Gluten. Gluten-free. Gluten-intolerance. We’ve been hearing about Gluten more and more, but what does all this really mean? Today’s guest blogger, Jolene Park, founded Healthy Discoveries in 2001, and with a passion for health, Jolene inspires her audiences to create balance in all areas of their lives. She promotes individual responsibility and believes in the […]

The exhibit starts in a bright red antechamber. I notice a faint throbbing noise, an incessant heartbeat. I see about 2 dozen large red barrels bathed in red light. They represent the amount of blood my heart is going to pump today — 1800 gallons at a pace of about 3 ounces per beat. It […]

As part of our post-adoption homestudy nine years ago, our agency required us to attend classes in Infant & Child CPR and to submit our certificate of completion for our file. At the time, doing so seemed like just another step in a looooooong series of hurdles to become parents. And like the other hurdles, […]

By Katie Kern, mom of two elementary school kids and a healthcare communications expert for the Colorado Immunization Program Wow, what a year. H1N1, or swine flu, raised its ugly oinking head and made many of us parents pretty scared. It seems so long ago that world health officials declared the 2009 H1N1 flu a […]

Every month, we’ll be featuring a Q & A from Children’s Hospital on a different health topic, as it relates to you or your children. This month’s topic is all about the heart! How does the heart work? The heart is the strongest muscle in the body, separated into four chambers: right atrium (upper chamber), […]

On February 17-19, 2010, Denver listeners will again be captivated and moved by the incredible stories of hope and triumph that will be featured on Alice 105.9. For three days, Alice will break from their usual format and broadcast live from the lobby of The Children’s Hospital in an effort to raise funds for Children’s […]

Let’s face it: the winter sports we will be seeing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are fun but sometimes come at a cost. We’ve teamed up with the Children’s Hospital to give you some tips on avoiding injuries and staying healthy! Snow Sports and head injuries * The National Ski Areas Association says in a […]

No more cutting – One teen’s story of her journey through self-injury to self-care. By Kristen Browning-Blas The Denver Post (Photo: High-school junior Caia Pattynama of Centennial began cutting herself to relieve stress. She and her family have gone through treatment for the underlying depression, and she now thinks of herself as a survivor. Cyrus […]

People who’d undergone LASIK were quick to tell me “Nothing to it!” or “Best thing I ever did!” Occasionally, someone would say, “I had to go back in for a tune-up.” or “I had to rest a few days afterward.” But no one ever told me about the procedure itself. Like I am about to […]

Every other month, Mile High Mamas throws a Mama’s Night Out to bring Colorado’s social media moms together to collaborate and connect. And to party. Big time. On Tuesday evening, the Sephora in Boulder hosted a pamper party wherein I experienced an unprecedented transformation. (Spoiler alert: some women equated my metamorphosis to that of Clark […]