Regional News
Colorado man with Parkinsons’s pushes for right-to-die law
Strong opposition expected from Legislature, religious groups
Health
Local News
Mercy Regional Medical Center’s new hospice in Durango to provide patients a place to die
Facility will fill gap in end-of-life services in the area
Local News
Montezuma County faces health challenges, professionals report
Poverty, education are main driving factors
Local News
Is La Plata County ready for spike in seniors?
Senior population to double by 2040 in La Plata
Local News
Health care exposes growing regional divide among communities in La Plata County
New Colorado Health Foundation CEO hears from S.W. Colorado industry experts
Health
Health agencies strive to coordinate care
Local providers don’t always share patient information
Local News
Survey: Income, access hamper healthy living in state
A new report shows many Coloradans face barriers to health-promoting activities such as walking, cycling, and accessing fresh food where they live, work and play.Wavebreakmedia/iStockphoto The survey found more than…
Nation & World
AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks
The American Medical Association agreed Monday to push for regulations requiring warnings be written on medical and recreational pot products and posted wherever they are sold. The decision is based…
Regional News
Scales aren’t always best measure of health
Business owners bring body composition tests to Boulder
Local News
Old laws collide with digital reality in teen sexting cases
Educators aren’t allowed to counsel students without informing police about incidents
Local News
Single-payer health care on 2016 ballot in Colorado
Would create a universal system and eliminate private insurance
Regional News
Cattle country responds to recent cancer report
Weld County residents take meat study with grain of salt
Regional News
Colo. health exchange ready for failed co-op’s customers
The largest insurer on the Connect for Health Colorado exchange is shutting down after regulators determined it is financially unstable. It has about 83,000 exchange customers and 29,000 other policyholders.…
Local News
Single-payer backers go for ballot measure in Colorado
ColoradoCare proposes eliminating private insurance for 10 percent tax
Health
Health Briefs
Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Many members from the region’s health-care community, program staff members and regional AHEC directors from across the state attended…
Local News
Southwest Colo. lags in health coverage
Slower to close uninsured gap than other parts of state
Regional News
Investigation finishing on Denver’s overbudget VA hospital
Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks near construction for a troubled VA hospital during a news conference Wednesday in Aurora. The first inquiries into what went wrong with a…
Regional News
Colorado selects required health insurance benefits
The selection doesn’t mean that everyone will have to become Kaiser customers, Division of Insurance officials said. The benefits in the benchmark plan simply serve as a blueprint outlining what…
Nation & World
Chocolate cake may be good for the ticker
A new study published this week in the journal Heart reports people who ate 15 to 100 grams of chocolate a day in the form of everything from Mars bars…
Health
Problem drinking affects 33 million – 14 percent of U.S. adults
Dr. George Koob, director the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, says many people underestimate the danger of excessive alcohol use and fail to realize that there are medications…
Nation & World
Cancer doctor leads attack on astronomical drug prices
“These drugs cost too much,” gastrointestinal oncologist Leonard Saltz said in an unusual speech Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. “We need to first accept that there…
Nation & World
Don’t take a seat: Panel says you should stand for 2 hours
A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recommends that office workers get up and move. The research suggests that workers need to stand up at least two hours…