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Last year, state Sen. Irene Aguilar got to know her fellow lawmakers up close. She checked their blood pressures. Then she cautioned them about the鈥�

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Patients Go Bankrupt As Medical Costs Soar

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In 2008, Kimberly Fague was diagnosed with organ failure. Plagued by nausea, she lost a third of her body weight. She suffered from confusion and constant鈥�

Governor Hickenlooper signing SB-16, photo taken on March 29, 2011

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Poorest & Uninsured Patients To See Price Break As Hickenlooper Signs Assistance Bill

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Starting Aug. 8, Colorado hospitals will no longer be allowed to charge their highest prices to the poorest, uninsured patients.A bill banning the鈥�

Lisa Casaus, with her son, Gabriel Sanchez, learns tips on good dental hygiene from Children鈥檚 Hospital dental hygienist Valerie Haustein.

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Childhood Tooth Decay On The Rise

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Gabriel Sanchez is screaming at the top of his tiny lungs.But he鈥檚 not hurt. At 13 months old, he鈥檚 just objecting to the stranger鈥檚 hands in his mouth.鈥�

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Farmer鈥檚 Union Hopes To Lower Costs Via Health Insurance Co-op

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The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union says the costs of health insurance have become so high that many people who work in Colorado鈥檚 rural areas carry policies鈥�

A picture from his time in Vietnam. Ralph Bozella is president of the United Veterans Committee of Colorado, a nonprofit organization of more than 45 organizations helping Colorado鈥檚 estimated 460,000 veterans.

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More Vietnam Vets Aided For Ills Tied To Agent Orange

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When Ralph Bozella came home from Vietnam in 1972, he was happy he鈥檇 survived and was ready to get on with life.Because he had escaped any serious wounds鈥�

Pamela McClain, Pres. of the American Academy of Periodontology, working on a patient. Studies have determined that poor dental hygiene & gum disease lead to many other health problems, including the potential for premature and low birthweight babies.

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Dental Issues In Pregnant Women Put Babies At Risk

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Dentists are warning pregnant women to take care of their teeth, for the sake of their babies.Pregnant women with cavities and gum disease have an鈥�

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State Touts Healthy Population To Entice Companies

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Colorado is promoting its relatively healthy residents to lure new businesses to the state, arguing that able-bodied people are more productive and may鈥�

Eight-year-old Erica and seven-year-old Alicia read their books with mom, Candice, and dad, Randy Reese. This Brighton family lost their firstborn, Nevaeh, who was born at just over a pound.

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Why Is The African-American Infant Mortality Rate So High?

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Rita Beam was a young nurse working in the mother-baby unit at Denver's Rose Medical Center three decades ago when she noticed a disturbing disparity,鈥�

Colorado has lost its distinction as the only state with less than 20 percent of adults rated as obese.

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Coloradans Getting Fat, Just Like Everyone Else

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The number of obese Colorado adults jumped from 19 to 22 percent in just one year, according to the Colorado Health Report Card released Thursday.Colorado鈥