A new study looking at the survival and stages of cancer has found that people living in poor neighborhoods have a greater risk of dying after cancer than people with higher socioeconomic status.
Results of a new University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine study are raising concerns regarding the nation's children suffering from developmental delays. An early intervention program run by all 50 states is available for children under age three but it is not being utilized, especially for African-American children. The study published May 26 in Pediatrics.
According to researchers at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, new understanding about snake proteins could lead to understanding how other animals including humans accomplish aerobic respiration, and also contribute new insight into protein function and evolution important for human health.
A $3 million gift from George Wiegers establishes the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Depression Center. The center becomes the second in what is designed to be a 12-to-14-institution national network that will attack mental illness the way other medical centers have cooperated to attack cancer and heart disease.
For prostate cancer patients who have received radiation treatment and have had the cancer return, surgery is often considered too invasive and repeating radiation is difficult due to the resistance of the cancer. Now, the University of Colorado Cancer Center is the lead institution in a nationwide clinical trial to determine if, following radiation, a freezing method can halt the advance of cancer in patients with recurring prostate cancer.
The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) now offers an alternative for women who are hesitant to see a male physician for colon-related health issues"”just in time for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Aliya Hasan, MD, assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has created a women-only colonoscopy clinic allowing her to offer her care to women at UCH every Monday morning.
College football games are linked to aggressive behavior, according to a new study by Daniel I. Rees, PhD, associate professor of economics at the University of Colorado Denver, and Kevin T. Schnepel, a graduate student in the economics program at UC Denver.
Chancellor M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, of the University of Colorado Denver announced today that he has appointed Richard F. Hamman, MD, MPH, DrPH, current professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at UC Denver School of Medicine, as founding dean of the new Colorado School of Public Health.
New research from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine has found that a common antidepressant is showing promising success when combined with cognitive behavior therapy to treat adolescents with depression and substance use disorders. The study is the first randomized controlled trial of combined pharmacotherapy for depression and behavioral intervention for substance use disorders in adolescents.
Researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine have discovered a fourth antibody in human blood which will help more accurately predict who is predisposed to type 1 diabetes. The findings will be posted online the week of Oct. 15 and will be published in the Oct. 23 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) School of Medicine have found that dietary omega-3 fatty acids could decrease the risk of diabetes autoimmunity, a precursor to type 1 diabetes.
According to a new landmark study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, infusions of clotting factor VIII used preventively can significantly reduce the risk of developing joint damage associated with joint bleeding in young children with hemophilia A.
Approximately 15,000 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and about 3,700 youth are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes annually, according to estimates from a major national study called SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth.
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center compared the age of first-time drug users across the nation to the age of first-time drug users on and near two different American Indian reservations and found Amercian Indian adolescents to be at higher risk for trying marijuana than their peers.
In the first study of its kind in the U.S., researchers found evidence that prisoners who have been recently released from prison have a high death rate, especially in the first two weeks after release.
In recognition of a series of gifts totaling more than $91 million by The Anschutz Foundation, the University of Colorado system announced that its University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's Aurora campus will be known as the Anschutz Medical Campus.
According to the results of a recent study by a University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center researcher, transition coaches who encourage patients to take a more active role in their health care can help patients reduce their hospital bills and rates of rehospitalization.
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center identify a genetic risk for type 1 diabetes that is three to four times higher than previously thought possible.
Two independent studies, including one led by a Colorado neonatologist, indicate that early nitric oxide use can help reduce the risk of lung and brain damage in very low birth weight premature babies.
The regulation of cell movements are essential for the proper development of embryos, and defects in the process can result in a variety of birth defects, including spina bifida and cleft palate, according to a report by researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and three other collaborating institutions.
Jordan J. Cohen, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will address University of Colorado School of Medicine graduates during the school's May 26 hooding and oath ceremony.
A team of researchers from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and Stanford University have discovered a molecular mechanism that explains how cells respond to DNA damage and other acute stresses, and if disrupted can cause cancer.
In both U.S. and Iranian students, thoughts of death increase support for extreme actions ranging from suicide bombings to military raids where civilians are likely victims, according to the first study on the role fear plays in attitudes toward the Middle East conflict.
At the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, a step has been taken in the direction of helping society discuss and seek answers to complex health care questions. Construction has begun on a new $5.6 million center for the study of ethics and humanities in health care.
