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Chancellor Don Elliman delivered his annual State of the Campus Address on Nov. 16 to nearly 750 community members online and in-person, highlighting the campus’s strong stance at the forefront of innovation in health and medicine.
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The slowdown of physical activity during adolescence is not likely caused by lifestyle and environment but by energy demands placed on the body as it grows and sexually matures, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Whether people use cannabis to induce sleep, relieve symptoms or relax during downtime, a vehicle crash or accident at work could leave them in jail or the unemployment line. Frequent users can lose their jobs or face criminal charges, even if their last puff or gummy was days or weeks prior to an incident.
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Debra Melani | 
November 22, 2023
With the largest universal screening programs in the country, researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes (BDC) have known for years that testing all children for type 1 diabetes (T1D) could prevent the heartbreak and life-threatening complications that late-stage diagnosis can cause. Yet, until recently, they have often felt alone in their educational efforts.
To Wei Perng, an associate professor of epidemiology at Colorado School of Public Health who has studied the effects of toxins on liver function, it was unclear why researchers thought the length of participants’ telomeres influenced the connection between liver scarring and toxin exposure. “What may be more powerful,” she said, is to consider the combination of shorter telomere length and environmental exposures.
The factors that impact the interplay between the microbiome and the human immune system begin at birth, according to Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD, head of the division of rheumatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Many statements about the treatment were misleading, said Michael J. DiStefano, PhD, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora and a study co-author. “We found one case of a straight-up, false statement, saying that ketamine is FDA-approved to treat depression,” DiStefano said. He hopes to expand the research nationally.
FOX31's Kim Posey spoke with mental health experts about how to get help during the holiday season.
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