Littleton’s best choice for routine exams and vaccinations, our focus is always on patient experience and we are able to assist in a wide variety of situations.
At six years old Dr. Charlene Borja found her life’s calling. She read a children’s book on Florence Nightingale and dreamed of someday becoming a healthcare provider. Her career path was set. At Columbine Family Practice Dr. Borja has a calming presence. She’s welcoming, gracious and blessed with an ability to relate and empathize with the patients she treats.
We can assist with Wellness Exams & Yearly Physicals, Flu Shots, Sports Physcials, Drug Screens, EKG, Diabetes & Cholesterol Tests, Thyroid Diseases, Stroke Prevention and more
We are proud to announce the addition BioTE! Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy was developed to alleviate the myriad of issues that can arise from hormone imbalance! Click below to learn more about this and other services.
Our providers pride themselves in keeping up to date on the latest changes in healthcare. Each provider takes continuing education classes to be sure we are on the cutting edge at all times in caring for you and yours.
Physical Therapy Exercise Exercise is anything you do in addition to your regular daily activity that will improve your flexibility, strength, coordination, or endurance. It even includes changing how you do your regular activities to give you some health benefits. For example, if you park a little farther away from the door of the grocery…
When it comes to giving your children medicine, measuring correctly is crucial. Children’s liquid medicines should only be measured in metric units to avoid overdoses common with teaspoons and tablespoons, U.S. pediatricians say. Tens of thousands of kids wind up in emergency rooms after unintentional medicine overdoses each year, and the cause is often badly…
Few things in life are as frustrating and worrisome as watching your child spit out the medicine you gave her to help lower her fever, stop her terrible cough and just make her better. Most parents have been in the same situation, and it never ceases to worry any of them. You know that with…
It is difficult to test your baby’s vision before about age 3, when she can describe what she’s seeing. But even before your baby can speak, there are ways to identify vision problems. Parents spend a lot more time with their baby than the pediatricians does, and they spend a lot of that time gazing…
Fewer U.S. hospitals send new mothers home with free infant formula, but the overwhelming majority still engage in the practice, to the dismay of breast-feeding proponents, a new survey finds. To determine if the number of hospitals distributing industry-provided formula had changed since her 2007 survey, Anne Merewood of Boston University School of Medicine followed…
Though rare, pediatric thyroid cancer affects a small number of children every year. Find out the different types and how they are treated. Cancer of the thyroid, the small butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that produces hormones and regulates metabolism, is most common in women over 50, but a small number of kids and adolescents…
What are colds? Everyone gets a cold from time to time. Children get more colds than adults. Colds usually last 1 to 2 weeks. You can catch a cold at any time of year, but they are more common in late winter and early spring. There is no cure for a cold. Antibiotics will not…
Body aches, migraines, and fever are just some of the symptoms that await you if you contract the flu this year. However, there’s hope if you decide to fight back with antiviral medication. Fever, muscle aches, runny nose, sore throat, and fatigue — flu symptoms can leave you feeling so bad that they stop you…
1. Go for a walk even when the weather is really cold – your body has to work overtime to get warm and you may burn up to 50% more calories than you would on the same walk in summer! But remember, go a little slower until you get warm and keep up the hydration.…
Charge Up Your Health – Too often winter begins with a sniffle, peaks with a holiday hangover, and ends with the blues. Not this year! Here’s what you can eat, take, and do to stay healthy all season. I Have a Sore Throat and Feel a Cold Coming On. Help! Indoor air breeds colds and…
Physical Therapy Exercise Exercise is anything you do in addition to your regular daily activity that will improve your flexibility, strength, coordination, or endurance. It even includes changing how you do your regular activities to give you some health benefits. For example, if you park a little farther away from the door of the grocery…
When it comes to giving your children medicine, measuring correctly is crucial. Children’s liquid medicines should only be measured in metric units to avoid overdoses common with teaspoons and tablespoons, U.S. pediatricians say. Tens of thousands of kids wind up in emergency rooms after unintentional medicine overdoses each year, and the cause is often badly…
Few things in life are as frustrating and worrisome as watching your child spit out the medicine you gave her to help lower her fever, stop her terrible cough and just make her better. Most parents have been in the same situation, and it never ceases to worry any of them. You know that with…
It is difficult to test your baby’s vision before about age 3, when she can describe what she’s seeing. But even before your baby can speak, there are ways to identify vision problems. Parents spend a lot more time with their baby than the pediatricians does, and they spend a lot of that time gazing…
Fewer U.S. hospitals send new mothers home with free infant formula, but the overwhelming majority still engage in the practice, to the dismay of breast-feeding proponents, a new survey finds. To determine if the number of hospitals distributing industry-provided formula had changed since her 2007 survey, Anne Merewood of Boston University School of Medicine followed…
Though rare, pediatric thyroid cancer affects a small number of children every year. Find out the different types and how they are treated. Cancer of the thyroid, the small butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that produces hormones and regulates metabolism, is most common in women over 50, but a small number of kids and adolescents…
What are colds? Everyone gets a cold from time to time. Children get more colds than adults. Colds usually last 1 to 2 weeks. You can catch a cold at any time of year, but they are more common in late winter and early spring. There is no cure for a cold. Antibiotics will not…
Body aches, migraines, and fever are just some of the symptoms that await you if you contract the flu this year. However, there’s hope if you decide to fight back with antiviral medication. Fever, muscle aches, runny nose, sore throat, and fatigue — flu symptoms can leave you feeling so bad that they stop you…
1. Go for a walk even when the weather is really cold – your body has to work overtime to get warm and you may burn up to 50% more calories than you would on the same walk in summer! But remember, go a little slower until you get warm and keep up the hydration.…
Charge Up Your Health – Too often winter begins with a sniffle, peaks with a holiday hangover, and ends with the blues. Not this year! Here’s what you can eat, take, and do to stay healthy all season. I Have a Sore Throat and Feel a Cold Coming On. Help! Indoor air breeds colds and…
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