Touted as a last-mile solution to improve city public transit systems, at least 3 people a day show up at Denver Health’s emergency room with scooter-related injuries, new study shows
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Nicolais: Demaryius Thomas could not outrun the “minor” injuries that led to his death
My enduring memory of former Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas is watching him streak across the middle of the field, catching a slant route from Tim Tebow on the first play of overtime, stiff-arming one defender, and out-running the rest to win a playoff game in 2012. What Thomas could not outrun were the […]
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Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado emergency rooms each day, analysis shows
Chris Arnis was with his crew, carving spring snow on his home hill. It was a good Sunday for the lifelong skier. It was a little shy of 4 p.m., March 15, 2015, when it happened. Arnis, a ski coach in Steamboat Springs, hit some deep ruts where a speed-controlling fence had just been pulled […]
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A brain injury took my sister’s identity. Still, she perseveres through a changed world.
Stephen King, the renowned author who has scared us crazy with his horror stories, once described what frightens him most. “I’m most afraid of losing my mind,” he said. “You lose your identity, your sense of who you are, where you are.” I’ve witnessed the effects of seeing a loved one lose that sense of […]