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine have uncovered how a gene linked to Parkinson's disease can keep brain cells alive. The results suggest the possibility for new drugs that might regulate the gene and protect Parkinson's patients from further cell damage.
Despite the sudden appearance of sugar cookies, calorie-laden buffet dinners, eggnog lattés and other rich seasonal fare, Christmas and other end-of-the-year festivities do not have to mean inevitable weight gain for those watching their waistlines.
Each year, thousands of winter sports enthusiasts suffer sprained wrists, dislocated shoulders, broken bones and other serious injuries due to risky maneuvers, lack of fitness, and improperly fitted equipment. However, experts say most skiers, snowboarders and other athletes can avoid injuries with a little training and preparation.
Experts caution that anyone traveling to higher elevations this winter for holiday vacations or weekend ski trips should remember to prepare for altitude changes to avoid a gamut of potential health-related symptoms.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine released baseline health assessments recently conducted of communities in proposed gold mining regions in Ghana and Peru.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have made the first identification and description of a gene that increases the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).
A major genetic discovery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center may lead eventually to the prevention of cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/P). Scientists at the CU-Colorado Health Sciences Center have pinpointed a gene involved in the most common form of CL/P.
In the first double-blind, placebo-controlled surgical trial testing the safety and effectiveness of fetal dopamine cell implantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, most patients who received the implants showed growth of the new brain cells. (NEJM, 3-8-01)
The University of Colorado Hospital announced a gift of $30M from The Anschutz Foundation, to assist in building the hospital's inpatient pavilion at the Fitzsimons campus. The gift is in addition to $25M given by the Foundation in January 2000.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have shown in laboratory studies that a molecule found in the human body can halt the growth of the AIDS virus. (Federation of the American Societies of Experimental Biology Journal, 1-1-01)
The University of Colorado community and the public will celebrate the grand opening of the Anschutz Centers for Advanced Medicine. This the first new building of the new University of Colorado Health Sciences Center campus at Fitzsimons.
A new product, the EcoFire Super-Grate greatly reduces the pollution from wood burning, while increasing radiant heat. Recommended by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for reducing particulate and gaseous pollutants.
By second grade, a child's readiness and success in school is linked to the quality of child care received in preschool, according to a four-state study of 800 preschool children. Results of the study, started in 1993, were released today in Washington, D.C.
On May 29, 571 students in University of Colorado Health Sciences Center schools and programs will graduate during commencement exercises, which begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Bookstore Quadrangle on campus.
Many people embark on high-altitude backpacking or hiking trips without the knowledge and equipment they may need in the event of common wilderness-related illness or injury, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
In the first double-blind, placebo-controlled surgical trial testing the safety and effectiveness of fetal dopamine cell implantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, many patients who received the implants showed growth of the new brain cells and improvement in their symptoms.
Nine out of ten citizens favor state support for University of Colorado Health Sciences Center's new campus at Fitzsimons.
A University of Colorado Health Sciences Center transplant team was the first in Colorado to use a new laparoscopic technique to remove a kidney from a living donor.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General announced this week that it would close the Physicians at Teaching Hospitals (PATH) audit of University Physicians, Inc. with no findings of Medicare fraud, abuse or billing misrepresentation.
In a pioneering surgery performed yesterday by University Hospital's transplant team, a 45-year-old woman donated most of her liver to her husband. The surgery is the region's first case of living non-related liver transplantation. Both patients are doing well.
Prenatal and early childhood home visits by nurses reduced antisocial behavior and drug experimentation in adolescence among children born into high-risk families, according to a study published by a University of Colorado Health Sciences Center researcher.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center physicians and researchers today announced their participation in the upcoming around-the-world manned balloon attempt sponsored by RE/MAX International.
A University of Colorado study of marijuana dependence among adolescents in a university treatment program found that such youth reported serious problems in their lives related to dependence on the drug.
People with Type 2 diabetes and high-blood pressure had a decreased incidence of heart attacks with the use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor when compared with a calcium channel blocker to control their hypertension, according to a University of Colorado Health Sciences Center study published in the March 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"Butter is not better than margarine." That is the assertion of Tim Byers, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in an editorial accompanying a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study links trans unsaturated fats to increased risk of heart disease.
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