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Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

The Cigarette is dead, and the ads are illegal

The nifty ads are hard not to notice, boldly proclaiming: The Cigarette is Dead. They've popped up alongside buildings, buses and billboards, directing people to www.QuitDoingIt.com, where smokers can find tools to help them quit. Commissioned by the State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnershi ... More >>

Drunk of the Week

Kona Grill

Manu Chao

Friday, June 8, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Why doesn't Colorado get the point of needle exchange programs?

Friday, June 8, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

What the If?

This state campaign seems headed for disaster.

A Grim Prognosis

HIV infection is soaring in the Latino population. Can El Futuro slow it down?

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Fire Sale

The cost of cigarettes could go up in smoke this November.

Bite Me

Brain Drain

Off Limits

Blame Canada

Spook and Ladder

Firefighters Museum toasts ghosts

New Life

It may be the thought that counts, but only donations will keep the Colorado AIDS Project out of trouble.

A Plague on All Your Houses

Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

Virtual Strangers

Denver researchers study how the chat room leads to the bedroom.

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive

Patrick Gourley has seen enough death from AIDS. Now it’s time for rebirth.

Mad All Over

This family of killer diseases hits close to home. Too close.

Hard Lessons

Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

Shot in the Arm

Colorado starts mandatory hepatitis B vaccinations for schoolkids.

HEP TO THE PROBLEM

A HEPATITIS C SUFFERER FORMS A SUPPORT GROUP THROUGH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

WHAT PRICE FUN?

OR: HOW I SURVIVED 24 HOURS WITH THE FOX.

THE NEXT GENERATION

SEX IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY RISKY BUSINESS FOR YOUNG GAYS.

Eat the pig! Particularly at the Berkshire!

Seriously, people?  You're getting weird about eating pork now? I understand that all this talk about the swine flu is freaky. I realize that we're kinda on the edge of a panic now, and that the Centers for Disease Control have just announced that a worldwide pandemic is imminent. I get that we ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Andrew Speaker's no-fly zone

Andrew Speaker, Denver's accidental tourist, has some sense of timing. Speaker, the focus of our last international health-scare when he went on the lam, and in the air, after being diagnosed with tuberculosis and warned not to fly, this week filed suit against the Centers for Disease Control for ... More >>

Update: Eat the pig!

Woodie Thomas goes hog-wild at The Berkshire.Earlier this morning I posted some musings on swine flu and eating as many hogs as I could hold.  Mostly, I talked about how business was at The Berkshire -- Denver's most porkerific restaurant -- and what the restaurant's chef, Woodie Thomas, though ... More >>

As swine flu numbers build (a little), sneezing in public now a crime

A Flickr photo"Ah-choo!" My wife has a cold -- a regular, standard, garden-variety cold. No fever. No blinding headaches. No agonizing joint pain. A cold. The kind that causes sneezing. And this Saturday, as we watched two very long baseball games starring our nephew in conditions that ranged from ... More >>

A fine swine of a time at the Berkshire's first pig roast

Lori MidsonIn the midst of all this swine flu hysteria, there's just one thing to do: Eat more pork! The H1N1 influenza outbreak is not transmitted in any way, shape or form by anything with a snout, curly tail or hooves, as Jason Sheehan reported last week. And if you don't believe him, just ask th ... More >>

The Mexican advises against rushing to the altar

Lori MidsonIn the midst of all this swine flu hysteria, there's just one thing to do: Eat more pork! The H1N1 influenza outbreak is not transmitted in any way, shape or form by anything with a snout, curly tail or hooves, as Jason Sheehan reported last week. And if you don't believe him, just ask th ... More >>

For two decades, pit bulls have been public enemy #1 in Denver. But maybe it's time for a recount.

Lori MidsonIn the midst of all this swine flu hysteria, there's just one thing to do: Eat more pork! The H1N1 influenza outbreak is not transmitted in any way, shape or form by anything with a snout, curly tail or hooves, as Jason Sheehan reported last week. And if you don't believe him, just ask th ... More >>

Air Force Academy doc's study: A lot of what we think we know about swine flu may be wrong

A Flickr photoThe Air Force Academy has punched swine flu in the snout.​ We've all been told that the H1N1 virus, aka swine flu, is no longer contagious 24 hours after a person's fever has broken. But hold up a minute. A new study overseen by Air Force Academy doctor Catherine Witkop and publi ... More >>

When cold and flu season hit, reach for chicken soup

​Cold and flu season has arrived, and while there are vaccines and a multitude of drugs out there that will be used to combat these illnesses, doctors remain constant on one remedy: chicken soup. According to WebMD, doctors prefer milder, natural alternatives to treat cold and flu cases, with ... More >>

Asia like it: Can I date a Mexican?

​Cold and flu season has arrived, and while there are vaccines and a multitude of drugs out there that will be used to combat these illnesses, doctors remain constant on one remedy: chicken soup. According to WebMD, doctors prefer milder, natural alternatives to treat cold and flu cases, with ... More >>

Did Mexicans get the short end of the stick when it comes to height?

