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Denver 7
Denver 7

'A Profound Gift': Woman Becomes Living Donor After Watching Prior Denver7 Story About Another Donor

August 19, 2024
UCHealth
UCHealth

Deion Sanders: Preserving Movement During a Complex 9-Hour Vascular and Foot Surgery

August 15, 2024
Montrose Press
Montrose Press

Life-Altering Surgery Gives High School Senior Her Voice Back

August 02, 2024
CBS News
CBS News

Colorado College Student Looks To Pay It Forward After Liver Donation

July 10, 2024
Denver 7
Denver 7

Children’s Hospital Colorado’s New Spanish-Speaking Pediatric Surgery Clinic Is Breaking down Barriers

April 13, 2024
American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons

New Technologies, Approaches Help Surgeons Maximize the Use of Transplant Organs

April 10, 2024
UCHealth
UCHealth

Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Recommended for Men Over Age 65, Especially for Men Who Have Smoked

February 28, 2024
UCHealth
UCHealth

Colorado School of Mines Student Returns To Wrestling Team After Car Accident Forced Devastating Leg Amputation

February 22, 2024
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Colorado Doctor Hopes To Help Restore Sight of Man Who Went Blind

February 02, 2024
UCHealth
UCHealth

Janet Kukreja, MD, Outlines Key Kidney Cancer Research That Was Presented at This Year’s Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting.

December 04, 2023
The Denver Post
The Denver Post

Children’s Hospital Colorado Needed 10 People To Donate Part of Their Livers to Sick Kids. More Than 100 Stepped Forward.

November 21, 2023
WebMD
WebMD

Robots Are Taking Over Your Surgery (and You Should Be Excited)

September 26, 2023
UCHealth
UCHealth

Region’s first robotic liver transplant; donor’s second gifted organ

September 12, 2023
KDVR
KDVR

Montana Baby Receives Rare Life-Saving Heart Surgery at Children’s Hospital Colorado

August 20, 2023
Denver Gazette
Denver Gazette

Successful Robot-Performed Liver Donor Transplant Performed at Aurora Uchealth

August 16, 2023
KDVR
KDVR

Parker Woman First in Colorado To Receive Robotic Liver Transplant Surgery

August 15, 2023
Health.com
Health.com

What to Know About Small Bowel Obstruction, a Rare Complication of Bariatric Surgery

July 20, 2023
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report

Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications

May 08, 2023
Medscape
Medscape

Novel Strategy Could Improve Heart Transplant Allocation

April 25, 2023
Becker's Hospital Review
Becker's Hospital Review

15 Specialties, 4 Liver Transplants and 1 Life Saved: Inside a Rare Surgery at Children's Hospital Colorado

April 16, 2023
News Medical
News Medical

Study Examines Whether Alcohol-Associated Burn Injuries Impair Cognitive Function

April 10, 2023
Colorado Public Radio (CPR)
Colorado Public Radio (CPR)

Altruistic Donors Helping Strangers

March 08, 2023
The New York Times
The New York Times

New Treatment Could Help Fix the Heart’s ‘Forgotten Valve’

March 04, 2023
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Loveland Woman Warns Others After Burning Herself in the Shower

February 09, 2023
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Frostbite Symptoms to Watch for During Frigid Temperatures Along Colorado's Front Range

January 30, 2023
The ASCO Post
The ASCO Post

Effect of Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Survival in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Multiagent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

January 09, 2023
Cure Today
Cure Today

Patients Discharged the Same Day as Their Mastectomy Express Similar Satisfaction to Those Admitted to the Hospital, Study Shows

January 05, 2023
KDVR
KDVR

Limit Time Outdoors, Frostbite Victim Warns

December 21, 2022
TIME
TIME

How Bladder Cancer Differs in Women and Younger Adults

November 15, 2022
MedPage Today
MedPage Today

Post-Op Pain Control More Challenging for Cannabis Users

October 22, 2022
Healio
Healio

Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting Times Rose During Pandemic, but Mortality Did Not

