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Hepatitis C in Denver is booming, but a pill that tells doctors whether you’ve taken it could change that
As cases of hepatitis C rise across Colorado, three new Denver Health studies -- including one using a pill with a sensor that can tell doctors when a patient missed...
Nearly 280 marijuana stores in Colorado suggested cannabis for pregnancy-related nausea, a new study shows. Health officials urge the opposite.
Colorado officials have long warned about the risks of using marijuana while pregnant -- including placing warning labels on cannabis packaging. But a new study shows that employees at marijuana...
How should hospitals reduce opioid prescriptions? A major new VA study offers some clues.
A new study of the treatment of more than 1 million veterans in chronic pain -- conducted by a University of Colorado School of Medicine professor -- found that hospitals...
Could medical marijuana take the place of opioids for acute pain? Colorado may let doctors try it.
A bill in the Colorado legislature would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana as a treatment for any condition they might otherwise prescribe an opioid painkiller.
Colorado’s big idea for lowering health care prices is more transparency. Here’s why some think that won’t work.
Colorado lawmakers will consider a bill on Thursday requiring hospitals to disclose more information about their prices, but critics say the new information might not lower bills and might not...
A Colorado funeral home owner also sold human body parts. A new bill would make that illegal.
Colorado could become one of the first states in the country to regulate brokers of human body parts, after ghastly accusations and an FBI raid at a Montrose funeral home.
Aurora theater shooting victims fought for this bill and now it’s law: Colorado victims now must be told where out-of-state inmates are locked up
A bill backed by victims of the 2012 shooting at an Aurora movie theater will require Colorado's Department of Corrections to keep victims informed of an inmate's location, even if...
Less politics, more commercial touches: Changes, big and small, evident at Denver’s 4/20 festival as marijuana industry takes control of event
Despite 364 days of chaos -- a rumpus over rubbish, a mad dash for permits and, ultimately, a change in organizers -- a cloud of marijuana smoke rose again over...
Watch your paychecks: Colorado employers are pushing higher health care costs to workers, report says
Prices for employer-based health insurance -- the workhorse of the health coverage system -- are rising faster in Colorado than the national average, and that could signal a worrying trend.
To combat rising health care costs, should Colorado let people buy into Medicaid?
Health insurance costs are reaching crisis levels for many Colorado families, so state lawmakers want to study the idea of allowing anyone to buy into Medicaid.