One year ago, 11-year-old Jen Dunlea had lungs so riddled with infections doctors discussed a lung transplant. She and her mom, Laurel, lived in Southern California and spent 90 percent of their time in hospitals. “She was sick, and we had no life,” Laurel says. One year later, the best-friend, mother-daughter duo lives in Stapleton, […]
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Farm to Front Door: Organic Food Delivery
Med Students Celebrate Their First “Patients”
Whitney Sumner distinctly remembers the initial shock of looking at the dead body for the first time. Until now she hadn’t really considered what it meant to spend four hours a day, five days a week with a dead body. The donor had died at 94 of general failure, the only information Sumner and the […]
Colorado Debates Potency of Edibles
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Major safety concerns around marijuana edibles have urged a task force of stakeholders to create a safer industry.
Fighting the Fear of Medical Costs
Fifty-four percent of surveyed Coloradans have not gone to the doctor because of cost, and 45 percent have not purchased a medicine prescribed by a doctor.
Working from Home: A lot of Advantages, A Few Disadvantages
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At-home professionals enjoy the perks of working on their schedule, and also find ways to make up for missing the “water cooler moments” of an office.
Easing into the Digital Age: Docs Let Scribes Do the Writing
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As hospitals and clinics transition to electronic record-keeping, scribes step in to help physicians complete charts.
Law Keeps Children From Accidental Pot Ingestion
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Due to growing numbers of accidental pot ingestion in kids, marijuana edibles will now have to meet the same packaging requirements as recreational marijuana.
Obamacare Enrollment Update
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As the March 31 deadline nears, how does the sign-up experience compare to the tumultuous beginning?
Cast Away: The isolating experience of divorce in Pleasantville
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Stapleton has the picture-perfect image—does it lend itself to the growing number of divorcees? How does divorce fit into the picture-perfect image?