Department of Medicine News and Stories

Jason Persoff is a medical doctor at CU Anschutz with a wild hobby -- stormchasing.

“Getting 150 minutes a week [of aerobic exercise] is clearly enough to prevent a number of diseases and conditions, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, colon cancer, breast cancer, and depression, as well as all-cause mortality and falls and declines in cognitive function,” says Judith Regensteiner, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Opinion by Carey Candrian, of Boulder, an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and on the Board of Directors at GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing Health Equity: “The end of life can be a time of reconciliation. But often not for LGBTQ people who face rampant discrimination and are often shut out by the way people talk and listen to them. Let me give you an example.”

Opinion by Joshua Barocas, of Denver, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “In response to the overdose crisis that has consumed Colorado, largely attributable to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, some lawmakers are turning toward ‘supply side’ interventions that they believe will curb overdose deaths.