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ACL Injury Prevention

ACL injury prevention | We all have a friend or family member who has torn that pillar of knee ligaments, the ACL. Fortunately, the prognosis after anterior cruciate ligament surgery is so good that most people eventually return...

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Cryptogenic Stroke

Cryptogenic Stroke | Ken Kurdziel had never heard the term “cryptogenic stroke” when he had one. But his experience illuminates the strange and frightening phenomenon of an unexplained attack on the brain that strikes...

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Like Weight-Loss Surgery, but without the Surgery

A two-foot wisp of plastic weighing a fraction of an ounce could become a heavyweight ally to patients struggling to subdue their obesity and dial back complications such as type 2 diabetes.

University of Colorado Anschutz Health and...

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CKD; Chronic Kidney Disease

CKD | The kidneys are two bean-shaped, fist-sized organs located in the back of the abdomen. Their work of scrubbing waste from blood is unglamorous. Think of them as the body’s housekeeping staff, toiling quietly, but...

Laser Facial Treatment| As you may have read, I visited the UCH Visage Center at Park Meadows back in September thinking I had scored a cushy assignment: get a facial treatment and write about it. But, instead of something...

Liposuction results for women who underwent liposuction of the lower belly and thighs gained all the weight back in the upper abdomen and elsewhere, a team of University of Colorado researchers has reported.

The...

Positive Mental Health | AspenPointe is working to purchase a Geodesic Dome to extend our Community Garden's growing season.

Researchers believe that a bacteria in dirt, Mycobacterium vaccae, triggers the release of...

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