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Category Archives: health
Colorado Gears Up For Another Flu Season In The Shadow Of 1918 Influenza Pandemic
After a nasty flu season in 2017 and another one brewing this year, doctors are again calling for anyone 6 months or older to get vaccinated. The good news is, Colorado’s tangle with the flu in 2018 is unlikely be worse than it … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, health, History
Tagged colorado history, health
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Native American Colorado Chef Turns To Indigenous Food Activism
Chef Karlos Baca, of Ignacio, grew up foraging for traditional, Native American ingredients in the San Juan Mountains. Later, he went on to learn classical European cooking and became the head chef at some posh restaurants. Now he tells Colorado … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, health, Rural Issues
Tagged cooking, native american
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What Would You Risk To Live Longer? Do Smokers Deserve Expensive Treatments? New Podcast Explores Tough Questions In Medicine
Hard Call Theater host Matthew Wynia talks with Jeff Zinn following a live performance at the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities on the Anschutz medical campus in 2016. (Courtesy of David Weil, University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities) Who decides … Continue reading
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Tagged ethics, health, medical
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EPA Seeks Comment on Colorado Smelter Superfund Cleanup Plan in Pueblo
The Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on a proposed interim plan to begin clean up in the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo. The clean up addresses toxic lead and arsenic left behind when the smelter closed … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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Normal Toxin Levels at Two Parks in Colorado Smelter Superfund Area in Pueblo
Toxin levels at two south Pueblo parks within the Colorado Smelter Superfund area are normal, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Lead and arsenic were left behind when a south Pueblo smelter ceased operations in 1908. EPA toxicologist Charles Partridge … Continue reading
FDA Tightens Rules On Antibiotics In Livestock Feed
Feedlots, ranchers and even 4-H kids sometimes give their animals feed and water laced with antibiotics. This practice is known to help promote growth, as well as prevent disease. But there’s growing concern about the increase in antibiotic-resistant germs. So … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Animals, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, health, Rural Issues
Tagged Paul Morley DVM, ryan warner
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For Some, Suicide May Be The Price Of Living In A Ski Town Paradise
Western ski towns have a higher suicide rate than other areas. It’s hard to pinpoint why this is happening but some experts believe the ski town culture, high altitude and economic inequality may be factors. Journalist Kelley McMillan recently looked … Continue reading
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Tagged ski town suicide, suicide
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19 Pueblo Homes Test Positive For Lead Contamination
A number of homes near Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund site have tested positive for lead contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. The EPA tested outdoor soil and indoor dust at 102 homes. Nineteen had high lead levels. Steve Wharton, … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, EPA, pueblo
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Your Dog Could Be The Key To Curing Cancer
Our canine pals can get many of the same kinds of cancer that people do. Often they often respond well to human cancer treatments, so pet dogs with naturally occurring cancer can join clinical trials of new treatments that may … Continue reading
