With each study into world-class cyclists being pushed to the physiological limit, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researchers get deeper insight into high-performance metabolism. They are also gaining clues about how to head off serious diseases in the general population through early detection and personalized interventions.
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One of the initially scheduled speakers at this spring’s “Transforming Healthcare” series on May 2 bowed out for a more spontaneous event: his own wedding. With his high-school diploma newly in hand and his little-known CAR T-cell therapy giving him time, the young man decided to embrace the future – now.
Not long after recovering from a frightening episode that culminated in their daughter’s type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis at age 7, Doug and Laura Aeling turned their attention to their son.
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Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue and organ in the body. Clinical symptoms can vary and include fatigue, brain fog and dizziness and can last for months or years after a person has COVID-19.
Traverse Academy will serve 60 students in fourth through 12th grade in three separate wings: one for kids in mental health crises that will be heavy on therapy and light on academics, another for students with moderate needs that will balance the two, and yet another for students getting ready to transition back to their home schools. Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry will provide clinicians to work alongside the educators.
"Most people who are infected have no symptoms and fully recover," Daniel Pastula, an associate professor of neurology, infectious diseases and epidemiology at the University of Colorado school of Medicine, previously told Newsweek. "A subset, within one to four weeks develop a pretty bad flu-like illness. And a subset of those people develop Powassan neuroinvasive disease. That's where we are seeing the severity."
The law mandated an out-of-pocket cap of $100 for a 30-day supply of insulin for Colorado residents. Kelly Ciesco, BSN, RN, adult clinic registered nurse educator at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, said Colorado’s cap was seen as a huge relief. She had observed many people with diabetes who were struggling to afford insulin prior to the cap.
Financial instability and lack of affordable housing can be extremely detrimental to mental health, says Dana Steidtmann, PhD, who works at the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus. Nationwide, rent is soaring alongside home prices, thanks to inflation related to increased demand and building material supply-chain issues.
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