Health

Local News

Single-payer health care on 2016 ballot in Colorado

create a universal system and eliminate private insurance

November 9, 2015

Regional News

Cattle country responds to recent cancer report

County residents take meat study with grain of salt

November 8, 2015

Regional News

Colo. health exchange ready for failed co-op’s customers

The largest insurer on the Connect for Health Colorado exchange is shutting down after regulators determined it is financially unstable.…

October 26, 2015

Local News

Single-payer backers go for ballot measure in Colorado

ColoradoCare proposes eliminating private insurance for 10 percent tax

October 20, 2015

Nation & World

State obesity rates hold steady

30% or more of population rated obese in 22 states

September 21, 2015

Local News

Unaffordable health plans an increasing trend

S.W. Colorado healthier than rest of state

September 17, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many members from the region’s health-care community, program staff…

September 9, 2015

Local News

Southwest Colo. lags in health coverage

to close uninsured gap than other parts of state

September 1, 2015

Local News

‘Just thankful he’s here’

family deals with aftermath of baby heart transplant

August 30, 2015

Regional News

Conditions fuel rabbit fever in Colorado

Tularemia can be mistaken for flu

July 6, 2015

Regional News

Investigation finishing on Denver’s overbudget VA hospital

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks near construction for a troubled VA hospital during a news conference Wednesday in…

July 1, 2015

Regional News

Colorado selects required health insurance benefits

The selection doesn’t mean that everyone will have to become Kaiser customers, Division of Insurance officials said. The benefits in…

July 1, 2015

Nation & World

Chocolate cake may be good for the ticker

A new study published this week in the journal Heart reports people who ate 15 to 100 grams of chocolate…

June 17, 2015

Local News

Helping out mothers

raises postpartum depression awareness

June 14, 2015

Health

Helping a surgeon’s hand

arm improves precision of knee, hip operations

June 3, 2015

Health

Problem drinking affects 33 million – 14 percent of U.S. adults

Dr. George Koob, director the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, says many people underestimate the danger of excessive…

June 3, 2015

Nation & World

Cancer doctor leads attack on astronomical drug prices

“These drugs cost too much,” gastrointestinal oncologist Leonard Saltz said in an unusual speech Sunday at the American Society of…

June 2, 2015

Nation & World

Don’t take a seat: Panel says you should stand for 2 hours

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recommends that office workers get up and move. The research suggests…

June 1, 2015

Nation & World

Moderate drinking may have ‘cardiotoxic’ effects in elderly hearts

In a study of 4,466 people between the ages of 71 and 81, researchers found that even a limited alcohol…

May 29, 2015

Nation & World

NIH: Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says a new study has convinced him…

May 29, 2015

Health

For stem cells, it’s the ‘Wild West’

Experimental treatments promise healing

May 23, 2015

Health

Paths to independence

assists disabled with accessing services, being mobile

May 23, 2015

Health

Insured? Yes. Protected? No.

Out-of-pocket costs could be too much for 23% of adults

May 23, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

The fifth annual Community Challenge: Meeting the Needs of Seniors, Providers and Caregivers will be held from 8 a.m. to…

May 23, 2015