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Internal Medicine

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Domino's new gluten-free pizza is actually worth ordering

    Domino's Pizza is not known for having the best pizza crust in the big-box pizza chain sphere of influence. Hell -- it isn't known for having the best pizza, either. So I was actually surprised when Domino's became the first major pizza-delivery chain to offer gluten-free crust (doing what smaller s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Reader: Big Pharma is leading the fight against medical marijuana

    Kylie Horner's post about the arrest of doctors Joseph Montante and Dallas Williams for allegedly writing fraudulent medical marijuana recommendations spurred one reader to weigh in on MMJ enemies. In his view, one of the biggest opposes cannabis for reasons of profit, not concern over the substanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Reader: Patrick Canfield's quote about why he works in restaurants rings true

    Patrick Canfield, the sous chef at the Trinity Grille who's the subject of this week's Chef and Tell interview, has won new fans -- for his position on gluten-free diets, his memories of old Denver restaurants, and this answer to a question about what would be his dream restaurant: "I don't have a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Top five reasons to get off Paula Deen's ass already

    Unless you've been trekking in the Himalayas this week, you've undoubtedly heard all about celebrity chef Paula Deen's admission that she has Type 2 diabetes. Deen is known for her signature deep-South-deep-fried-deeply-buttered cuisine, and the criticism of her condition/food/pimping diabetes drugs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    The Gluten Gladiator will tell you how to defeat wheat

    Brian Gansmann has been in the food-marketing business for more than two decades, a career that includes a stint on the creative team that came up with the porkerific slogan "The Other White Meat." So he knew what to do when he was first diagnosed with celiac disease: He went to the library to lear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Kristen Parker's hep-C rampage: Doctors deny duty to prevent drug thefts (VIDEO)

    Although Kristen Parker, the surgical tech who infected dozens of Rose Medical Center patients with the hepatitis C virus in 2008 and 2009, is now serving a thirty-year prison sentence, the fallout from her crimes continues to keep a scrum of attorneys busy. In recent court filings in a patient laws ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Drew Pomeranz nearly perfect in minors, leads Rockies call-ups

    Pomeranz.​Drew Pomeranz eats appendectomies and shits perfect innings. And now, the prize of the Ubaldo Jimenez trade is officially a major-league baseball player. Just over two weeks after having an emergency appendectomy, Pomeranz pitched three perfect innings yesterday for the Tulsa Drille ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Letters: "Abstinence is not the problem. Abstinence-only education is the problem."

    Pomeranz.​Drew Pomeranz eats appendectomies and shits perfect innings. And now, the prize of the Ubaldo Jimenez trade is officially a major-league baseball player. Just over two weeks after having an emergency appendectomy, Pomeranz pitched three perfect innings yesterday for the Tulsa Drille ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Letters: "I feel sorry for anyone who is trying to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado"

    Pomeranz.​Drew Pomeranz eats appendectomies and shits perfect innings. And now, the prize of the Ubaldo Jimenez trade is officially a major-league baseball player. Just over two weeks after having an emergency appendectomy, Pomeranz pitched three perfect innings yesterday for the Tulsa Drille ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2011

    Letters: To use Brian Bradley as a poster boy for diabetes is just plain wrong

    Pomeranz.​Drew Pomeranz eats appendectomies and shits perfect innings. And now, the prize of the Ubaldo Jimenez trade is officially a major-league baseball player. Just over two weeks after having an emergency appendectomy, Pomeranz pitched three perfect innings yesterday for the Tulsa Drille ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Type 2 diabetes curable? Maybe -- but only if you want to starve yourself to find out

    ​There has been some discussion about whether Type 2 diabetes is curable. (There's no such discussion with Type 1, which afflicts the street artist featured in this week's cover story.) The common belief, supported by the American Diabetes Association and the Mayo Clinic, is that there is no c ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2011

    Illboard: A diabetic artist takes to the streets

    Brian Bradley's artwork reflects his struggles with diabetes and the health-care system

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Elana Amsterdam releases Gluten-Free Cupcakes

    Marble cupcakes with vegan chocolate frosting.​Elana Amsterdam had been baking healthy, high-protein desserts since the early '90s -- and then in 1998, she was diagnosed with celiac disease. One thing seemed to lead to another, and the delicious result is the local author's latest work, Gluten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Local Spanish language soap opera takes on obesity

    ​Long-lost evil twin? An intergenerational love affair between family members who don't know they're related? A romance forged via ESP between two people in a coma? As long as the dramatic music was right, we wouldn't blink if we saw one of those absurd scenarios unfold on a daily soap. But ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Epidemic, Education, Entertainment

    ​Long-lost evil twin? An intergenerational love affair between family members who don't know they're related? A romance forged via ESP between two people in a coma? As long as the dramatic music was right, we wouldn't blink if we saw one of those absurd scenarios unfold on a daily soap. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Libby Szabo: Campaign flier attacking Sara Gagliardi adds insult to injury for hep C patient

