The Colorado Sun’s Q&A with Boulder Valley Health Center delves into 50 years of abortion care and why it’s dropping “women” from its name
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A Boulder nanoengineer teamed up with Rihanna’s tattoo artist to make smarter ink
For now, the color in the smart ink developed at the University of Colorado only turns on and off. Someday it could signal health problems like high blood sugar.
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A Colorado community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending
Complaints over lack of charity care come as 15% of Pueblo County residents have medical debt in collections, compared with 11% statewide
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Opioid settlements from Big Pharma are helping Colorado communities fight fentanyl
The state plans to use more than $700 million from opioid settlements to build treatment centers, prevention programs
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What happened to Centura Health? Why the Colorado hospital brand name is about to disappear.
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth, the two systems that partnered to form Centura, are splitting up
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Colorado Medical Board finds that so-called abortion reversal is outside “generally accepted standard of practice”
The rule, which came after hours of discussion, does not go as far as the Democratic-controlled legislature wanted, but comes close to an outright ban
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What does science say about abortion pill reversal?
A Colorado Medical Board hearing on so-called abortion pill “reversal” puts a spotlight on flawed and incomplete studies
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Some Colorado hospitals are still struggling financially, while the picture is improving for others
The Colorado Hospital Association says nearly half of the state’s hospitals are losing money on patient care
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Vaccination rates for Colorado children are dropping, raising public health concerns about measles
The state health department is sending five vaccination vans to communities across Colorado in the hopes of getting kindergarteners immunized
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Two Colorado sisters had dozens of seizures every day. Then a genetic test revealed they needed a vitamin.
Children’s Hospital Colorado opened a new Precision Medicine Institute focused on finding individually tailored treatments for rare diseases