Colorado Public Radio

Back From Brink Of Death, Corpsman Tackles 'Warrior Games'

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:27:00 +0000

Three years ago, Navy corpsman Angelo Anderson was shot in his arm and leg in Afghanistan and he thought he was going to die. Sunday, he's competing at the fourth-annual Warrior Games in Colorado, along with more than 200 wounded service members. Eric Whitney of Colorado Public radio has this profile of Anderson, who credits the paralympic-style competition with restoring him physically and mentally.

Colorado Weighs Reopening A Psychiatric Hospital To Serve the Homeless

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:16:00 +0000

Last summer's mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., led Gov. John Hickenlooper to call for stricter gun control and big new investments in mental health care.

Several significant gun bills passed, and a package of mental health reforms is moving forward.

Jazz In The Cafeteria: Kids Learn To Listen While They Chomp

Jenny Brundin — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:58:00 +0000

School lunch is often synonymous with loud noise. Studies have shown the decibel level in some cafeterias is as high as a lawn mower.

Every so often, though, students at Alice Terry Elementary School, southwest of Denver, are asked not to make any noise.

When the music teacher told students here they'd occasionally have a "silent" lunch break, this was kindergartner Alyssa Norquette's reaction: "Why do we need a silent lunch?

Companies On The Move Look For Healthy Workers

Eric Whitney — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:08:00 +0000

It may cost less to do business in places where there's what some people call a culture of health. And that's put Colorado, which has the lowest rates of adult obesity in the country, on the map for companies looking to relocate or expand.

Kelly Brough is making the most of it. She runs the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and she's creative about luring businesses to relocate to Colorado. She runs a "Colorado loves California" campaign, for instance.

"We do it on Valentine's Day," she says. "The CEOs actually do get valentines from us.

Why The Hospital Wants The Pharmacist To Be Your Coach

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:17:00 +0000

About 1 in 5 Medicare patients who leave the hospital come back within 30 days. Those return trips cost U.S. taxpayers a lot of money — more than $17 billion a year.

In October, the federal government started cracking down on hospitals, penalizing them if too many of their patients bounce back.

That has some hospitals going to the corner drugstore for help managing the care of patients like Dorothy Irene Tucker.