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, …
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 …
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 …
Love is in the air. On perhaps the Hallmarkiest of holidays, full of little candy hearts, flowers and chocolates, people tend to have their heads in the clouds. We speak, of course, of Valentine’s Day. We plan romantic dinners and …
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 …
With school and fall sports in full swing, kids are at it again. Not that the kids who are involved in sports get much downtime these days. Usually if they play football or soccer or anything else starting in September, …
The idea is really very simple in principle: exclude foods that could be wreaking havoc on your system until your body is cleansed, then reintroduce foods one-by-one to see if there are any culprits. It’s the execution part that gets …
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