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High-dose motor therapy improves outcomes after perinatal stroke
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In infants and toddlers who had a stroke before birth or as a newborn (28 days or younger), a treatment that combined restricting the use of the stronger arm with intensive task-oriented physical therapy led to…
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Health Department food inspections for week of Jan. 25 | Health
During the week of Jan. 25, the Jefferson County Health Department inspected 37 food establishments. Scores ranged from 71 to 100. Some were routine inspections while others were reinspections where scores are not assigned. All inspections are unannounced visits. Facilities considered low priority are not assigned a score. A low priority facility does not prepare food. According to the Jefferson…
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The most controversial Super Bowl ad of 2025 is back for more
Super Bowl Sunday is the holy grail of advertising thanks to its massive viewership, with an average of 127.7 million Americans tuning in to the big game in 2025 alone. That same year, Hims & Hers became the first company to advertise GLP-1 weight loss medications during the Super Bowl — but it wasn’t without controversy. The 60-second ad, called…
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Food is Medicine: agriculture meets health care
By Jon Huang On Jan. 12, a group of more than 50 farmers, ranchers, food hub personnel, health care administrators, county public health officials, health care providers and grant officers active in community philanthropy in the San Luis and Upper Arkansas Valley region gathered at Rio Grande Hospital in Del Norte, Colorado, to learn about and discuss how Food is…
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Even with a Colorado marketplace insurance plan, health care is still too expensive for many
Health care coverage has been in the news a lot lately, thanks to an ongoing fight in Congress. You might have heard about it, it’s over tax credits. The wonky name is Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies for insurance premiums. Basically the individual market is for people who don’t get health insurance from their employer or through a government program…
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Meta-Analysis questions transgender women’s athletic edge
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Drawing on 52 studies, this review challenges assumptions about athletic advantage between cis- and transgender athletes, while highlighting major evidence gaps in elite and sport-specific performance. Study: Body composition and physical fitness in transgender versus cisgender…
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European collaboration transforms immune cell data into cancer biomarkers
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: World Cancer Day, marked on 4 February, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of cancer, and to encouraging its prevention, detection and treatment. To recognise the efforts of researchers in this area, we are…
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Cardiology dietary guidelines: Whole foods are the heart of a healthy diet
This post was written by Sarah Mohrman, RDN, LD, MA, dietitian, program coordinator, Parkview Heart Institute. Nutrition is an evolving science; therefore, it is recommended that the dietary guidelines for Americans be updated to reflect the latest research every five years. Typically, the guidelines remain similar for the most part and do not veer far from…
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Do statins really cause those side effects? What the data shows
Far fewer people who could benefit from statins actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs now. Many who start taking them stop. The long list of side effects, detailed in fine print on package inserts and discussed in exam rooms over the years, pose barriers to many patients, doctors say. A new meta-analysis hopes to set the record straight on one of…
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Investigational anti-clotting drug reduces risk of second ischemic stroke without bleeding concerns
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: An investigational anti-clotting medication, asundexian, demonstrated a reduction in the risk of a second ischemic (clot-caused) stroke without raising bleeding concerns, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference…
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