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Brain injuries decrease as skier helmet use on the rise

1 Rabah Kamal / February 10, 2013 7:00 AM

Skiers and snowboarders have taken to helmets in record numbers. The National Ski Areas Association reports that, over the past 10 years, the number has risen from 25 percent to 67 percent. So, how well do they work?

Coloradans increasingly taking their toothaches to the E.R.

0 Carol McKinley / December 16, 2012 10:56 AM

Nineteen-year-old Vesha Gilbert’s toothache had become so unbearable, she ended up where no one wants to be: Sitting in a dentist’s chair, cringing at the thought of having her decayed back molar pulled. “I’m scared, but I’m glad I’m here,”

Salt: The tasty killer

0 Ann Imse / October 21, 2012 7:00 AM

Not many people would pour a teaspoon of salt over their plates at dinner. Yet with so much hidden salt in processed foods, that’s what most Coloradans are eating.
And it’s proving to be a killer

Inflated drug prices widespread in Colorado

0 Ann Imse / September 30, 2012 7:00 AM

A Colorado Public News survey of cash prescription prices across Colorado has found consumers may be overpaying, as some drug prices turned out to be 30 to 35 times wholesale cost

Cash for pounds

0 Ann Imse / September 17, 2012 7:00 AM

Thousands of Coloradans are being paid to lose weight, in a free program open to anyone in the state. The payments of $15 to $150 have persuaded some 23,000 residents to sign up for the program called Weigh and Win.