Community Awareness Transplant Surgery Organ donation
Six days after Liz Young donated her left kidney to a stranger in Pennsylvania, she and her mom were walking a slow but determined 3.1 miles in the annual Donor Dash 5K.
It’s not uncommon for patients to approach their health care providers in blushes and whispers, burdened by the weight of perceived taboos.
Patient Care Awareness Transplant Center CU Medicine Today
It happened so fast, and it was so unexpected.
In August 2020, Mario Carrasco got what he suspected was COVID-19 and took Tylenol to combat his high fever. When that didn’t work, he took an antibiotic he had received from Mexico and eventually felt better. For several months afterward, he felt fine. He felt like he always does.
Community Awareness Public Health Plastic Surgery
In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, a resource for primary care clinicians who prescribe opioids for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care.
Patient Care Community Awareness Transplant Center
At first, she was reluctant to talk about it – a little sheepish, even. The obvious question was, “Why are you doing this?” And though she had answers, none of them were quick or easy.
Community Awareness Trauma and Fractures GITES
Comedian Bob Saget’s death on January 9 was a shock to fans who loved him as Danny Tanner on “Full House” or for his stand-up comedy, and to those who admired and respected him as a colleague.
Patient Care Community Awareness Health equity Transplant Center
April is National Donate Life Month — an awareness month that encourages Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and that honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.
CBS News
July 10, 2024
You could say a miracle happened for Quinn Hanrahan of Steamboat Springs, a college student who had been on a liver transplant waitlist for three days when a donor came through for her. At age 14, doctors noticed her body had started to attack her healthy liver and they couldn't stop it.
Denver 7
April 13, 2024
Jose Diaz-Miron, MD, assistant professor of pediatric surgery has made it his mission to make healthcare more approachable for families in Colorado by launching a Spanish-speaking pediatric surgery clinic. It's the first of its kind in Colorado.
American College of Surgeons
April 10, 2024
“Being more aggressive with donor offers and looking at marginal donors can help get people organs more quickly and reduce death on the waitlist,” said Jordan Hoffman, MD, FACS, associate professor of surgery and surgical director of heart and lung transplantation at the University of Colorado.
UCHealth
February 28, 2024
Rachel Sauer
