My attempt to address foot pain has led me down a multiple-month process that highlights how inefficient our health care system remains.
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Opinion: No longer a luxury, air conditioning is a public health requirement in the age of global warming
We wouldn’t allow landlords to rent apartments without heat. The time has come to provide cooling, too.
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Colorado rides cresting wave of psychedelic medicine as state prepares to roll out regulation
The Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver was the largest-ever gathering of psychedelic scientists, researchers, medical professionals, policy makers and entrepreneurs
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Opinion: There is no such thing as abortion “reversal”
Physicians who say otherwise deserve to be marked as “unprofessional”
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Opinion: Psychologists are not qualified to prescribe medication
They are highly educated, but not in medicines and the human body. A proposed law allowing them to prescribe drugs should be defeated.
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Opinion: Importing medicines from Canada is no guarantee of lower drug prices
A lot of things have to go right — but probably won’t — for Coloradans to achieve even modest savings.
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Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-driven medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse
Otherwise, we will miss disease predictors for entire racial and ethnic groups
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Watch: Colorado health insurance experts discuss open enrollment
The Colorado Sun talks about health insurance, open enrollment, shopping tips, ways to get the most out of your plan and more.
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Opinion: My patients are suffering from climate change
Mr. A came to our appointment with a laundry list of issues he wanted to address in our 20 minutes together, including typical primary-care complaints like high blood pressure and lower back pain. As our visit progressed, he revealed that he recently moved to Denver from Syria and was seeking asylum. He had run out […]
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As more people turn to extreme sports, Colorado doctors are rethinking how they treat athletes
Doctors took a look at Ian Mitchard’s body four years ago and assumed his career was over. That’s why Steph Davis brought him along to a talk she gave to doctors: She wanted them to see what was possible. To be fair, it’s probably the conclusion many would reach after Mitchard crashed while paragliding alone. […]