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 …
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 …
After a bleak beginning to 2013, the anti-GMO lobby got encouraging news last week, when Whole Foods Market announced that by 2018, it will require all products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such. “While we are …
After a head-clearing, spirit-lifting, blue-sky Colorado run Wednesday morning, I opened my newspaper to a headline which took my breath away — and left me keenly appreciative of how far female athletes in the United States have come: “U.N. cancels marathon …
On February 21, HB 1192 was voted down by a 7 to 2 margin after hours of emotional testimony. This bill would have defined what it means to be “genetically engineered” and would have required a person selling, distributing, or …
By Lisa Marshall Is hiding who you are hazardous to your health? Does coming out make you healthier? And if every gay, lesbian, and bisexual could do so comfortably, would it save society a wealth of health care dollars? Several …
All right, just a quick primer for those who still aren’t exactly sure what fracking is. Basically it’s the combination of two previously existing technologies: hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Combining these two procedures allows oil and gas companies to …
Last Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft report on AquAdvantage® Salmon —a man-made creation that grows twice as fast as normal — that concluded they were safe for consumption and would have no adverse effects on …
At least that’s the hope. Colorado just became one of roughly a dozen states to go live with a database that shows the pricing of various procedures based on both geography and the facility where it’s being performed. With the …
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