Executive Director Robert Valuck said the money will allow the program to teach doctors about safe prescribing and better monitoring of people with substance use disorders. That includes “alternatives for pain management, identifying what use disorders look like, how to treat use disorders and then trying to basically make best available use of whatever resources there are in a community.”
University of Colorado professor Heather Coats studies the health impact of biographical storytelling. She notes a 2008 study found that radiologists did a more thorough job when they were simply provided a photo of the patients whose scans they were reading. "They improved the accuracy of their radiology read," Coats says. "Meaning [fewer] misspelled words; a better report that's more detailed." Current research is investigating whether storytelling might have a similar effect on clinical outcomes.
The app, which was designed in collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Colorado and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, is being tweaked, said Manatee CEO and co-founder Dama Dipayana. The app is part of an effort to make mental health care accessible for kids, she said. It is focused on the emotional well-being of kids dealing with anxiety, autism, ADHD or other behavioral issues. Clinicians have helped create different categories of goals, such as communication skills and social skills, in the app that would respond in the way a therapist does.
A March 2019 study by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that choline can help prevent fetal brain developmental problems, which can arise from prenatal maternal infections like the cold or flu. It can sometimes be impossible to avoid colds during pregnancy, even if mothers have been vaccinated.
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Experience is the last factor that contributes to the age when athletes tend to reach their peak, says Rachel Frank, sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at the University of Colorado. “The cognitive aspect is crucial.”
Dr. Joseph Simonetti, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, also emphasized that the study’s methodology was rigorous. And the findings from the study overall, he said, were straightforward: The easier it is to get to a gun, the higher the risk that a soldier may die by suicide. “The reality is that removing a firearm from a home is likely to be the safest thing someone can do to prevent suicide,” Simonetti said, “but [the study] provides some support that for those only willing to make safety changes within the home, such as locking their guns and leaving them unloaded, that can also reduce their suicide risk.”
“From a physician’s standpoint, this study shows the need to talk to patients in a non-judgmental way about cannabis,” Hillary Lum, a co-author of the Colorado study and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in a statement. “Doctors should also educate themselves about the risks and benefits of cannabis and be able to communicate that effectively to patients.”