    Libby Szabo​We can expect plenty of over-the-top negative ads and low blows in the next few days as this gruesome election cycle enters its final days. But a mailer sent out by Republican statehouse candidate Libby Szabo, trying to paint Rep. Sara Gagliardi as a typical tax-and-spend Dem, is j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Today: Gluten-free store tour in Littleton

    ​Ten years ago, if you went into a restaurant or grocery store and asked about gluten-free menu items or food products, no one would have had a clue what you were talking about. But celiac disease is part of our culinary lexicon now, and the Sunflower Farmers' Market at 8601 West Cross Drive i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Rage drummer Brad Wilk signs bottles of Olade this weekend

    ​"I was on tour with U2 in 1997, and I woke up one morning and I had lost my eyesight by like 50 percent," remembers Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk. "I just felt horrible -- like I had a hangover, but I hadn't been drinking." When he finished the tour, Wilk went to the doctor and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Kristen Parker's hepatitis-C confession: After she's linked to outbreak, "I started caring"

    Kristen Parker in a photo from deleted MySpace page -- before she started caring.​Remember Kristen Parker, the surgical tech who passed her case of hepatitis-C to at least fifteen patients at Rose Medical Center via needles she'd used on herself? As part of her plea agreement in the case, she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Rootin' without the gluten at Coors Field

    Courtesy of www.komar.orgRockies fan Kyle Komarnitsky enjoys a gluten-free hot dog.​While cheering the Rockies on to victory tomorrow at Coors Field, why not check out the stadium's newest and most unusual concession location: the gluten-free stand behind Section 147 on the left-field concours ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Hep C victims speak out about getting stuck by Kristen Parker and Rose Medical Center

    Courtesy of www.komar.orgRockies fan Kyle Komarnitsky enjoys a gluten-free hot dog.​While cheering the Rockies on to victory tomorrow at Coors Field, why not check out the stadium's newest and most unusual concession location: the gluten-free stand behind Section 147 on the left-field concours ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Sticking it to the myths about hepatitis C

    Rose Medical Center.​This week's cover story, "Going Viral," looks into how one drug-seeking hospital worker probably infected dozens of Colorado surgery patients with hepatitis C -- and the emotional fallout of Kristen Parker's recklessness for the patients, several of whom are speaking out h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Senator Bennet rolls up his sleeves

    ​Business boosters at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce didn't know what had hit them. On Friday, when Senator Mark Udall offered a healthcare briefing at the Chamber, there hadn't been a single member of the media. But on Monday, when Senator Michael Bennet did the same, the TV cameras wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Got dirty needles? Dispose of them anonymously this week

    A Flickr photo. This week, the Denver-based Hep C Connection will do all it can -- legally -- to get dirty needles off the streets. Beginning today, the organization is hosting its first-ever Drop To Stop week, where anyone can anonymously drop off used syringes at eight separate locations around D ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 16, 2009

    The ingredients in Sunsets and Margaritas are a little too strong

    A Flickr photo. This week, the Denver-based Hep C Connection will do all it can -- legally -- to get dirty needles off the streets. Beginning today, the organization is hosting its first-ever Drop To Stop week, where anyone can anonymously drop off used syringes at eight separate locations around D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Help Christmas light-smashing Hulk win a year of KFC

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Hulk smash election, Halloween

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    The near-death of the Circle Jerks' Keith Morris

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Gluten-Free Food Fair

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Worst. Colorado. Sports. Week. Ever.

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Hulk Smash Puny Halloween Decorations!

    Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green majesty we just plain screwed up. The good news is that our man Komarnitsky won the contest anyway, s ... More >>

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Till Death Do They Part

    A Renaissance Festival wedding turns into a murder case.

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    All the World's a Stage

    Doug and Wendy Ishii are more than mere players in the realms of science and theater.

  • Music

    February 24, 2005

    Ashlee Simpson

    Tuesday, March 1, Paramount Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2004

    Uplifting Charity

    Bras for the Cause raises money for breast cancer

  • Food & Drink

    March 25, 2004

    Best BBQ Relief for Diabetics

    Old West Bar B Que

  • Dining

    May 22, 2003

    Consumed

    Wheat Out

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Buffet/ All-You-Can-Eat Deal

    Namaste

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Death on the Installment Plan

    Medical neglect, chronic disease, a hepatitis epidemic. Some Colorado prisoners pay for their crimes with their lives.

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Cutting Edge

    A plan by some Colorado leaders to trim hard-won health-insurance benefits could leave consumers feeling the pain.

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Race to Live

    Dogged by diabetes, Zunis are running on a path to prevention.

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Old Wounds and Family Scars

    An estranged father and son find something in common: their kidneys.

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Critical Condition

    Another patient, another investigation for Presbyterian/St. Luke's.

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Big Queasy

    The junk-food guinea pigs of Grand Junction have had some strange gut reactions to olestra.

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Shot in the Arm

    Colorado starts mandatory hepatitis B vaccinations for schoolkids.

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    The Wheels of Justice

    A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    LETTERS

    A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    SINS AND NEEDLES

    A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    THIS IS ONLY A TEST

    A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    THE HEP-C GENERATION

    A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

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