October 07, 2022
Pharmacy Times
Pharmacy Times

Addressing Certain Risk Factors May Decrease Likelihood of a Patient With a Liver Transplant Returning to Operating Room

September 20, 2022
Yahoo News
Yahoo News

Patients Once Ineligible for Surgery Get a New Chance at Life Thanks to Robotic Kidney Transplantation

September 07, 2022
HealthDay
HealthDay

Drop Seen in Transplantation in 2020 With COVID-19 Pandemic

August 23, 2022
Bizwest
Bizwest

Moore: Fewer Trauma Centers, Not More, Improves Care

August 22, 2022
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Living Donor Helps 2-Year-Old Survive Liver Failure

August 09, 2022
US News
US News

Breast Cancer Treatment Effects on Sex Life a Hidden Burden

August 08, 2022
Denver 7
Denver 7

Teenage Burn Victim Given New Outlook on Life Thanks to "Spray-on Skin" Treatment at UCHealth

August 04, 2022
MedPage Today
MedPage Today

Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant

August 03, 2022
Eat This, Not That!
Eat This, Not That!

Signs You Have the Cancer That Killed Alex Trebek

July 18, 2022
Yahoo News
Yahoo News

Humacyte Hosting Key Opinion Leader Webinar on Human Acellular Vessels in the Treatment of Vascular Trauma

July 07, 2022
Healio
Healio

Mortality Ratio Five Times Higher for Lung Transplant Patients than Non-Hospitalized Adults

July 07, 2022
Legal Reader
Legal Reader

Exploding E-cigs are Injuring Unsuspecting Teens, Authorities Warn

June 02, 2022
News Medical
News Medical

Online Tool Accurately Predicts the Likelihood for Post-Operative ICU Need

May 26, 2022
MSN
MSN

11 Potential Signs You’re Drinking Too Much Water, from Doctors

May 17, 2022
News Medical
News Medical

Research Reveals How a Leaky Gut Leads to Inflammation in the Lungs

May 13, 2022
Denver 7
Denver 7

Stars Align for Two Strangers in Life-Saving Organ Transplant

May 09, 2022
Fox 21
Fox 21

Colorado Girl Gets New Liver Thanks to ‘Complete Stranger’ on Facebook

April 28, 2022
MedPage Today
MedPage Today

Tranexamic Acid Cuts Surgical Bleeding in Yet Another Setting

April 02, 2022
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Steamboat Pilot & Today

Two organ donors aid former Olympian from Steamboat Springs

March 29, 2022
Cure Today
Cure Today

Swapping Surgery for Adjuvant Therapy May Improve Outcomes in Patients With Stage 3 Melanoma

March 28, 2022
Denver 7
Denver 7

11-Year-Old Who Received Liver Transplant Celebrates National Donor Day

February 18, 2022
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

2 Colorado Patients with High BMIs Receive Successful Robotic Kidney Transplants

February 09, 2022
UCHealth
UCHealth

Patients with a BMI over 40 have a new option for kidney transplantation

February 08, 2022
Denver 7
Denver 7

'I'm Just so Proud of Him': Crested Butte Family Shares 2-year-old's Journey with Kidney Cancer

December 23, 2021
The Denver Post
The Denver Post

After Four Brain Surgeries, 17-year-old Continues to Win at Chess and Inspire

November 01, 2021
Denver Gazette
Denver Gazette

UCHealth ranked among top 50 hospitals nationally in 8 specialties

July 27, 2021
Nephrology Times
Nephrology Times

Addressing Disparities in Transplant Access among Spanish-Speaking Patients

July 07, 2021
La Voz
La Voz

Skin Cancer Awareness

July 07, 2021
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

July 4th brought a large number of firework, campfire and grill injuries to hospitals

July 05, 2021
Colorado Public Radio (CPR)
Colorado Public Radio (CPR)

Last Year, He Caught COVID. Now, He’s Had Colorado’s First COVID-Related Lung Transplant

June 23, 2021
KOAA
KOAA

“Everything will be OK”: Colorado Springs family inspiring hope after life-changing surgery

June 17, 2021
KDVR
KDVR

‘I started feeling a stomach ache’: Highlands Ranch mother’s difficult cancer journey

