From the liberty file: Hot tea and warm guns

Who brings a gun to a tea party? Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., for example.

CU Student Wins Grant for Indigenous Diabetes Study

A University of Colorado Ph.D. student received a $4.2 million grant to study how best to prevent and treat diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Science Sunday: Help Me Make It Through the Night

The same genes that let smokers sleep without nicotine cravings may lead to methods to help them quit.

State Has Lowest Obesity Rate, But It’s Rising

Colorado has the lowest adult obesity rate in the nation, according to a report released Monday by the non-profit Trust for America’s Health. But the state’s obesity rate is higher last year, up to 17.6 percent from 16.9…

Planned Parenthood’s New Neighbors Brace for Controversy

Marie Allan sat on the front porch of her apartment and tried to envision anti-abortion protesters walking the sidewalk by the now-empty building across 38^th Street.

She didn’t like what she imagined.

“We don’t need protesters here…

Former Surgeon General Impugns Lack of Sex Ed

At a Community Health Centers of Arkansas summit on health care last week, former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders said that insufficient sex education in schools makes children vulnerable to sexual assault and sexually transmitted diseases. She also blasted abstinence-only programs,…

Colorado Universities to Open School of Public Health

The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center announced the approval this week of a much needed new public health academic degree program. UCDHSC will partner with the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University to open…

New VA Clinic, Not a Moment Too Soon

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) announced today the establishment of a new community-based Veterans Administration health care clinic in Burlington that is expected to serve 10,000 Colorado veterans.

“This is a great victory for the veterans of eastern Colorado,” said…

Bill Would Require ‘Facts’ in Sex-Ed Classes

The House Education Committee approved a bill Thursday that would require schools offering sex education to include science-based material about contraception and disease prevention in the curriculum. Rep. Nancy Todd, D-Aurora, says she introduced the House Bill 1292 to counteract…

DeGette’s Stem Cell Bill Hearing Airing on C-SPAN Now

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