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Got a health question? Ask Dr. John

9:41 AM, Aug 24, 2011

KUSA - Dr. John Torres from Premier Urgent Care answers your questions every week. If you have a medical question for Dr. John, send it to mornings@9news.com and make sure to have Ask Dr. John in the subject line.

BLOG: Nelson Garcia shares how he lost his friend

7:19 PM, Feb 3, 2012

DENVER - All across the country people were seeing red on Friday and that's a good thing. It's Go Red Day with the purpose of educating people on heart disease. This is the story of how I lost my best friend, without warning.

Doctor: Push snow, don't shovel it

7:11 PM, Feb 3, 2012

DENVER - The first big storm of the year is here, and many are breaking out their snow shovels for the first time this year. However, shoveling can be a dangerous activity.

Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants

6:56 PM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming - and couldn't withstand.

Contraception mandate outrages religious groups

5:39 AM, Feb 3, 2012

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.

Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood

4:49 AM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization.

Go Red for Women on Friday

10:19 PM, Feb 2, 2012

DENVER - Whether you're working or not, put on some red Friday. Not only will you stand out against all the white snow, you'll be saying something about heart disease.

Denver branch of Komen fights national decision on Planned Parenthood

9:48 PM, Feb 2, 2012

DENVER - The Denver affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is now actively fighting the national organization's decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood.

Summit High senior has heart attack during wrestling practice

8:58 PM, Feb 2, 2012

SUMMIT COUNTY - A Summit High School senior is at a Denver hospital in critical condition after suffering a heart attack during wrestling practice.

Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant

7:34 PM, Feb 2, 2012

HOLLIS, Maine (AP) – A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes – and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts

6:57 PM, Feb 2, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, including all seven in California, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest.

Debate: When is medical marijuana 'usable?'

12:56 PM, Feb 2, 2012

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. - When police knocked on Josh Brewer's door to check for marijuana, even one of the nation's most liberal medical marijuana laws was put to the test.

Cervical cancer: There's an app for that

12:51 PM, Feb 2, 2012

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When Mary Jo Payne hears about efforts to educate the public about cervical cancer, she thinks back to her own encounter with the disease at age 38.

Dr. John: Warning signs of suicide

12:26 PM, Feb 2, 2012

KUSA - Recent celebrity suicides in the local and national headlines bring up important lessons on what to look for should a loved one show warning signs of a suicide.

Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order

11:36 AM, Feb 2, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner says the Obama administration should reconsider a decision to make church-affiliated employers cover birth control on their health care plans.

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