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• Rhode Island Reverses Lead Paint Verdict

  Darin Schanker | July 03, 2008 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  On Tuesday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court reversed a historic verdict against three former paint manufacturers , whose lead-based paint was deemed a public nuisance by a jury in 2006. The three...

• Free Drug Samples Lead to Higher Out of Pocket Expenses

  Linda Snyder | March 25, 2008 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  According to a University of Chicago, patients who are given free samples spend nearly 40 percent more on their medications. My first thought was how could that be possible?You're saving the cost of the medication and the cost of driving to the pharmacy. Common sense says if you're getting something for free it's saving you money, right?A new study, published in Medical Care this week, questions...

• A Friend in Need of a Kidney Transplant

  Linda Snyder | February 25, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Imagine the hope and excitement of graduating from high school and looking forward to the next, both exhilarating and terrifying chapter of your life as you head for college to pursue career of your dreams.Imagine the devastation as you learn you have a serious, life threatening condition that will put those dreams on hold.This is Kelsey Crider's story. A lovely young woman from Boulder,...

• Two Snowmobilers Found in Summit County, Third Found Dead

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Two of the three snowmobilers who were lost in Summit County since Sunday, January 27th, were found on Tuesday night. The third snowmobiler, John McKibben, was found dead.The National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crew spotted the snowmobilers by a campfire. The two survivors were found on the west side of Elliott Ridge. McKibben was said to have died on Monday night.For more information on this...

• Truck Accident Results in Fatality in Northern Colorado(2)

  Staff Writer | January 15, 2008 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  On Monday night, January 14th, the driver of a pickup truck was killed after a crash and the pickup erupted in flames.The pickup truck hit a cement truck at the intersection of Weld County Road 49 and Weld County Road 44 near Greeley. A police officer in the area tried to put out the flames with an extinguisher, however the pickup was burning too fast for him to get the driver out in time. The...

• California Growers Recall Salmonella-Tainted Spinach

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Metz Fresh LLC announced on Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling fresh spinach from grocery stores after a sample tested positive for salmonella.The first "presumptive" positive test for salmonella came back to Metz on Friday last week, which is when the company was able to disengage over 90% of the 8,000 cases of spinach in transit by placing "holds" on the company's product. The...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

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• Important Healthcare Advice to Prevent Medical Errors(2)

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2008 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  There are an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 people that die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of medical errors. Medical errors are one of the Nation's foremost reasons of death along with car accidents, breast cancer and AIDS.Medical errors can happen anywhere such as in hospitals, clinics, outpatient surgery centers, doctors' offices, and nursing homes. Such errors occur when something that...

• Health Care Spending Increases for 2006

  Staff Writer | January 08, 2008 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A recent report by the government showed that national health spending rose to $2 trillion in 2006, practically doubling in the last decade.Medicare spending increased at a fast rate in 2006 while private health insurance costs grew at a slow rate. In general, health spending increased to 6.7 percent in 2006. Other expenditures include prescription drugs which rose to 8.5 percent ($216.7...

• Medical Identity Theft On the Rise

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2008 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Almost two months ago Marcella Young picked up her prescription drugs from a Walgreens in Fort Collins, Colorado. Young looked in her bag and noticed her painkillers were missing.A stranger was able to get her information, most likely after she threw a past prescription bag in the trash, and was able to walk into Walgreens and out with her pills.Pam Dixon, the executive director of the World...