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• Blood tests urged for young Ark. dental patients

  April 9, 2013 5:43 PM

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas health officials on Tuesday recommended blood tests for about 100 young patients of a dentist who sedated them with drugs possibly contaminated with infectious material. Screenings for dozens of patients of the now deceased Dr. William Jarrod Stewart will include tests for hepatitis B,... more »

• Second doctor arrested in Colo. painkiller case

  August 10, 2011 5:56 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A second doctor accused of overprescribing painkillers that led to the deaths of four patients in Colorado has been arrested in Florida. The Colorado U.S. Attorney's office said that 53-year-old Eric Peper was arrested without incident on Wednesday at his home in Summerland Key, Fla. A second... more »

• Marketing marijuana: stores seek to stand out

  May 22, 2011 3:54 PM

  The boom of the medical marijuana industry in Colorado has many start up business owners looking for ways to stand out when it comes to attracting new clients. The Tree of Life dispensary in Colorado Springs recently hired sign twirlers advertising for their business. Paul Abrams says the dispensary... more »

• Government closes Denver area radiation office

  May 9, 2011 3:12 PM

  The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced on Monday that the Heart Check America office in Denver had closed following an investigation by the department for allegedly running illegal CT scans on patients without a doctors order. Department spokesman Mark Salley said in a news release that... more »

• Colorado pot bill seeks caregiver database

  April 16, 2011 12:48 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A marijuana law passed in Colorado last year puts patients under video surveillance and gives dispensaries a raft of new rules aimed at tracking pot as soon as it's planted. Now state lawmakers are talking about shining a light on thousands of small-time caregivers who police... more »

• Marijuana patients challenge new regulations

  January 6, 2011 11:13 AM

  Some medical marijuana patients filed a petition yesterday to stop Colorado's looming regulations for how pot is sold. The group of marijuana patients have asked the state's Supreme Court to overturn large parts of two Colorado laws passed last year that will regulate the medical marijuana industry. The patients'... more »

• Health Institute employees to rally for more help

  December 17, 2010 2:01 PM

  Democratic State House Representatives Sal Pace and Angela Giron will rally with employees at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo tomorrow to push for more employees at the facility. A report was recently critical of staffing levels at the hospital. The audit was done after several patients died... more »

• Symptoms common in all cancer patients

  October 12, 2010 8:44 AM

  New research finds most cancer patients have multiple physical symptoms throughout all stages of the disease. The study of over 400 patients identified 22 physical symptoms associated with all types of cancer including fatigue, pain, weakness, loss of appetite, constipation, insomnia and nausea. Researchers say these symptoms impact... more »

• Medical marijuana tracking on the way in Colorado

  September 29, 2010 3:31 PM

  Colorado wants to set up a first-in-the-nation tracking system of medical marijuana purchases to deter people from buying vast amounts of pot and selling it on the black market. Patients and marijuana advocates fear they will be harassed by a Big Brother-type intrusion as computers and video cameras monitor... more »

• New valve procedure would end open heart surgery

  September 24, 2010 10:21 AM

  An experimental procedure may someday be an option for older Americans who need a new heart valve, but are too frail to survive open-heart surgery. Heart valve replacement generally requires major open-heart surgery which includes cutting through the breast bone and stopping the heart. But a new device not... more »

• Pueblo cancer center attracts patients from state, beyond

  June 29, 2010 7:38 PM

  Joe Horton and Alan Reynolds have a lot in common. They both have a good sense of humor, both live in the San Luis Valley and within this past year, both received a grim diagnosis: prostate cancer. "It's the scariest thing in the world. It was probably the lowest point... more »

• Study: Exercise benefits cancer patients

  June 1, 2010 10:28 AM

  Exercise can benefit some cancer patients during their treatment. Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit created a customized exercise program -- according to a patient's weight, overall health and type of cancer treatment. Those on the exercise regime said their quality of life improved and that they felt... more »

• US cancer costs nearly doubled in 20 years

  May 10, 2010 8:44 AM

  A surprising new study finds that the cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades. But expensive cancer drugs may not be the main reason why. The study found that rising costs may have been driven more by the growing number of... more »

• Study: Obese people receive just as good as care, if not better

  April 6, 2010 12:26 PM

  Surveys of physicians and other health care professionals have shown a certain stigma towards overweight and obese patients. Some of these patients say they feel that bias, but does it affect the care they receive? A new study shows when it comes to several common outpatient medical procedures, overweight... more »

• Study: Overweight people receive just as good care

  April 6, 2010 12:14 PM

  Surveys of physicians and other health care professionals have shown a certain stigma towards overweight and obese patients. Some of these patients say they feel that bias, but does it affect the care they receive? A new study shows when it comes to several common outpatient medical procedures, overweight... more »

• Former rocket scientist applies research breast cancer

  March 9, 2010 12:02 PM

  What does a rocket motor have to do with breast cancer? Two Utah researchers have found a unique connection that may change the way surgeons remove tumors, not only in breast cancer, but other cancers as well. Dr. Time Doyle, at Utah State University, and Dr. Leigh Neumayer,... more »

• More prison for surgery tech who infected patients

  February 6, 2010 9:27 AM

  A drug-addicted surgery tech who admitted stealing painkillers and infecting patients with Hepatitis C will face more prison time. Kristen Diana Parker renewed her guilty plea Friday before a federal judge in Denver. Parker had already pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors that was have sent her to prison... more »

• Judge: Victims can't confront Hepatitis C surgery tech

  December 16, 2009 8:31 AM

  Federal prosecutors preparing to debrief a surgery technician accused of infecting patients with hepatitis C have agreed to let patients submit proposed questions, but prosecutors still oppose letting them attend the debriefing. The patients had asked a judge to let them attend the questioning of Kristen Parker, who worked at... more »

• Auditors cite safety risk at mental hospital in Pueblo

  December 7, 2009 4:29 PM

  Colorado needs to do a better job of tracking mental patients. That's according to a state audit released Monday examining three of nine escapes in the last fiscal year. Patients at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo include people accused of crimes but deemed incompetent to stand trial. Auditors... more »

• Touched by Cancer--art show in Pueblo

  November 16, 2009 6:44 PM

  A free public exhibit featuring 50 works of art by cancer survivors or people whose lives have been touched by cancer will go on display in Pueblo Tuesday. There are two locations where you can view the canvases--the Dorcy Cancer Center, St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center and ABC Bank. An opening... more »

• Colorado Springs hospital probes missing patient data

  September 26, 2009 6:58 AM

  A Colorado Springs hospital and police are investigating the apparent theft of Social Security numbers and other personal information of 175 patients. Penrose Hospital officials believe someone took a binder containing a list of people who received outpatient ultrasounds in August and early September. They don't believe the binder was... more »

• Dogs don scrubs to help patients heal

  September 17, 2009 11:52 AM

  Burn patients suffer almost more than any other patient at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. Now patients are getting a healing hand from a new employee who gives patients therapy without ever saying a word. Like the doctors and nurses at Parkland, Rascal the therapy dog makes his rounds visiting patients. The... more »

• Doctors frustrated treating obese patients

  September 2, 2009 1:17 PM

  An estimated 30% of Americans are obese -- and now a new study finds many doctors have negative feelings about treating them. Researchers from New York University School of Medicine surveyed close to 400 of their own colleagues practicing all types of medicine. More than 40% said they... more »