Wellness

Some hospitals charge vastly more for same care

The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 at an Ada, Okla., hospital to $223,000 in Monterey Park, Calif.

FILE - This Dec. 9, 2011 file photo shows an open tanning booth at Amazing Tans in Sacramento, Calif. The FDA announced Monday, May 6, 2013, it wants all tanning beds to carry language warning people under the age of 18 about the risks of indoor tanning. The agency would also require manufacturers to submit their beds for federal review before marketing them. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FDA wants cancer warnings on tanning beds

Recent studies have shown that the risk of melanoma is 75 percent higher in people who have been exposed to ultraviolet radiation from indoor tanning

TIME AND SPACE: New brain ICU center at Anschutz focuses on better outcomes for stroke and aneurism patients

TIME AND SPACE: New brain ICU center at Anschutz focuses on better outcomes for stroke and aneurism patients

“It’s really nothing short of a ballet,” Neumann said. “A really well-orchestrated ballet.”

This undated image made available by Teva Women's Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the "morning-after pill." The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. On April 30, 2013, the FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription — and said it no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters. Instead, the pill can sit on drugstore shelves just like condoms, but that buyers would have to prove their age at the cash register. (AP Photo/Teva Women's Health)

FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up

Teva Women's Health, which makes Plan B, said it would begin over-the-counter sales in a few months

In this July 13, 2012 photo, Hannah Warren, 2, poses with her parents Lee Young-mi and Darryl Warren at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Hannah received a new windpipe made from her own stem cells in a landmark operation on April 9, 2013, at Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, Ill. She is the youngest patient ever to get the experimental treatment. Hannah was born without a windpipe and her doctors in South Korea expected her to die, but doctors in Illinois said Tuesday, April 30, 2013, she is recovering and likely will lead a normal life. (AP Photo/The Korea Herald, Kim Myung-sub)

Toddler is youngest to ever get lab-made windpipe

"We feel like she's reborn," said Hannah's father, Darryl Warren.

Obama administration simplifies health care form

Administration officials say they have trimmed the paperwork burden back considerably.

This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)

FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods

The agency is already investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death

Medicaid expansion approved by Colorado House

DENVER | A bill to expand Medicaid coverage in Colorado is closer to final approval. The state House voted Thursday to increase the income cap …

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (left), D-Colo., and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (right), R-Aurora, discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder during a panel meeting April 22 at Anschutz Medical Campus. Udall and  Coffman created the Joint Task Force on PTSD to address issues veterans are facing and bring recommendations to Washington.  (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

TACKLING TRAUMA: US Sen and Rep create task force to help vets with PTSD

“Our goal is to, by the end of the year, have a document that is concise and backed up with good factual data and anecdotal examples to present to Udall and Coffman,” said Arapahoe County Commissioner Bill Holen, chairman of the task force.

Poll: Aging US in denial about long-term care need

In fact, 3 in 10 would rather not think about getting older at all.