​Cold and flu season has arrived, and while there are vaccines and a multitude of drugs out there that will be used to combat these illnesses, doctors remain constant on one remedy: chicken soup. According to WebMD, doctors prefer milder, natural alternatives to treat cold and flu cases, with ... More >>

Hold the sprouts! A new produce recall includes Colorado

A Flickr photo​Another day, another nationwide recall. This time around the blame is being placed on a usual suspect: alfalfa sprouts. Three different name brands of sprouts have been deemed responsible for a recent salmonella outbreak that, at last count, had stricken at least one Colorado ... More >>

Hepatitis scare at Grand Lake restaurants: Who needs to get shots?

Max & T's.​It was one of those moments when the personal and the professional collided. On Friday, my wife and I were in Grand Lake when a summer storm passed through -- so we took refuge at Max & T's Bar and Grill, where we ate a delicious lunch. Then, the next morning, I opened up my Denver ... More >>

Sergei Berejnoi's alleged fake bomb claim makes Top 5 list of freakiest CO airport passengers

Sergei Berenjoi.​On Saturday, Sergei Berejnoi was apparently upset that he arrived late at his DIA gate. So he allegedly said there was a bomb in his already checked luggage -- and was promptly busted. Of course, we've come to expect this kind of lunacy from passengers who land in Colorado. He ... More >>

Gouda cheese giveaway at Costco not such a good deal after all, linked to E. coli outbreak

Flickr​Who among us hasn't grazed through a store, snatching every free sample in site? Well, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, those who did so at local Costcos in mid-October may have gotten more than they bargained for -- a case of E. coli from sample Go ... More >>

Flu shots may hurt like hell, but free Nuggets tickets should ease the pain

Flickr​The folks at the Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition wants you to get a flu shot -- and to encourage people to volunteer for jabbing, they've created the "Enough is Enough" contest, with those who upload photos of themselves being injected to a Facebook page automatically eligible to ... More >>

Epidemic, Education, Entertainment

Flickr​The folks at the Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition wants you to get a flu shot -- and to encourage people to volunteer for jabbing, they've created the "Enough is Enough" contest, with those who upload photos of themselves being injected to a Facebook page automatically eligible to ... More >>

Japanese radiation worries in U.S.: Health dept. tries to calm fears as media stokes them

​This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, "Could Japan's Radi ... More >>

Is this Facebook or the hub of digitally transmitted diseases?

​Facebook is starting to make me itch, what with its infestation of high heels and sneaker spam, not to mention the scantily clad women advertising scattered-ass to and fro across the home page. Rather than your favorite social media hangout, it's turning into the easiest place to catch a digi ... More >>

STDs study: If you need to notify a sex partner about chlamydia, don't send an e-card

​ Is there really a good way to tell someone you may have given them an STD? Maybe not, but there are certainly some ways that are less embarrassing and/or horrifying than others. Sending an e-card isn't one of them, according to a recent study conducted at the Denver Metro Health Clinic.

Abstinence-only funding was refused, but that didn't stop a state school-board member

​ Is there really a good way to tell someone you may have given them an STD? Maybe not, but there are certainly some ways that are less embarrassing and/or horrifying than others. Sending an e-card isn't one of them, according to a recent study conducted at the Denver Metro Health Clinic.

Contagion reminds us it can happen here

​ Is there really a good way to tell someone you may have given them an STD? Maybe not, but there are certainly some ways that are less embarrassing and/or horrifying than others. Sending an e-card isn't one of them, according to a recent study conducted at the Denver Metro Health Clinic.

Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman request listeria outbreak investigation

​U.S. Representative Diana DeGette didn't just fall off the turnip truck. She's been concerned about food safety throughout her tenure in Congress, and yesterday, she and California Representative Henry Waxman sent a letter demanding a full investigation into the listeria contamination that's ... More >>

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Keeping tabs on U.S. students since 1991

​If you've ever wondered how Colorado knows, say, that its youth are more likely to smoke on school campuses than the average U.S. student, the answer is that it asks them. Every other year since 1991, the Center for Disease Control has administered the Youth Risk Behavior Survey at a national ... More >>

Six biggest Colorado-related food scares

Flickr photo by News 21​Beware the killer cantaloupes! It sounds like a horror-flick spoof, but for Jensen Farms in Holly, it's all too real. In September, the Colorado farm recalled all of its potential globes of death, approximately 300,000 cases. Nonetheless, the case of the listeria-carryi ... More >>

Campaign For a Healthy Denver calls out food service in television spot

​Last week, No On 300 announced the release of the first television spot focusing on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Initiative. The video stars Mayor Michael Hancock and directs attention to the toll the ordinance could have on the city's budget. In contrast, the clip from pro-300 Campaign For a H ... More >>

Hooters, IHOP and McDonald's among the Denver restaurants on Healthy Dining Finder

​When you think of healthy restaurants in Denver, one of the healthiest cities in the country, a couple of spots whose menus are rife with the terms "organic," "sustainable" and "local" come to mind: WaterCourse Foods and Root Down, for example. You won't find them on Healthy Dining Finder -- ... More >>