CU, Poudre Valley Combine For New Hospital System
The University of Colorado Hospital is combining with Poudre Valley Health System's two hospitals in Fort Collins and Loveland to form University of Colorado Health.
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The University of Colorado Hospital is combining with Poudre Valley Health System's two hospitals in Fort Collins and Loveland to form University of Colorado Health.
A study of breast cancer patients finds there's a significant complication for many of the patients who choose a partial mastectomy.
Forget the effects of cold medicine. How dangerous are you behind the wheel if you simply have a bad cold? Dr. Dave Hnida reports on new research that compares driving while sick to driving while drinking.
HealthSouth Corp. plans to build a 49,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the south Denver suburb of Littleton.
She says she was just trying to help a friend, but now two students from Monument face expulsion after one loaned another her asthma inhaler.
A proposal this year to require parental notification for teens using UV tanning beds may run into opposition from lawmakers who have vowed to shun more regulation.
Public health officials discovered several cases of latent tuberculosis among Longmont High School students, so testing of students and staff will be expanded.
A young wife and mother with a potentially deadly disease is looking for help finding a cure. All her life she's had to stick to a strict diet which includes plenty of corn starch.
Flu cases are below average in Colorado this season. Doctors across the nation are seeing fewer cases of the flu so far this year.
There's now a quieter, gentler emergency room. Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge now has an ER especially for seniors.
A new report says Colorado hospitals are under-reporting a serious type of infection patients get in their facilities by a third.
A new study of more than 77,000 people shows women complain of pain more than men, CBS4's Dr. Dave Hnida reports.
When 17-year-old Austin Booth left Rifle High School basketball practice early a year ago because of illness, it was a rarity for the multisport athlete who almost never missed school and was the epitome of good health.
For years, the rules for osteoporosis screening seemed to be " screen early, screen often." But as Dr. Dave Hnida reports, less testing may be actually be better for most women.
Junk food in school cafeterias has been under attack for years. Now Colorado is considering the nation's toughest ban on unhealthy fats in school foods, a ban that could endanger pizza, French fries and other childhood favorites.
