"This study was the first to demonstrate that lifestyle programs for weight loss have effects beyond the person participating in these programs," said James Hill. He's professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and a spokesman for The Obesity Society.
“It’s not just the full-contact sports,” said lawyer Daniel Goldberg, a professor at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine in Denver who writes extensively on public health policy and chronic illnesses. “This is one of the reasons that aerial play is being removed in soccer,” he said, referring to bans on heading the ball in youth leagues.
“It detects genetic mutations that are common in a number of different cancers and also a number of proteins that we see elevated in patients who have cancer,” said Dr. Alexis Leal, a medical oncologist at University of Colorado Hospital.
Trinity Lutheran School students will be able to see things at a microscopic level with some pretty advanced technology thanks to a donation from Centennial Area Health Education Center (CAHEC). The Fort Morgan private, religious school recently received two high-end microscopes that previously were used the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, according to Don Enninga, president of the CAHEC Board of Directors.
A uniquely tailored giant will arrive on the local shared office scene this summer: The first piece of the Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation project finally opens at 3513 Brighton Blvd. in June. Designed by entrepreneur Mike Biselli and developer Koelbel and Co. as a space to bring together health and technology companies to collaborate and grow amid a rapidly evolving health-care landscape, the 180,000-square-foot first phase of the project will include offices for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Amanda Dempsey, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talks about why some people are hesitant to get their children vaccinated.
Dr. Rob Valuck, a professor at the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, discussed the high price of a drug used to fight opioid addiction.
Dr. Heidi Wald, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who helped run the study, said the results come with caveats. The project didn’t have a control group, so it did not measure whether opioid use also dipped at hospitals that did not participate in the program. The results presented Thursday also did not include measurements of patient satisfaction, which would reveal whether the alternatives controlled pain as well as opioids.
