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Veterans Compete For Gold At Warrior Games

May. 16, 2011
The U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is hosting 220 servicemen and woman who are wounded, injured or ill this week for the 2nd Annual Warrior Games."

Cheap Drug Beats Pricey One In Treating Vision Loss In Elderly

Apr. 29, 2011
Sometimes an older and cheaper drug beats the shiny, newer competition by being just as effective for a fraction of the cost.

Colleges Address Autistic Students' Struggles

Apr. 13, 2011
In many ways, Mark Heim is a typical senior at Colorado State University. He has the kind of smart humor you'd expect from someone who excels in computer science, engineering and math; his T-shirt reads, "Department of Redundancy Department."

A Birth-Defect Breakthrough: Prenatal Spinal Surgery

Feb. 9, 2011
It's a landmark in the controversial, 30-year-old field of fetal surgery: Surgeons are reporting success in treating a common, serious birth defect called spina bifida — before birth.Spina bifida is a hole in the spine that sometimes allows a loop of the naked spinal cord to protrude outsid

New genetic test screens would-be parents

Jan. 13, 2011
A newly developed test could screen would-be parents for hundreds of different disease genes, to make sure they are not passed on to any future children.The test's makers say it should cost less than $400 and that routinely offering it to prospective parents could someday eliminate many deadly child
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