Dr. Danielle Wilhour, assistant professor and neurologist with the University of Colorado School of Medicine on Anschutz Medical Campus, explains what a migraine is and why women are more susceptible to them than men. She also explains why there's new hope for new treatments in the near future.
Firearms are involved in more than half of suicides in the U.S. The gun suicide rate has reached an all-time high, and for the first time, the rate is higher among Black kids and teens than white ones, according to a recent analysis by Johns Hopkins University. William Brangham speaks with Dr. Emmy Betz, director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, to learn more.
Unfortunately, pain is one of the hardest things to treat in medicine, said Dr. Gabrielle Whitmore, an OB/GYN and an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
There’s no question that eating highly processed, calorically dense, and nutrient deficient foods like fast food and convenience foods has contributed to the obesity crisis, along with the drastic reduction of daily physical activity, says Bonnie T. Jortberg, PhD, RD, an associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, who was not involved in this study.
CU Professor Dr Joseph Schacht on how Ozempic may curb alcohol consumption on air.
“I do believe things are looking really good for patients with DLBCL,” Dr. Manali Kamdar, a clinical researcher in the field of blood cancers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, tells us. Kamdar describes 2022 and 2023 as “pivotal in terms of having more medications approved for patients with large-cell lymphoma.”
“This study has a number of strengths, including the longitudinal design and follow-up with the same individuals, as opposed to the merging of data with cross-sectional studies,” said James Kelly, MD, FAAN, professor of neurology and executive director of the Marcus Institute for Brain Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Teri L. Hernandez, PhD, RN, associate dean of research and scholarship in the College of Nursing and professor in the department of medicine and the division of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, agreed that the first line of therapy with gestational diabetes is nutrition. However, Hernandez said, low-carbohydrate diets are not the only approach in gestational diabetes treatment with nutrition.
