Family Medicine/Primary Care/Internal Medicine

A grueling itinerary

by Lisa Marshall | photos: Farrah Jobling

Weight-loss seekers flock to Colorado for boot-camp vacations

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Ask A Doctor

by Pamela Havlen, MD

Dear Dr. Havlen; Is there any way to prevent a condition that runs in my family—before it affects me?

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sitting disease epidemic

You’d better sit down for this. Or not.

by Lisa Marshall

Experts warn of heavy health toll from “sitting-disease” epidemic

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Bottoms up?

by Lisa Marshall

Colorado’s top ranking in booze-related deaths brings imbibing into question

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Food Fight!

by Rhea Maze

Battling inflammation through diet might offer relief, prevention

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Must Have Healthy Spices

Taming the pain: Dietician uses diet and exercise for arthritis Rx

by Allyson Reedy

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....

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reflux management

GERD attack

by Debra Melani

Swedish Medical Center offers ammunition against growing menace

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Protecting Their Sleep

by Debra Melani

Health concerns surround rise in sleep disorders in children

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sugar in kids diet

Lowdown on sugar

by Andrea Juarez

Four-year-old Joaquin Jimenez picks up a juice box at the store, turns it over and pretends to read the label. “Mommy, this has too much sugar, so we can’t have it,” he says, mimicking his mother, Celestina Jimenez. “He’s learning it’s not a free for all with his diet,” his mom tells an observer.

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Greenwood Athletic Club

Increasing your core value: You need more than strong abs to keep your body at its best

by Sally Wadyka

There comes a time when flaunting six-pack abs loses priority, but that’s no excuse to let your stomach muscles go. In fact, it’s more important than ever, as we age, to build a strong core.

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