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Dumbbells for the brain?
Jigsaw puzzles can hone cognitive function, trigger good feelings
Vacation for Health: Wellness retreats drive guests toward healthier lives
I sat cross-legged on the charcoal-colored wool blanket, another wrapped around my shoulders, with my hands cupped for warmth in my lap. The roofed, open-air temple was encased in darkness as the five of us gathered around the 5-by-5-foot fire pit at 5 a.m. Logs of lodgepole pine kindled and came...
Colorado Avalanche Healthful Insight
We talked to several players on the team to find out what keeps them at the top of their game, asking about diet, exercise and downtime. The lesson we gleaned from these conversations is that, regardless of age, finding an eating and exercise plan that works for you and having the discipline to...
One-on-one with Colorado Avalanche captain, #92, Gabriel Landeskog
NHL’s youngest captain says both he and Avalanche team have grown
Taming the pain: Dietician uses diet and exercise for arthritis Rx
As a longtime registered dietician nutritionist (RDN), Susan Piergeorge knows more than just the basics of good health. But even her background didn’t stop Piergeorge, who built her career in Colorado, from developing osteoarthritis, the most common form of the potentially debilitating disease....
A winning card: Freestanding ER brings some luck to couple’s tragic event
Mary and Barry Dobson woke up that July morning two summers ago hoping the day would bring them luck. And it did. Just not in the way that they’d intended. The retired Thornton couple, embracing a day off from babysitting the grandkids, was heading to Blackhawk to try their hand at the casinos....
Recipe for resilience
It was March of 2012, and Betsy Mathies' doctor had just given her the diagnosis she'd been fearing: Parkinson's disease. First, the tears started, she says. And then: "I remember I said, 'Oh shoot!' and he asked me if I wanted to say something stronger than that, and I said, 'I'd like to start,...
