DKA is highly dangerous for children, says Dr. Arleta Rewers, an associate professor of pediatrics-emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a physician at Children's Hospital Colorado. "About 50 percent of kids who have DKA are admitted to the ICU," she says. "They require very extensive treatment with fluids and insulin."
Ashley Brooks-Russell, an assistant professor at the Colorado School of Public Health studying adolescent substance use, called the policy an “essential update” to the state’s ban on indoor smoking, which was passed more than a decade ago. “If we allow e-cigarettes to be used in public places, it falsely communicates that products are different from cigarettes or other tobacco products,” said Brooks-Russell, who also directs the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey. “It reinforces the mistaken idea that these products are safe and acceptable for our youth to use.”
“For someone to highjack, that is obviously terrible!” noted Rob Valluck, a University of Colorado pharmacy professor and director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Abuse Prevention during a FOX31 television interview. Valluck told us at-risk patients are easy (although relatively rare) targets for unscrupulous medical professionals like Martinek. “It’s a huge concern because that person may be receiving this medication for severe pain – could be an end-of-life issue or cancer and we don’t want to be denied the pain medication that they need and deserve and have legally obtained,” Valluck said.
Dr. Carl Bartecchi of the University of Colorado School of Medicine visits the hospital twice a year for two or three weeks at a time to teach students. He’s been going since 1997, when much of the city was very different. “You’d drive into town, and it used to be all rice fields. You’d see water buffalo, people working there,” Bartecchi said. “Now there’s a lot of buildings going up there and palm trees line the way. There are brand new bridges going into town and along the way, you see some new high-rise buildings.”
Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus recently found that young adult cancer survivors often struggle with issues surrounding debt and work. "This project combined the expertise of researchers with diverse training from major cancer centers throughout the U.S. in a team-science approach, which made it possible to gather and explore data from adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in new ways,” said researcher Betsy Risendal, PhD. “As a result, this is among the first and largest studies to examine the impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on work-related outcomes in this important understudied group of survivors.”
The disruption in the attachment process can add to the psychological distress of parents, according to Susan Niermeyer, a neonatologist at Children's Hospital of Colorado and a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "Attachment is fundamental to survival. To really thrive, babies need the interaction of a consistent caregiver. It's important not only for a child's neurodevelopment but also for the emotional health of the whole family," Niermeyer says.
As the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health Jonathan Samet, who advised the World Health Organization on cellphone radiation and cancer told Vox, you can argue anything based on the science we currently have “because there’s not enough evidence to start with.”
To people like Monika Nuffer, a clinical pharmacist and herbal specialist at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital’s Integrative Medicine Center, that means it’s time for medical providers to learn more about complementary approaches. This past fall she launched an integrative health and medicine graduate certificate, which focuses on herbs and supplements, for pharmacists in the University of Colorado’s Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. We caught up with her this winter to talk about complementary modalities in other cultures and why patients aren’t always honest with their docs about exactly what they’re taking.