June 16, 2021
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Heart transplant patient receives generous gift, warns others not to ignore symptoms of heart attack

May 17, 2021
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Dad Calls Colorado Baby Born With Rare Birth Defect ‘A Little Rock Star’

May 07, 2021
Medscape
Medscape

COVID Outcomes Similar With ECMO or Mechanical Ventilation

May 03, 2021
Contagion Live
Contagion Live

Similar Outcomes Seen in ECMO and Mechanically-Ventilated COVID-19 Patients

May 01, 2021
Denver 7
Denver 7

Colorado living organ donor gives gift of life twice

April 30, 2021
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Colorado Mom Donates Kidney To Son, Hopes To Inspire Others

April 30, 2021
Billings Gazette
Billings Gazette

Malta man becomes Colorado's first COVID-19 patient to undergo double lung transplant

April 24, 2021
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Selfless Colorado Woman Donates Both A Kidney & Part Of Her Liver To Strangers

April 22, 2021
9News
9News

UCHealth says they have performed Colorado's first COVID-related lung transplant

April 21, 2021
The News Station
The News Station

‘Wonder Woman’ Gives Back by Donating Two Organs to Two Strangers

April 13, 2021
Denver 7
Denver 7

COVID-19 patient receives first COVID-related lung transplant in Colorado

March 30, 2021
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Father of four becomes Colorado’s first lung transplant patient due to COVID

March 30, 2021
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Colorado family of doctors hopeful blood clot research will help near-death COVID-19 patients

March 27, 2021
Denver 7
Denver 7

Colorado husband and wife, who are medical experts, encourage Black community to get coronavirus vaccine

January 21, 2021
UCHealth
UCHealth

Encouraging Black people to get COVID-19 vaccines: This doctor-doctor duo is on a mission to build trust

January 08, 2021
OR Management News
OR Management News

Pelvic Packing With REBOA May Provide Lifesaving Hemorrhage Control

January 01, 2021
Denver 7
Denver 7

Everyday Hero turns near-tragedy into an opportunity to protect the homeless from the cold

December 31, 2020
CBS4 Denver
CBS4 Denver

Former Denver Bronco Bucky Dilts Tells Men Not to Punt When It Comes To Prostate Cancer

October 07, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Three near-fatal diseases later, this ‘clown’ is getting busy living

September 30, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Aurora man was first patient at University of Colorado Hospital to receive life-saving ECMO lung treatment for COVID-19

July 27, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital again named No. 1 hospital in the state

July 27, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Study tests clot busters on COVID-19 patients

July 22, 2020
9News
9News

Hospital-based violence intervention program set to start in Aurora

June 23, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Rectal cancer treatment without surgery

June 17, 2020
KDVR
KDVR

‘White Coats for Black Lives’; Medical professionals kneel in solidarity across Denver metro area

June 05, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Mysterious breathing difficulties solved through expert collaboration

June 02, 2020
KDVR
KDVR

Ventilator wasn’t enough to save him, but Aurora man survives coronavirus thanks to unique hospital machine

May 22, 2020
UCHealth
UCHealth

Surgical options to remove cysts in the pancreas have greatly improved in past decade

May 07, 2020
KDVR
KDVR

Colorado family of doctors hopeful blood clot research will help near-death COVID-19 patients

March 27, 2020
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Veteran donates portion of liver to Colorado baby with rare disorder

December 24, 2019
9News
9News

Bra Day creates awareness about breast reconstruction

October 22, 2019
Fox 31 | Channel 2
Fox 31 | Channel 2

Colorado’s living organ donors celebrated as heroes for saving lives

September 19, 2019
9News
9News

Doctor discusses pancreatic cancer symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

March 07, 2019
9News
9News

Watch this before you get liposuction, cryotherapy, tummy tucks and other types of plastic surgery

January 19, 2019
Front Porch
Front Porch

UCHealth Trauma Docs Rebuild Bodies & Lives

January 01, 2019
The Denver Post
The Denver Post

#ThisIsOurLane in Colorado, too

November 23, 2018
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