http://kunc.org en http://kunc.org/post/stand-colorado-prolonged-sitting-may-carve-years-life <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Evidence suggests that people who sit for hours at a time have an increased potential of developing life-shortening diseases.</span></p><p> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000 Colorado Public News and Carol McKinley 44534 at http://kunc.org Stand Up Colorado! Prolonged Sitting May Carve Years Off Life http://kunc.org/post/suicides-outnumber-homicides-will-safer-firearms-help <p>Coloradans<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> are four times more likely to die of suicide by gun than homicide by gun.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p> Mon, 13 May 2013 11:50:27 +0000 Colorado Public News and Rabah Kamal 44221 at http://kunc.org As Suicides Outnumber Homicides, Will Safer Firearms Help? http://kunc.org/post/heavy-drinking-drag-colorado-health <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">High alcohol consumption is dragging down health in many Colorado counties, from Denver to the mountains.</span></p><p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:30:29 +0000 Colorado Public News and Ann Imse 43230 at http://kunc.org Heavy Drinking A Drag On Colorado Health http://kunc.org/post/universal-health-care-colorado-new-plan-may-put-it-vote <p>State Sen. Irene Aguilar wants Coloradans to imagine a day when 80 percent of them see their health care costs drop.</p><p> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:05:31 +0000 Colorado Public News and Ann Imse 42292 at http://kunc.org Universal Health Care For Colorado? New Plan May Put It To A Vote http://kunc.org/post/decades-cuts-puts-colorado-mental-health-crisis <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Nearly every day in Colorado, someone having a mental health crisis tries to seek help at a hospital emergency room. There’s only one problem: ER doctors are able to diagnose and treat a broken foot, but they generally don’t have the training to fix a broken mind.</span></p><p> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:04:20 +0000 Colorado Public News and Cara DeGette 41676 at http://kunc.org Decades Of Cuts Puts Colorado In Mental Health Crisis