These are confusing times for sun lovers like me. As a teen of the 80s, I can still remember slathering on the Hawaiian Tropic oil and comparing tan lines on the beach as Pat Benatar blared on the boom box. …
Kind of. The thing with measuring health these days is that everyone is grading on a curve. For example, people in the United States are by-and-large fat, but Coloradans are less fat than most. Something to be proud of? Sure, …
Like nerdy number-crunching health journalists across America, I spent much of Wednesday poring over newly released government figures revealing – for the first time ever – the colossal disparities between what hospitals across the country charge for common procedures and …
If you’re under 65 and — like most Coloradans — lead a fairly healthy lifestyle, chances are your eyes will glaze over after you read these next five words: It’s National Stroke Awareness Month. After all, why would you need to worry …
Okay, so it’s not really a secret, but it’s not exactly common knowledge either. Turns out there is a merry band of earthy custodians who play a sort of collective Robin Hood to the land. They sift through the soil, …
My wife and I were traveling this past weekend, near New Orleans, when I reached down to pull what I thought was a tiny scab off my ankle. Lo and behold, that little scab was not a scab at all. …
So I was reading through the USA Today the other day and came across the following half-page advertorial: Never Too Old to Restore Memory, Claims Creator of Medicare-Reimbursed Brain Health Breakthrough. Already a mouthful, there’s a bit more with the …
Can Coca-Cola kill you? Not exactly, but according to a new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health, it and other sugar-sweetened beverages are linked to 184,000 deaths globally each year. The study, presented at an American Heart …
We live in a technical, “connected” world. Whether or not a digitally tethered populace is a good (and collectively healthy) thing in the big picture is a post for another day. But the reality is that technology isn’t going anywhere …
At least that’s the idea, when David Backus gets Local Organic Lunch off the ground. Backus is no ordinary meal peddler. All of his offerings are raw, vegan, organic, non-GMO, gluten-free and soy-free. And he’s launching to the denizens of …
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