Queer-Friendly Extracurriculars May Help Foster LGBTQ Youth Health

How do you fix higher rates of substance abuse and mental health issues among queer young people? The Youth Pride Coalition’s new Pride Toolkit is a good place to start.

Spencer Campbell

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Survivors Reflect on Denver’s AIDS Epidemic

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What You Need to Know About Kids and the COVID-19 Vaccines

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How to Deal with Your Anxiety About Colorado Reopening

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Colorado Pharmacists Face the Threat of Burnout

Hilary Masell Oswald

8 Resources for People Struggling with Mental Health in the Denver Area

It’s okay to not be okay right now. We’ve rounded up some local groups that are here to help.

Victoria Carodine

Barry’s Bootcamp Review: Expect Plenty of Selfies and Burpees at the Trendy Workout

The cultish fitness chain opened its first Denver studio on April 22. If you like challenging exercise classes accompanied by good selfie lighting, you may have just found your workout nirvana.

Allyson Reedy

Denver’s Top Dentists 2021

Keep your mouth happy with 5280’s comprehensive list of more than 900 of the best dentists in Denver and beyond.

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How to Protect Your Skin From Air Pollution

Local skincare experts share their best advice for guarding against wrinkles, discoloration, and melanoma.

Angela Ufheil

How the 5280 Staff Reacted to the COVID-19 Vaccine’s Symptoms

Spoiler alert: Not well. But with more Colorado vaccination sites opening to everyone, by reading our recovery diaries, you’ll know how to prepare for the possible symptoms.

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A Dispatch From a Boulder Death Cafe

Since September 2011, small groups of people across the world have gathered over tea and cake to discuss mortality. I went to one in Boulder to learn how COVID-19 and the King Soopers shooting are impacting those conversations.

Angela Ufheil

Coloradans Are Bracing for a Mental Health Crisis After COVID-19

The number of Coloradans who need mental health treatment is rising. Can the Colorado government get its act together in order to serve them all?

Jenny McCoy

The Health Care System Earned Black Coloradans’ Mistrust

How historic racism and inequality in health care undermined efforts to tend to communities of color during COVID-19.

Angela Ufheil

How COVID-19 Will Help Denver Doctors Revolutionize Health Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned collaborations in the Denver medical community that could help usher in a new golden age of medicine.

Spencer Campbell

The Visionary Surgeon Who Put Trinidad on the Map

For decades, thousands of people came to Trinidad, Colorado, to have gender confirmation surgery done by Dr. Stanley Biber. This excerpt from Going To Trinidad tells his—and one of his patient’s—poignant stories.

Martin J. Smith

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The Untold Stories of the Denver Hospital that Pioneered “Parentectomy”—and Saved Children’s Lives

From 1940 until the early 1980s, hundreds of children who suffered from severe asthma were separated from their parents and lived at the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital in Denver. Decades later, former patients talk about the life-altering experience.

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How Archipelago Clubs Keeps Its Members Connected During The Pandemic

The health- and wellness-focused social club offers a sense of community, even when its members are forced to be apart.

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Why It Won’t Be Easy for Us All to Feel Connected Again as the Pandemic Winds Down

The past 12 months highlighted how important relational connection is for our mental health. Here’s how you can prioritize it in the wake of COVID-19.

Meredith Sell

I Tried Crystal Healing for Stress. Here’s What Happened

The alternative healing technique has seen a resurgence in popularity during the last decade. But can these beautiful stones really rejuvenate my mind and body?

Madi Skahill