The other day, Melanie Carlson took her 5-year-old daughter shopping for a bathing suit. Since they couldn’t find a suit in the first store, they stopped by a second. Then, Carlson drove them to a third store, acutely aware, the whole time, that this mundane afternoon would have been nearly impossible for her to experience less than a year earlier. […]

Former NFL players who reported experiencing concussion symptoms while playing were more likely to perform worse on a series of cognitive tests decades after retirement, according to Boston researchers who studied more than 350 retired players. When comparing the 350 former pro players to more than 5,000 men in the general population, cognitive performance was generally worse for retired players […]

Psychologists who complete extra training will have the option to prescribe mental health medications in Colorado, though it’s not clear how many will choose to do so. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 23-1071, which creates a process for psychologists who want to prescribe. It may be several years before any psychologists qualify, however, because they would have to […]

The attorneys general of a dozen Democratic-controlled states sued the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, asking a judge to remove special restrictions that the federal agency has long applied to the first of two drugs used in medication abortion. The suit, filed in a Federal District Court in Washington State, comes at a tense moment in the battle over […]

Oat, soy and almond drinks can keep the word milk in their names, the Food and Drug Administration proposed this week, in an effort to end a long-running battle between the powerful dairy industry and the plant-based upstarts that have been changing the way Americans consume cereal and flavor their coffee. Most consumers, the agency noted in its draft proposal, […]

Men who regularly lift heavy objects at work have higher sperm counts, according to a new study from researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Boston scientists found that occupational factors, such as physical demands and work schedules, were tied to higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone among men in the Environment and Reproductive Health (EARTH) clinical study. “We already […]

A proposal in the Colorado legislature would ban “facility fees” from certain medical bills, a move the legislation’s sponsors say will save patients from unexpected costs while hospitals argue it would threaten access to health care. When you get a medical bill, you’ll likely be charged a provider fee (for the doctor or physician associate’s time) and a facility fee, […]

Severe COVID-19 infections in Colorado are roughly stable for now, despite continued winter weather and a new variant becoming dominant. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 186 people were hospitalized with the virus statewide as of Tuesday afternoon — virtually unchanged from 192 a week earlier. Viral concentrations in wastewater may be increasing slightly, which would point […]

Heather Rendulic was 23 when she suffered a stroke that disabled her left side. Ten years later, her left arm and hand remain so impaired that she cannot tie her shoes, type with two hands or cut her own food. But for an extraordinary month, while participating in an innovative study, she suddenly was able to open a padlock with […]

Starting in April, Colorado will see the largest shift in how people get their health insurance since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. About 325,000 people in Colorado are expected to be disenrolled from Medicaid as federal rules requiring states to keep them on during the COVID-19 public health emergency come to an end, said Kim Bimestefer, executive […]