Colorado Health - Articles from Colorado Health Leaders
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- Summer Swim Safety- Set the Guidelines
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Spring is here and summer is just around the corner. Summer is a great time of year to relax by the pool and swimming can be a fun and engaging activity to enjoy with the whole family. Unfortunately, drowning is a real danger as each year more than 1,000 children under the age of 14 drown. This ...
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Frequently Asked Questions From Parents- Part One
Everyday, the Lindamood-Bell® Learning Center receives phone calls or talks face to face with the parents of potential or current students. Th…
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Inactivity Leading More Doctors to Prescribe Exercise
It’s not surprising that obesity is linked to sedentary activities and there is a known link between sitting and diabetes, heart disease and m…
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- Branch Out and Eat Green
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Spring is the perfect time to branch out and eat green! Greens are the number one food you can eat regularly to help improve your health. Green leafy vegetables are brimming with fiber, minerals, vitamins and numerous plant-based substances that may help protect you from heart disease, cancer, di...
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Baseball Sport Nutrition
Brain In The Game
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Produce Stickers- More Valuable Than You May Think
You know those little stickers you peel off produce and can’t seem to get in the trash because they stick to your finger? Next time you peel o…
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- Exercise Produces Super-Agers
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What are super-agers? It’s people in their 80s who have memory performance and brain size equivalent to people who are in their 50s. The term was defined by Dr. James Galvin during a recent “CBS This Morning” interview conducted in April 2013. Dr. Galvin, a professor of neurology and psychiatr...
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If it’s Tuesday, get running
Running is a great all-around form of exercise that anyone can add to their workout routine, and as the Colorado summer heats up the beautiful…
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Road to Wellness – On a Bike
Maybe you spent the winter snug on the couch. Now it’s May, National Bike Month and the longer days are calling you. If you haven't heeded th…
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- Making the Brain Better at Math
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Many people believe your brain is either hard-wired to do math, or it isn’t and you have to live with it. This just isn’t true. With all that we now know in the field of neuroplasticity, it is clear that our brain can change and nothing is hard-wired in. With proper experiences and training, the ...
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Your Teenager’s Brain Exposed
First, let’s be clear: these are explanations, not excuses. No one’s condoning your son’s tendency to drive 20 miles over the speed limit or y…
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Your Brain is Like a Sledding Hill
So often in life as well as in science, things would just be easier if they were this or that, black or white, nature or nurture. But like lif…
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- Want To Rid Of Shoulder And Neck Pain? Listen To Your Mother...
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Can’t you just hear it? The words of your mother as she catches you slumping at the dinner table.
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The Top 3 Reasons You Should See A Specialist To Treat Your Car Accident Injuries
Let’s face it. Getting injured in a car accident is not the same as other kinds of injuries.
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How to Select and Negotiate for Long Term Care
To ensure that you are selecting a long term care community that meets the needs of your family it is worth the time to conduct due diligence …
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- How to Communicate with Patients Like You
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Many individuals dealing with a serious medical condition take comfort in discussing successful symptom management and treatment plans with others living with the same illness. Advances in internet technology and mobile phone applications now allow patients to access information and share knowled...
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Menopause: Scary, but Not a Disease
In the fifth decade of a woman's life, the woman's body changes. Though it can be a dramatic change, it's also graceful, as the body begins re…
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Longevity Connected to Optimism
Even in the midst of adversity, is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and adaptation for hardship— that make for a long life?
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