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Governors Call For Reversal of SCHIP Rules

Lawmakers in Washington are still haggling over a compromise bill that would reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expires Sept. 30....

Having A Ball At The Broadmoor

Curious media types descended from Denver, and around the globe, to cover last weekend's eighth annual Father-Daughter Purity Ball at the 5-star Broadmoor hotel...

Creative Condom Give-Aways Foil Pregnancy, Disease & Shame

They're certainly festive and blowing up fruit-flavored, multi-colored condoms probably tastes a lot better than the standard powder-coated latex balloons sold as party favors...

Mixed Outcome on Health Insurance Cost Report

Health insurance premiums paid by businesses for employees rose 6.1 percent last year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation...

Teen Depression In The Spotlight

The author of a new book about young adults and depression will speak about the subject at Regis University Monday night. Ross Szabo, the...

Like a Virgin? Teens Think So

While Colorado school districts work to adopt the new science-based sex education standards into their curricula, a new groundbreaking study finds that teens have...

Colorado: The Rockies’ Ugly Step-Child of Contraception Access

It's not often that Colorado is considered a less progressive state than its wild and woolley neighbor to the north, Wyoming. On the matter...

Majority of Companies Offer Coverage, Study Says

Sixty percent of private businesses offer health insurance to their employees, according to a study released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics....

Number of Uninsured Reaches Record High

As the cost of health insurance continues to skyrocket, so do the ranks of people without coverage. There were more uninsured people in 2006...

State Has Lowest Obesity Rate, But It’s Rising

Colorado has the lowest adult obesity rate in the nation, according to a report released Monday by the non-profit Trust for America's Health. But...
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