A team at the Cleveland Clinic has laid the scientific groundwork for a breast-cancer vaccine that may work much the same way as immunizations for mumps and measles.
The vaccine is made using a protein called alpha-lactalbumin, which is prevalent in a wide range of breast cancers, scientists said last week.
“This is a first-of-its-kind prototype,” said [...]

Denver is a year-round ice cream town, but come summer, we lose our collective cool for the stuff. Just check the lines at Bonnie Brae, Liks, Magill’s or any of the other neighborhood ice cream shops around town. These longtime leaders have been serving the market for years. But as much as we love our [...]

The summer slide.  It’s not a myth but it can be hard motivating kids to read over the summer. That’s why there are summer reading programs with prizes and free books!  Check out all the programs available here in Colorado and nationally. I’m thinking we’re going to try them all!
National Summer [...]

Saturday-Sunday. You don’t have to live on Capitol Hill to enjoy the 39th annual People’s Fair, presented by the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods organization. Each year, the Fair draws thousands from all over Denver to Civic Center Park for two days of urban celebration. Live music and performances are abundant, as always, with dozens of [...]

A few weeks into the school year, I had a mother pull me aside. I was concerned my first grade daughter had done something to provoke her son and in turn prompt this private conversation. To my surprise, she started asking me about the lunches I pack. She went on and on about how my [...]

Kids scale them. Parents covet them. Pop songs romanticize them.
Playgrounds abound in and around Denver. Many of them incorporate whimsical public art works and state-of-the-art equipment.
But it takes more than just those frills to make a great playground. It takes plenty of trees and shade and a little something intangible – a sense of community.
Great [...]

My neighbors were quick to offer a cradle when we told them we were expecting. They had used it for their now grown children. It has been loaned to over a dozen families for the first months of many lives. My husband and I are next in line. These [...]