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Deep-brain stimulation eases Parkinson's

Antonio Jimenez, once a continent-hopping international sales manager for CoorsTek Inc., today wriggles so badly he is embarrassed to go out. People stare at the wild and involuntary movements of his arms and shoulders. The flailing — called ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  28 May 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration

Medical spas get supervision rules

It just got a little safer to get Botox in Basalt, skin laser care in Louisville and wrinkle fillers in Fort Collins. Thursday, the state's medical board approved rule changes that specify, for the first time, what so-called medical spas need in terms ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  23 May 2008

Elements converged for a storm of rare intensity

A tornado hits Weld County on Thursday. Tornado researchers say the supercell thunderstorm was unusual in its strength and location so close to the mountains. (Photo taken from 9News video ) The supercell thunderstorm that swirled darkly above northern ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  23 May 2008
Related Topics: Richard Johnson,  National Weather Service

Law lightens fears of

Nurse Carol April gives Judy Simon a treatment to battle a genetic condition that causes her lungs to deteriorate. Simon hesitated to be tested for fear of discrimination. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post ) Judy Simon, 64, started getting a little ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Matt Taylor,  Humana Inc.

Red-hot hopes for Mars craft

A Colorado-built spacecraft the size of a kitchen table should scream through the Martian atmosphere May 25, in what promises to be a nail-biting end to a 422-million-mile journey. Mars Phoenix Lander was still 12 million miles from the Red Planet on ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  14 May 2008
Related Topics: NASA,  Thomas Jefferson

Med students grateful for donors' final gifts

Michelle Acker and daughter Libby, 12, of Monument attend the memorial service for those, such as Acker's father, George Allen, 76, of Broomfield, who donated their bodies for medical education. The service was at UC Denver's medical school campus in ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  11 May 2008
Related Topics: George Allen,  Virginia Smith,  Matt Johnson

Boulder research site to stay in same hands

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is in line to continue operating the Boulder- based National Center for Atmospheric Research, according to a federal decision made public Thursday. "We feel delighted — this has been a long process," ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  9 May 2008

"Bluefire" likely to blaze new trails in climate study

BOULDER — Bluefire — neither dragon nor superhero — promises to be as fast and powerful as either one, according to the scientists who will soon use the new supercomputer. On Thursday, the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  9 May 2008
Related Topics: United Nations

Middle-income prescription users getting stuck by "4th tier" policies

Jim Noon, with his wife, Sandy, at their home in Thornton, shows the syringe he used to inject himself with the most recent dose of the multiple sclerosis drug Avonex, which costs the couple $250 a month. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) In ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  8 May 2008

Cervical-cancer virus linked to cancers in men

A sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer has been linked to cancers of the tonsil and tongue — diseases that have been on the rise in men for the past 30 years, according to a study by a Colorado Springs doctor and researcher. Among ...

From KATY HUMAN, Denver Post,  6 May 2008
Related Topics: National Institutes of Health,  Merck & Company, Inc.

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