strawberries, explains what factors play a role in immunity, eating for health and how to boost immune systems naturally.
The number of Coloradans living with Alzheimer’s disease has reached an all time high of 76,000 – a 4.1 percent increase over last year, according to a press release from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Gout is sometimes thought of as a result of “rich” living. Some of its more famous sufferers included King Henry VIII and Benjamin Franklin.
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Migraine headaches remain something of a medical mystery, affecting about 12 percent of Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Every person deserves a healthy and safe home. Ensuring that our living conditions are healthy and safe not only protects the occupants of today but leads to healthier families for generations to come.
Incident of cancer in Colorado have risen over the last couple of decades.
With a new year coming up, people are making resolutions to stop smoking, lose weight, break unwanted habits, etc. Hypnotherapy could help.
Maybe a tooth broke as you snacked on popcorn. Or perhaps you joined a pickup basketball game and an elbow to the mouth knocked out a tooth completely.
Maybe a tooth broke as you snacked on popcorn. Or perhaps you joined a pickup basketball game and an elbow to the mouth knocked out a tooth completely.
Mouth mishaps aren’t that unusual, but how do you know whether such dental predicaments are a minor annoyance or a true emergency?
With a new year coming up, people are making resolutions to stop smoking, lose weight, break unwanted habits, etc. Hypnotherapy could help.
Hypnosis and hypnotherapy are similar but different. The old perception of hypnosis may be the stage hypnotist who puts audience members into a trance and then has a group of hypnotized subjects perform comical things on stage for the amusement of the unhypnotized audience. In situations like this, there are those who are willing and able to be hypnotized so they become the entertainment. Those who are determined they cannot and will not be hypnotized become the audience.
The first way to use acupuncture and traditional herbal medicine is preventively.
Knowing and understanding the signs and symptoms of a drug overdose are paramount in today’s drug epidemic. What’s being considered as the worst man-made public health crisis ever recorded, the drug problem Colorado is facing has affected nearly every community statewide.
by Sam Van De Velde
