Lifestyle
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
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,...
Cold and cough medicines for youngsters a no-no
Dr. Brian Gablehouse often gets the plea in the middle of the night: “Please tell me what I can do for my baby’s cough,” a worried and sleep-deprived parent begs over the phone. Unfortunately, if the child is 6 or under, Gablehouse’s answer is: Not much.
Dr. David Hahn and the Taylor Spatial Frame
Years ago, even the best of orthopedic surgeons couldn’t lengthen someone’s leg or fix a crooked bone, leaving patients disabled or sometimes requiring amputation. Today, P/SL’s Dr. David Hahn does both, sometimes at the same time, with the use of an advanced “fixator” called a Taylor...