CU Anschutz In The News

In some cases, the benefit might not even be known because the patient has aged out of the population studied in clinical trials. For instance, nearly half of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are older than 55 years, but clinical trials of disease-modifying therapies, available for 3 decades, excluded them, said Corboy, codirector of the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center. “The data supporting the use of these medications over age 55 are basically nonexistent,” he said.

For over a decade the University of Colorado’s Center for Bioethics and Humanities, on the Anschutz Medical Campus, has housed a program on the legacy of health professional involvement in the Holocaust, because the long shadow of these medical crimes continues to influence contemporary ethics in health care and society. In the Nazi era, innumerable health professionals and institutions took leading roles in developing and implementing racist, antisemitic programs of mass murder.