Your Guide to Finding Calm in Colorado This Year

Our 2019 toolbox of strategies, places, workouts, and resources to help you chill out.

By Julie Dugdale

Health

A Weekend Program For Bewildered Denver Parents

By Mary Clare Fischer

Health

Chanda Hinton Leichtle Wants to Expand Medicaid for Spinal Cord Injury Treatments

By Kelley McMillan Manley

Health

Impressio Is Trying to Reduce Sports-Related Concussions

By Daliah Singer

Health

If You Fear the Dentist, We Have Good News

By Angela Ufheil

Childhood experiences can affect our mental and physical health, but they don’t have to.

Jennifer Kelloff, MD, Permanente pediatrician, helps patients understand and learn from their experiences, so they can lead healthier lives.

Why Local Therapists are Worried about Sports Betting in Colorado

Because of the risk for gambling-addicted patients, local mental health pros think we might not be ready.

By Angela Ufheil

Should Coloradans Be Worried About Tick-Borne Illnesses?

Four truths you should know about dealing with the little buggers.

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

How to Boost Your Brain’s GPS

What you should know to prevent getting lost in the wild.

By Peter Moore

Colorado Is Stepping up Its Game to Prevent Hospital-Related Infections

Colorado’s recent efforts to reduce “health-care-associated infections” have been working, but we still have a few issues to tackle.

By Daliah Singer

Your Guide to Finding Calm in Colorado This Year

Our 2019 toolbox of strategies, places, workouts, and resources to help you chill out.

By Julie Dugdale

How to Train Like a Ninja in Colorado

American Ninja Warrior champion Geoff Britten just helped launch Ninja Nation, an obstacle course gym with locations in Lafayette and Centennial. He dishes on his winning strategy, how to stay focused, and what you don't see on NBC's hit show.

By Daliah Singer

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Who’s Reading Your Mammogram?

Make sure you have the best team behind you when it comes to your health and future.

From Our Editor: A Peace Offering

A letter from the editor of 5280 Health's January 2019 issue.

By Hilary Masell Oswald

This Local Hospital Could Make Your Surgery Recovery Easier

St. Joseph's pre- and post-op practices mean better outcomes for patients.

By Angela Ufheil

Medical Assistants’ Roles in Colorado Health Care Keep Growing

They're neither your doctors nor your nurses, but their jobs—and training—could mean a lot to your health.

By Mary Clare Fischer

What I Wish I’d Known About the “Fourth Trimester”

I expected childbirth to change my body. What I didn't expect was how long it would take, and how hard it would be, to get back to normal.

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

Gift Guide 2018: 5 Soothing Skincare Products

Here are five local-ish products for that special someone who could use a little TLC this holiday season. (Surprise: It's all of us.)

By Mary Clare Fischer

How Virtual Reality Is Providing Playtime for Hospitalized Children

Children's Hospital Colorado was one of five hospitals that piloted the new Starlight Xperience program, a virtual reality set-up complete with games, immersive field trips, and more.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Joining forces so that nobody faces cancer alone

November is National Family Caregivers Month — a time to recognize and honor family caregivers.

Sponsored By Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers

New Documentary Chronicles Bill Coors’ Holistic Health Journey

The local beer titan, who died on October 13 at the age of 102, was an advocate for health and wellness before it was cool.

By Mary Clare Fischer

How a Yoga Summit Turned Into a Workplace Wellness Conference

Gina Murdock, founder of Lead With Love, says this year's summit (happening later this month in Aspen) will focus on how to implement a holistic, heart-centered approach to wellness in the workplace.

By Mary Clare Fischer

How Denver Health Transformed Health Care for the LGBTQ Community

As a designated LGBT Center of Excellence, the medical center now mandates questions about gender identity and sexual orientation, offers more surgeries for transgender patients, and provides training to all employees on how to treat LGBTQ folks.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Denver Startup Week Reveals Why Health Tech Isn’t Disrupting Our Lives—Yet

Plenty of barriers still exist for startups in the health care space.

By Mary Clare Fischer

The Art of Dying Well

It’s been nearly two years since Colorado passed the End-of-Life Options Act. How has the controversial law affected Centennial Staters, and how, exactly, does one plan for a good death?

By Kasey Cordell, Lindsey B. Koehler

Emily Schromm’s Next Challenge: Opening a Gym in RiNo

The former reality TV star has made a huge impact in the wellness space, with projects ranging from her own line of teas to a portable weightlifting pack. Her newest passion project? Opening a 24-hour gym in RiNo.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Help Set the Guinness World Record for Largest Group Meditation

Local meditation guide Michael-Blu and other community leaders are hoping to attract hundreds of meditators to a private ranch outside Sedalia on Sunday to secure a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

By Mary Clare Fischer

What Does It Mean When a Man Who’s Not Supposed to Walk Again Does?

In the new book Finding Theo: A Father’s True Story of Loss, Courage, and Discovery, his father set out to find out.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Innovative Addiction Coaching Center Launches in Denver

Face It Together uses peer coaches and data-based tools to help addicts in recovery not only stay sober, but also make positive changes in their lives.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Denver Is Second City to Get Wellness Offerings Through ClassPass

Local ClassPass members can book discounted massages, facials, acupuncture, and other wellness amenities through the app.

By Mary Clare Fischer

How Aurora Is Helping Immigrants and Refugees Be Healthier

The city’s campaign to bring healthcare education to its immigrant and refugee populations has ended up benefitting other members of the community, as well.

By Mary Clare Fischer

What You Should Know About Bipolar Disorder

We talked to a local therapist to find out.

By Mary Clare Fischer

What Would Happen if an Influenza Outbreak Struck Denver in 2018?

We made some educated guesses.

By Will Jarvis

Two Wellness Programs to Get You Back on Track This Fall

These two programs from Colorado-tied women help others feel better—physically and mentally.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Shape up at 3 New Denver Fitness Studios

Translation: You're out of excuses to avoid a workout.

By Daliah Singer

Local Photographer Has Become One of Colon Cancer’s Biggest Challengers

A year into remission, Scott Wilson's wildlife photography book has made about $40,000 for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance—and his work is far from over.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Denver’s Top Doctors 2018

For more than two decades, 5280 has asked physicians in the Denver area whom they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one. The following 347 doctors—in 95 specialties—were nominated by their peers this year.

By Mary Clare Fischer