Western Slope Hospitals Prepare For Ebola
With Ebola still ravaging West Africa and a cases popping up in Europe and the US, hospitals across the country are having to take a serious look at how they’re prepared.
View ArticleState Tries To Tackle Suicide Rate
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the US, and Colorado has some of the highest rates in the nation.
View ArticleWith Obamacare, More Millennials Are Going To The Doctor, Sort Of
I write about health and health care, but even I'm not immune to the "young and invincible" mentality. My annual dental checkup is more than six months overdue.A provision of the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleHow Boy Bits First Came To Be
Evolution has shaped every part of the body, and that includes our private parts. New research published this week sheds light on how the penis evolved and how it forms in different animals.The...
View ArticleTwo Of Three States Reject Ballot Measures Restricting Abortion
Amid all the shakeout from this week's midterm elections, many are trying to assess the impact on abortion.Two abortion-related ballot measures were soundly defeated. A third passed easily. And those...
View Article5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Obamacare
The second open enrollment season for health insurance offered through marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act is just around the corner. Are you ready?Here's a quick checklist for people who...
View ArticleKidney Dialysis Company Expands Into The Hospital Business
Critics of America's health care system say it's really a "sick care" system. Doctors and hospitals only get paid for treating people when they're sick.But that's starting to change.
View ArticleThe Prosthetics Industry Gets A Human Touch
NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the latest in the...
View ArticleState Pushes Hospitals To Serve Healthy Food
A new program is starting this week to fight one of Colorado’s biggest health threat: obesity.
View ArticleSchool-Based Health Clinic Opens In Delta
Delta County has a new school-based health clinic.
View ArticleSocial Media, The New Weapon In The Battle To Lose Weight
On a recent Sunday night, Liz Paul was tired. She'd worked in the morning, spent a full day with her family and she did not feel like going out for her daily jog."I tweeted out, 'Well, it's 9 p.m. on...
View ArticleThe Great Bluff That Led To A 'Magical' Pill And A Sexual Revolution
In the 1950s, four people — the founder of the birth control movement, a controversial scientist, a Catholic obstetrician and a wealthy feminist — got together to create a revolutionary little pill the...
View Article32 Myths About The Flu Vaccine You Don't Need To Fear
Brace yourselves: Flu season is coming. And along with the coughing, fevers and aches, you can expect a lot of unreliable or downright wrong information about the flu vaccine.Many people underestimate...
View ArticleHealth Premiums And Costs Set To Rise For Workers Covered At Work
Fall is enrollment season for many people who get insurance through their workplace.
View ArticleWhy Sterilization Is The Most Popular Form Of Family Planning
Last week, 13 women died in India after undergoing sterilization procedures in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, possibly because of tainted pills administered after the surgery. This tragedy...
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Begins For Colorado's Health Exchange
Open enrollment for Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance marketplace, started Saturday. The enrollment period ends Feb. 15.
View ArticleMore States Adopt Laws To Ease Access To Experimental Treatments
On Election Day, Arizona voters approved a referendum that allows terminally ill patients to receive treatment with drugs and devices that haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
View ArticleSleep's Link To Learning And Memory Traced To Brain Chemistry
Almost a century after the discovery that sleep helps us remember things, scientists are beginning to understand why.During sleep, the brain produces chemicals that are important to memory and relives...
View ArticleWhat Diabetes Costs You, Even If You Don't Have The Disease
Diabetes is an expensive disease to treat, costing the United States $244 billion in 2012, according to an analysis of the disease's economic burden.When the loss of productivity due to illness and...
View ArticleHealth Coverage Guide Discusses Colorado's Insurance Marketplace
Open enrollment for Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance marketplace, has started. The enrollment period ends Feb. 15.Connect for Health has health coverage guides across the state...
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