Lifestyle
Boom in smoking alternatives catches many parents off guard: Your Vaping Questions, Answered
The good news: Smoking is losing ground. Only 7 percent of Colorado teens now smoke, down from a high of 25 percent in the 2000s, according to the 2017 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey tobacco data. But vaping? It’s huge — and high schoolers’ (mis)perception is that it’s safer than...
Clear Route for Blind Adventurer
Colorado’s Erik Weihenmayer pioneers ‘No Barriers’ from whitewater to ice and rock.
The Experts’ Guide to Sleeping Supplements
Nutritional deficiencies could be a factor in your sleepless nights, but experts say see a specialist before you start popping pills.
Music: A Total Brain Workout
"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” The late-17th- century poet and playwright William Congreve had it right. But music — especially playing music — is good for the brain, too.
Born To Be A National Spokeswoman
Colorado’s Sofia Montoya talks surgery, overcoming obstacles and adulthood
Innovative Hip Surgery Stops Pain, Reducing Need for Hip Replacement
Sydney Potkanowicz started experiencing hip pain at the young age of 12. “It felt like my hip joints were slipping in their sockets. It was a constant painful, uncomfortable feeling,” she says. Sydney’s mom blamed growing pains, puberty and an active lifestyle for her daughter’s aches. By...
Ballet-inspired workout helps Olympic skier bounce back
Get Into Ski Shape with a Barre Workout
Lara Merriken: Colorado’s LÄRABAR Founder Talks Food, Health and Entrepreneurship
Little did Lara Merriken know that a Cuisinart, a rolling pin and some bags of fruits and nuts, mixed in with some curiosity and “grit” would turn her idea into a multimillion-dollar business. Merriken is the founder of LÄRABAR — the energy bar that was born in a lightbulb moment on a hike...
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Sky Ridge A Faster Road to Pain-Free Living
Salida resident Scott Collins spent 15 years jostling around as a crane operator. Although he now spends his time behind a desk, those earlier years wreaked havoc on Collins’ back. “Chronic back pain kept me awake most nights,” says Collins. “Sometimes, my legs would go numb.”
Her Sexual Health: Want Better Sex? Start Talking
Something bizarre happened when Emma Murray, now 23, chose a copper IUD for birth control — it’s a tiny intrauterine device that’s inserted by a doctor inside the uterus for long-term protection. Four months post-insertion, the IUD shifted during intercourse, caused a sharp pain, and fell out.