AltWeeklies Wire
Medical Marijuana's Little Pharmanew
When it comes to establishing MMJ credibility, look no farther than Cannabis Science.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
07-01-2010 |
Science
The Consequences of a Doctor's Misguided Decisionnew
Luzdeestrella Flores-Rios can't run, jump or fall from a swing like most kids. These are the consequences of a failed January 2007 kidney operation at Memorial Health System.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
06-03-2010 |
Science
Colorado Springs Medical Marijuana Community Grapples With New Billnew
Some predict that Colorado HB 1284 will force 30 to 80 percent of the state's medical marijuana centers to close.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
05-13-2010 |
Science
Tags: HB 1284, Medical Marijuana
Journalist T.R. Reid Makes it Plain: Universal Coverage is the Answernew
The take-home lesson, repeated frequently during an hour-long conversation with the Independent, boils down basically to this: Provide universal health care, and the rest will follow.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
02-25-2010 |
Science
Empowering Your Physician Might be the Key to Health Care Reformnew
In this era of Health Maintenance Organizations, primary care physicians have often been scorned as gatekeepers. But many reform advocates now believe efficient, effective primary care is essential to reining in the nation's out-of-control health care spending.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
08-20-2009 |
Science
Missing the Point on Immunizationsnew
And while few Americans now worry about measles, doctors who are concerned that the immunization program that has proven effective at controlling it and other fearful diseases is fraying at the edges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
08-04-2009 |
Science
Immunization Bottleneck Looms in Colorado Springsnew
Few Americans now worry about measles and doctors are concerned that the immunization program that has proven effective at controlling it and other fearful diseases is fraying at the edges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
07-30-2009 |
Science
AIDS: An Epidemic Grown Quietnew
A lull in awareness heightens one man's determination to educate others.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
12-04-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Experts Can Predict Your Breast Cancer Risk -- If You Want to Knownew
Approximately 600,000 people in the U.S. are thought to have the gene mutation which often leads to breast cancer -- so far, only 30,000 of these have been tested.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
11-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Hard Placenew
Lindsey Purkett could die of anorexia because she can't find treatment for the uninsured.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
02-08-2007 |
Science
Mission of Mercynew
Marcella Ruch and an army of volunteers throw a rope to the uninsured.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kathryn Eastburn |
08-29-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Rx for Confusionnew
Colorado's lack of regulation leaves alternative doctors on risky ground.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Dan Wilcock |
01-23-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bye Bye Biber: An Exit Interview with a Sex-Change Doctornew
Dr. Stanley Biber, the man who made the quiet historic town of Trinidad, Colo., the sex change capital of the world, reflects on his decades of treating gender dysphoria with surgery.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Noel Black |
07-19-2004 |
Science
