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Evidence suggests that people who sit for hours at a time have an increased potential of developing life-shortening diseases. In an era when students and professionals are increasingly hunkering over their computer monitors for hours at a stretch, health professionals
Coloradans are four times more likely to die of suicide by gun than homicide by gun.
According to the state health department, Colorado recorded 571 firearms-related deaths in 2011. Of those, 442 were from suicide.
High alcohol consumption is dragging down health in many Colorado counties, from Denver to the mountains, according to the annual County Health Rankings produced by the nation’s largest public health foundation. In Colorado, Pitkin and Douglas counties ranked No. 1
The Colorado State Patrol reduced enforcement of highway safety in 2011 and 2012. During those years, traffic-related deaths on state highways spiked, reversing a dramatic 9-year decline in highway deaths. In January, the 42-year old chief of the state patrol was paid $90,000 to retire
State Sen. Irene Aguilar says she wants people to understand the United States spends more money on healthcare than any other industrialized country in the world. She had a proposal to eliminate waste from the system and provide health coverage to every resident who has lived here a year, but it failed to draw enough support.
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