Health and Wellness

  By: Dr. Kimberly Nordstrom, Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare Community & State, Colorado Social media can be a great tool to help build connections, stay informed and engage with others. However, it can […]

Markian Hawryluk | KFF Health News For people with cystic fibrosis, like Sabrina Walker, Trikafta has been a life-changer. Before she started taking the drug, she would wind up in the hospital for weeks at […]

As flu shots start to become available next week, top infectious disease experts at UCHealth warn of another concerning virus season this fall and winter with flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) expected to […]

The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) is warning residents and visitors that there continues to be an unusually high abundance of mosquitoes that can carry West Nile virus in Larimer County. Additionally, […]

U.S. News and World Report recently ranked UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland as the No. 2 hospital in the state for the second year in a row.  Two additional UCHealth hospitals are […]

By Markian Hawryluk AUGUST 4, 2023 When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one. Teens […]

By Christina Saint Louis Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladder and another to clear a blocked artery. Weaver, 70, knew that after he […]

UCHealth Greeley Hospital is No. 2 in the nation at serving patients and the community, according to a health care think tank. Two UCHealth hospitals in northern Colorado have been recognized by the Lown Institute […]

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has declared July “Cord Blood Awareness Month” to raise awareness about the benefits of cord blood banking. After a baby is born, stem cells from the umbilical […]