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COVID-19 and Public Health: Modeling, Silver Linings and ‘Colorado's Dr. Fauci’

When the pandemic struck last winter, it upended our lives in ways few could have imagined. Many of us work from home now, our kids go to school online, we wear masks and avoid our elderly or sick relatives for fear of passing along a potentially deadly illness. Meanwhile, lockdowns and isolation have spawned a mental health crisis that we are only now beginning to fully grasp.

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A Year Like No Other: Most-Read CU Anschutz Stories of 2020

It’s safe to say that 2020, rife with the disruptions, challenges and uncertainties that a global pandemic brings, has been a pivotal year. With SARS-CoV-2 vaccines rolling out, and the promise of a healthier and brighter 2021, science has vaulted in preeminence worldwide.

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Water May be an Effective Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that fructose stimulates the release of vasopressin, a hormone linked to obesity and diabetes. They also found that water can suppress the hormone and alleviate these conditions in mice.

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How Can Slumbering Squirrels Inform Astronauts on Long-term Journeys?

Chris Casey |

January 12, 2021

Researchers peered into the deepest of slumbers – the barely-breathing sleep of arctic ground squirrels – to better understand how the small mammals can emerge from an eight-month hibernation with a minimal loss of muscle mass.

Using metabolite profiles in the squirrels’ blood, a recently developed technology, the researchers showed that the animals have uniquely adapted to their extreme habitats by converting bodily waste products into essential nutrients. Despite spending the long winter curled into a ball and breathing only once per minute, the hardy rodents awaken in spring unscathed.

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Practicing Fire Safety in the Operating Room

Edward Jones MD, MS, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is a nationally recognized expert on preventing operating room (OR) fires.

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Department of Surgery |

January 13, 2021

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CU Anschutz Scientists Reverse Deadly Impacts of Asthma in Mice

Excess mucus in the lungs can be fatal for asthma patients, but scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have broken up those secretions at the molecular level and reversed their often deadly effects.

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David Kelly |

January 12, 2021

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Pharmacists on the Front Lines: As Vaccines Arrive, Pharmacists Play Critical Role

Professor Ty Kiser, PharmD, recalls getting the push notification from UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital that announced he was on the list to receive one of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the state of Colorado.

“I was pretty excited. I took the first appointment I could get . . . It was like Christmas came early,” Kiser said.

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Lori Westermann |

January 11, 2021

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Capitol Chaos Unsettles a Nation Already Battered by Disease and Unrest

A storming of the U.S. Capitol aimed at halting a historical presidential electoral vote failed in its intent on Jan. 6. Yet the riotous act frazzled a nation already weary from a months-long pandemic punctuated by political turmoil and social unrest. And the collective stress is taking its toll.

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Debra Melani |

January 08, 2021

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COVID-19: A Time to Reinvest in Our Early Career Scientists

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the stress and uncertainty weighed heavily on many of those on the front lines. Lilia Cervantes, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Denver Health and the University of Colorado Division of Hospital Medicine, and a physician-scientist, was one of the first to work in a COVID-19 unit. The night before her first shift at Denver Health, Cervantes, also a mother of two daughters, went online to make a will.

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Guest Contributor |

January 07, 2021

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Safety and Quality Are a Primary Focus for the CU Department of Surgery

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new attention to the safety of patients during surgery. But long before the concerns brought on by coronavirus, the CU Department of Surgery was working to make patient safety a priority.

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Department of Surgery |

January 06, 2021

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Colorado COVID-19 cases spike 30% in first week of January

Fox 31 | Channel 2

January 08, 2021

Other members of the Colorado healthcare community said they are aware of the trend and tracking it closely. “It’s definitely something we’re keeping a close eye on,” said Dr. Glen Mays, chair of the Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy at the Colorado School of Public Health.

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Early vaccination in prisons, a public health priority, proves politically charged

Washington Post

January 08, 2021

“It’s a very stigmatized population, and there are people who say, ‘They’re in prison, they must have done something terrible, and they don’t deserve a place in line,’ ” said Matthew Wynia, director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado [Anschutz Medical Campus] and a member of the state’s medical advisory group. But viewing the priorities in terms of who deserves to be inoculated, he said, “might end up prolonging the pandemic and killing more people.”

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Eat This, Not That: 5 Easy Food Swaps

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January 08, 2021

That’s where the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the Anschutz Medical Campus comes in: The interdisciplinary center offers all kinds of programs (fitness, weight loss, mind-body therapy, and even a series of dietician-led virtual cooking classes for $6 per lesson) for patients, people in the community, and medical professionals at Anschutz. But it’s up to registered dietician and manager of campus and community initiatives Lisa Wingrove to use the latest research about nutrition to inform easy-to-execute meals and recipes.

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Polis’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions catches local health agencies off guard, raises “deep concerns”

The Denver Post

January 08, 2021

“Indoors is riskier than outdoors because the walls and ceilings that enclose indoor spaces trap the virus, allowing it to build up in the air over time — much like cigarette smoke,” wrote Jonathan Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, and Elizabeth Carlton, an associate professor for the school.

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COVID-19 and Public Health: Modeling, Silver Linings and ‘Colorado's Dr. Fauci’

A Year Like No Other: Most-Read CU Anschutz Stories of 2020

Water May be an Effective Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome

Story of the Week

How Can Slumbering Squirrels Inform Astronauts on Long-term Journeys?

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Practicing Fire Safety in the Operating Room

CU Anschutz Scientists Reverse Deadly Impacts of Asthma in Mice

Pharmacists on the Front Lines: As Vaccines Arrive, Pharmacists Play Critical Role

Capitol Chaos Unsettles a Nation Already Battered by Disease and Unrest

COVID-19: A Time to Reinvest in Our Early Career Scientists

Safety and Quality Are a Primary Focus for the CU Department of Surgery

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