Thanksgiving may have already passed, but the holiday season is just getting underway – with Hanukkah this week, and Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's right around the corner. Staying healthy, especially with eating and nutrition, can be a concern for some people during this time. Increased holiday dinners and social events can pose opportunities to deviate away from your typical diet, often for days and weeks. Traveling and having visitors over during this time can also lead to a change in your typical exercise routine.

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW), Nov. 18-24, is held annually to recognize the importance of appropriate antibiotic use.

Familiar names have been showing up at the Correctional Care Medical Facility lately.

Mark Twain, Herman Melville and Richard Dawkins to name a few. Their presence has been a welcome part of the CCMF “ecosystem,” according to Denver Health chaplain Luke Howard.

Luke started a library in the CCMF, in the basement of Pavilion B, over the summer. The library – a few shelves in a storage closet – has more than 400 books, most of them donated by Denver nonprofit BookGive.

It’s that time of the year again. The holiday season has arrived! Holiday safety is an issue that burns brightest from late November to mid-January, when families gather, parties are scheduled and travel spikes. Most people look forward to a long holiday weekend as a chance to take off work and enjoy time with friends and family. Traveling by car during the holidays has the highest fatality rate of any major form of transportation based on fatalities per passenger mile.

Trick or treat! It’s that time of the year again, when kids hit the streets in their spookiest costumes in search of sweet goodies and holiday fun. Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year for children as they walk around their neighborhood decked out in magical costumes while collecting candy treats. Safety tips are not something we may think of right away when we think of Halloween and your little trick-or-treaters are undoubtedly more concerned about the candy, they will collect than their safety.

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