Aging: A Hero’s Journey

  These recordings are part of the Grillo Health Information presentation at the Boulder Public Library  – Aging – A Hero’s Journey, in December 2013.  Shelley Schlender recorded these on behalf of  Grillo and KGNU Boulder Denver. Let’s begin with a conversation between Dr. Rohini Kanniganti, a physician at Rocky Mountain Senior Care, and Rabbi … Read more

The American Gut Project – What’s in YOUR Gut?

The American Gut Project is a unique science investigation, featuring some of the world’s best scientists and YOU, as a citizen, contributing funding and also microbial data from your body, from your kids, from your pets.  Your choice.  Rob Knight, at CU-Boulder, is a leader of the investigation.  This project strives to find out what’s … Read more

The Heart Attack Chronicles

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD FULL 55 MINUTE CALL IN SHOW     Listen Part 1:  The Heart Attack (LISTEN (30 MINUTES) He had just dropped his his daughter at school when he realized he was having a heart attack . . .  Our anonymous heart attack survivor, and Paramedic Chantel Benish tell what a 911 response is like. … Read more

Resiliency – Grillo Health Information Panel

Introduction Listen to Full Introduction (15 minutes)   Arielle Schwartz – Moving from Loss into Love Listen to complete presentation (20 minutes) 2013 Grillo Resiliency Arielle Schwartz from shelley schlender on Vimeo. Tom McSheehy – Raising Resilient Children Listen to complete presentation (20 minutes) 2013 Grillo Resiliency Tom McSheehy from shelley schlender on Vimeo. Heather Fliege – Partnering with … Read more

Will Kim Kick the Habit?

Smoking is the number one killer in the United States. But it’s hard to quit.  That’s why KGNU teamed up the free telephone counseling service, Colorado Quitline, to share one of the most effective ways to kick the habit.  In this true story, we follow Kim through her real-life struggle to kick the habit.  WILL KIM … Read more

Parents ask: Can we have healthy food for literacy night?

Listen to Parents Editor’s note: Parents and families and school all say they’d like healthy food at family and school events, such as back-to-school day and literacy night. The problem is how to pay for it, and how to plan for it. At Ashley Elementary, the least expensive food to provide is pizza and lemonade. … Read more

James Hill and America on the Move

  LISTEN (5 Minutes) Editor’s Note – This is an interview we did with CU Health Scientist Jim Hill in 2004, when he began a program he called, “America on the Move.”  You may recognize many aspects of this program, and see how they’ve evolved into programs such as “5th Gear.” When physiologist Jim Hill … Read more