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Healthcare: Colorado considers overhaul of broken system
WebOn the first day of Colorado legislative session, Rep. Karen McCormick, a Longmont veterinarian, introduced HB24-1075 entitled “Analysis of Universal Health-Care Payment System.” A similar bill, HB23-1209, was introduced last year but was killed in the Senate on the last day.The goal this time is to have the updated bill passed by March 25, …
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HHS recommends that the DEA reschedule cannabis
WebA leaked letter between a top official from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and Anne Milgram, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), revealed in September that the health department had recommended to the DEA that it reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III (Weed Between the …
Dr. Amie Lynne Meditz, an infectious disease specialist at BCH, on
WebLike many health care workers during the pandemic, Dr. Amie Lynne Meditz, an infectious disease specialist at Boulder Community Health (BCH), is quick to deflect praise. She bristles at the idea of being called “hero.” “Health care workers are some of the most resilient people you can dream of,” she says. “We get an opportunity […]
Colorado aims to improve maternal health care with …
WebEach bill impacts various demographics and addresses holes in the current maternal care systems and protocols within Colorado. The goal is to reduce the pregnancy-associated mortality rates. The latest data (collected in 2016) shows that in Colorado, 47.4 people died for every 100,000 live births because of pregnancy related reasons.
Meet Colorado’s Natural Medicine Advisory Board
WebThe Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Board was appointed on Jan. 17 by Gov. Jared Polis. More than 225 people submitted applications. Only 15 of those candidates were chosen. The panel is a diverse assortment of clinical psychologists, psychoanalysts, medical researchers, lawyers, poets, mental fitness coaches and professions in between. …
GMO expert discusses new organism linked to health problems
WebAugust 11, 2011. Community members at the Cropland Policy Advisory Group meeting. A crop consultant told a committee reviewing the use of. genetically engineered plants on open space Wednesday about a new organism that. scientists believe is connected to the health problems being seen in plants and. animals exposed to the herbicide Roundup.
A Colorado universal health care solution
WebIt is unlikely that any significant health care reforms will be coming out of Washington, D.C. any time soon. Meanwhile, there’s a growing under-reported effort by elected officials and grassroots activists to pass single-payer systems at the state level. Single payer is a not-for-profit government-provided payment system which is privately …
'To our community and beyond’
WebWhile the name of the clinic has changed, Ginde says the mission is as clear as ever. “We know that we must continue our deep commitment to providing the highest quality reproductive and sexual health care to our community and beyond.”. BVHC’s fundraising gala, Condom Couture, is Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg …
‘Climate change is a health issue’
WebWHO predicts that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria and heat stress. The organization states that health shocks and stresses from climate change already push around 100 million people into poverty each year. “Climate change is a health issue, first …
One of Colorado's most isolated, rural hospitals faces coronavirus
WebOn Colorado’s Eastern plains, there is one hospital on the I-70 corridor between Denver International Airport and the Kansas border: Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo. It serves an area the size of Connecticut, with a population density of about one person per square mile. It has two emergency room beds. “We usually have a couple […]
Best of Boulder 2023 — Fitness & Health
WebBARBER SHOP. Floyd’s 99. Multiple Locations Silver: Voodoo Hair Lounge Bronze: Rollin’s Barbershop Write-in: Boulder Hair Collective. Floyd’s 99 is it — fresh trims, new styles and excellent service keep our readers’ hair glistening and luscious. Since it was founded by a pair of brothers 20 years ago in Denver, it now boasts over 125 locations …
Boulder County’s vaccination problem
WebThis is not a story about why you should vaccinate your children. Every state, local and federal public health agency says you should, and if you don’t, you’re required to notify your child’s school that you didn’t, and allow your child to be quarantined in the event of an outbreak of a potentially fatal but vaccine-preventable disease like measles, polio, …
Weekly Why: Why is there so much radon in Colorado
WebFebruary 6, 2024. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking — and Coloradans face a greater risk than the average American. Half of houses in Boulder County have unhealthy radon levels, compared to an average of 6% nationally, according to Boulder County Public Health (BCPH). But unlike many of the environmental hazards
Best of Boulder 2021
WebCHIROPRACTOR Apex Chiropractic 183 S. Taylor Ave., Suite 162, Louisville, 720-328-1790 Silver: The Joint Chiropractic Bronze: Boulder Sports Chiropractic Write-in: Well Spine Family Chiropractic. Whether you have pain from an athletic injury, issues with substance abuse, strain from pregnancy or emotional distress from …
What went wrong with the Colorado health co-op
WebFor Colorado HealthOP, that meant approximately $1.8 million, instead of the $14 million they had requested. “As a start-up they were running close to the edge,” Vincent Plymell, communications manager at the Colorado DOI, says. “As with any start-up, the money question was always tough.
This is your brain. This is your brain at altitude.
WebMedical studies have found that high-altitude mountaineering may affect the structure of the human brain, but researchers continue to investigate the function of mountaineers’ brains at high altitude. Climbers often describe their recovery as a delayed and lethargic thought process, clinically defined as bradypsychia.
The prostate pleasure principle
WebBesides being biologically functional, the prostate also helps prolong sexual pleasure. A man can delay ejaculation by pressing on the prostate — either internally with penetration by finger, toy, or penis, or externally via the perineum (the soft strip of skin between the balls and the butt). External pressure on the perineum can be an asset
Health, fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96
Webpopularized the idea that Americans should work out and eat right to. retain youthfulness and vigor, died Sunday. He was 96. LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at his home in Morro Bay, Calif., his agent Rick Hersh said. He underwent heart valve surgery in December 2009. Though for many years dismissed as merely a “muscle.
Now you know: Oct. 19, 2023
WebThe Climbing Collective is strengthening its foothold in east Boulder County with the Oct. 19 opening of a new 24,000-square-foot facility in Longmont. • The gym, located at 115 Pinnacle St., will feature walls for lead and top rope climbing with auto belays, along with bouldering. Other features include a youth climbing zone, taproom
White House considering moving terrorism trial out of New York
WebWASHINGTON — In the face of mounting opposition to the planned New York City trial of several men accused in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings.. The Justice Department is examining possible alternative venues for the trial of accused 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh …
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