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Patient Care    Diabetes    Cooking and Nutrition

The Truth About Sugar: It’s Not So Simple

Author Debra Melani | Publish Date March 12, 2024

Sugar is the new fat, and according to Bonnie Jortberg, PhD, RD, CDCES, it’s widely misunderstood. As a top expert in diabetes lifestyle management, Jortberg is baffled by the number of times a newly diagnosed patient tells her emphatically: But I don’t even eat sugar.

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Patient Care    Mental Health   

ADHD Medication Shortage Continues as Diagnoses Surge

The continuing shortage of controlled stimulants, such as Adderall and Ritalin, has created a frustrating “yo-yo scenario” of providers and patients trying to find the right medications when they’re needed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The crisis has no clear end in sight.


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Community    Students

Coco Wham Honored With National Outstanding Medical Student Award From American College of Emergency Physicians and Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association

While many of the seniors in her high school class were thinking about graduation and final exams and what they were going to do during the summer before they went to college, Coco Wham was finishing her certification to become an EMT.


School NameSchool of Medicine
AuthorGreg Glasgow | Publish DateMarch 18, 2024
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Education    Community    Students    Match Day

CU Medical Students Discover Their Residency Locations at Match Day Ceremony

The lives of more than 150 fourth-year students at the University of Colorado School of Medicine changed in an instant on a snowy Friday morning. They joined thousands of medical students across the U.S. in opening envelopes to find out where they will go for the next step in their medical training.


School NameSchool of Medicine
AuthorGreg Glasgow | Publish DateMarch 15, 2024
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Alumni

Being an Advocate for Latino Nurses

Valeria Martinez Tenreiro, RN, PMHNP, knows the American Dream is possible. She’s done it – and has been living out her dream of becoming an advanced practice nurse.


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Research    Patient Care    Neuroscience   

Lab Probes Aphasia, a Language Disorder That Struck Bruce Willis, Wendy Williams

A language disorder with an unusual name – aphasia – entered the popular lexicon two years ago after actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with a type of the disease that gradually robs a person’s ability to communicate. The illness popped into the headlines again when Wendy Williams, host of the talk show “Wendy,” was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).


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CU Anschutz In the News

The Conversation

Altitude sickness is typically mild but can sometimes turn very serious − a high-altitude medicine physician explains how to safely prepare

The Conversation
Publish DateMarch 01, 2024

Conversation article by Brian Strickland, MD, Senior Instructor in Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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Colorado Public Radio

State launches first-ever firearm data dashboard meant to help Coloradans better understand gun violence, prevention

Colorado Public Radio
Publish DateMarch 01, 2024

“The Injury and Violence Prevention Center is pleased to support the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the continual advancement of the resource bank,” said Ashley Brooks-Russell, PhD, director of the Injury and Violence Prevention Center in the release. It describes the effort as a collaborative initiative of the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. 

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WebMD

Bariatric Surgery Beats Lifestyle Changes for Type 2 Diabetes

WebMD
Publish DateMarch 01, 2024

 This suggests “that bariatric surgery is an effective intervention for better diabetes management, but the effects are not as sustainable as one had hoped for,” Neda Rasouli, MD, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinical Trial Program director at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in an email. She was not involved in the study.

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Medscape

Is Metformin a 'Drug for All Diseases'?

Medscape
Publish DateMarch 01, 2024

 Gregory G. Schwartz, MD, PhD, chief of the cardiology section at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center and professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado, is leading the VA-IMPACT trial. Despite metformin's long history and widespread use, he said his study is the first placebo-controlled cardiovascular outcomes trial of the drug.

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