Health and Medicine Reporter — The Denver Post
John Ingold
John Ingold was a Denver Post reporter from 2000-2018.
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After celebrity suicides, calls to Colorado crisis hotline spiked. That shows how important it is to talk about mental health.
Following the deaths by suicide of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, calls to Colorado Crisis Services's 24-hour help line spiked, showing the need for accessible mental health resources.

Coloradans protected from the comeback of pre-existing conditions in health insurance
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it won't defend in court health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions, but Colorado law also contains that same protection.

400,000 Coloradans who buy their own health insurance are facing a big change this year
Silver loading is coming to Colorado, but what is it and why does it matter? We've got you covered.

A Colorado woman will soon need a liver transplant. Her husband wants to be a donor, but he’s about to be deported.
A Colorado woman says she will soon need a liver transplant, and her husband is willing to give her a portion of his -- if he's a match. But he's...

“It wasn’t his ashes”: Suspicions about Colorado funeral home’s body parts business grew amid lax state regulations
After the FBI raided a Montrose funeral home earlier this year, allegations emerged of bodies being sold for profit and cement mix being passed off as cremated remains. Why didn't...

Driller Anadarko shuts down natural gas gathering system in Colorado citing safety considerations
The system serves dozens of other, smaller energy producers in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Elbert counties, providing a crucial link between wells and buyers.

How much do gunshot wounds cost? For the Colorado health care system, a new report provides intriguing insight
Colorado health insurers and taxpayers spend millions of dollars every year to treat gunshot wounds -- just one way that health officials argue that gun violence is as much of...

Anthem won’t pay for many patients to get CTs or MRIs at Colorado hospitals anymore. That’s the wave of the future for health insurance.
A new policy from health insurance giant Anthem to push patients out of hospitals and into free-standing centers for most CT or MRI scans shows how insurers are aggressively trying...

Guinea pigs in botched smoking study land National Jewish Health in hot water with federal animal health inspectors
The U.S. Department of Agriculture hit National Jewish Health with a "critical" animal welfare violation for a study on guinea pigs and cigarette smoke exposure.

A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families
At a clinic that is a collaboration between a billionaire and the University of Colorado, veterans and their family members or caregivers will be able to receive mental health treatment...