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Diabetes in youth may increase risk for Alzheimer’s, other diseases

Young people with diabetes may have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life, according to a new study by researchers in the...
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Why is my teenager so lazy? Study suggests it’s physical

The slowdown in physical activity in adolescence is likely a universal phenomenon associated with a higher energy drain on the body as it rapidly changes and...
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Coaching program reduces burnout in medical residents

A national study shows a coaching program created at CU Anschutz to address burnout among female residents actually reduces it, offering much needed hope to...
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Essay: Medical providers often lack training in caring for people with disabilities

Patients with disabilities often face medical providers who make inaccurate assumptions about their quality of life that can lead to paternalism and...
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Researchers find two FDA-approved drugs that curb symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease

Two commonly used psychiatric drugs show evidence of improving symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, including boosting cognition, according to a study from...
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Intense light may hold answer to heart treatment dilemma

Intense light may hold answer to heart treatment dilemma

The gene, ANGPTL4, regulates fatty lipids in plasma. Scientists have found that people with lower levels of it also have reduced triglycerides and lipids,...
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Grant to help CU Anschutz researcher learn why therapeutic horseback riding

Grant to help CU Anschutz researcher learn why therapeutic horseback riding benefits autistic children

After showing that a 10-week therapeutic horseback riding intervention reduced irritability and hyperactivity while improving the social communication skills...
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Researchers create model to predict children likely to go into septic shock

Researchers create model to predict children likely to go into septic shock

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a unique model allowing them to predict which children arriving in emergency...
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Scientists use advanced imaging to map uncharted area of genome

Scientists use advanced imaging to map uncharted area of genome

Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have mapped a previously uncharted region of the human...
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Home health care clinicians often lack adequate hospital information

Home health care clinicians often lack adequate hospital information

A survey of Colorado home health care clinicians (HHCs) revealed that 60 percent said they had not received enough information to guide patient treatment while...
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Children with autism spectrum see benefits from equine therapy

Children with autism spectrum see benefits from equine therapy

In the first large, randomized study of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have shown a lasting reduction in...
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Researchers find little association between suicide and hypoxia

High altitude does not seem to cause higher suicide rates

Following an extensive analysis of published studies, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that while suicide rates are...
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Shared decision making can result in better choices

Shared decision making can result in better choices

As more and more older patients are offered advanced treatments for chronic diseases, including surgeries and implantable devices, new questions have arisen...
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College of Nursing fourth in Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs

College of Nursing fourth in Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs

The University of Colorado College of Nursing has been ranked fourth nationally in Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs by U.S. News & World Report.
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CU researchers win prestigious $2 million NIH grant for brain study

CU researchers win prestigious $2 million NIH grant for brain study

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder have won a $2 million grant allowing them to refine...
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Researchers to study neurological effects of Zika virus in children

Researchers to study neurological effects of Zika virus in children

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Baylor College of Medicine will join with Guatemalan investigators in a major study...
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Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage

Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage

In a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has...
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Disaster plans often neglect preservation

Disaster plans often neglect preservation

New research from the University of Colorado Denver shows many communities fail to take historic preservation into account when planning for natural disasters...
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$10 million pledge starts National Behavioral Health Innovation Center

$10 million pledge starts National Behavioral Health Innovation Center

Colorado’s newest center dedicated to improving mental and behavioral health has been established with a $10 million five-year commitment from The Anschutz...
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Skin infections rife among high school wrestlers, study says

Skin infections rife among high school wrestlers, study says

The first national survey of skin infections among high school athletes has found that wrestlers have the highest number of infections, with football players...
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U.S. and Cuban pediatricians meeting for first time in over 50 years
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U.S. and Cuban pediatricians meeting for first time in over 50 years

Dr. Stephen Berman of Children’s Hospital Colorado and the Colorado School of Public Health to spearhead effort
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Sex differences in Type 2 diabetes affect cardiovascular risk

Women with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have coronary heart disease compared to men, and may need more frequent and intense physical activity to...
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CU Anschutz researchers find new risk posed by opioid pain medication

CU Anschutz researchers find new risk posed by opioid pain medication

Patients with no recent history of taking opioid pain medication had a 25 percent higher risk of chronically using the drugs if they received them when...
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CU Anschutz researcher says `thrifty gene' making us fat

CU Anschutz researcher says 'thrifty gene' making us fat

A genetic mutation that occurred among prehistoric apes to survive food scarcity could be behind today’s pandemic of diabetes and obesity, according to an...
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CU Denver study shows small cities not equipped for catastrophe

CU Denver study shows small cities not equipped for catastrophe

While many planners focus on the threat of natural disasters to major metropolises around the world, a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows...

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