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KUNC

How one unmarked van is quietly delivering abortion pills on Colorado’s border

news outletKUNC
Publish DateOctober 28, 2022

Abortion pills are only approved for use for up to ten weeks of pregnancy. Kate Coleman-Minahan, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing, points out that this method of terminating a pregnancy won’t always be applicable. “There are people who don't have private and safe spaces to manage medication abortion who don't feel like they have the social support to do that,” Coleman-Minahan said

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Healio

Menopause symptoms may be associated with later health risks

news outletHealio
Publish DateOctober 28, 2022

Santoro, who is a professor and the E. Stewart Taylor Chair of OB/GYN at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, explains that menopause is an “irregularly irregular” process in which the ovary responds to a reduced follicle supply. This results in higher hormone elevations and lower hormone drops and can produce prodromal symptoms even before abnormal menstruation is noticed.

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HCP Live

Current Estimates Uncertain on the Prevalence of Dry Eye in United States

news outletHCP Live
Publish DateOctober 28, 2022

“Studies included in the meta-analysis had diverse population characteristics, variations in study designs and settings, and heterogeneous definitions of dry eye, which increase our uncertainty in the summary prevalence estimate,” wrote study author Tianjing Li, MD, MHS, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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Yahoo News

Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be a culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis

news outletYahoo News
Publish DateOctober 28, 2022

Article by  Meagan Chriswell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. In our recently published study, my colleagues and I found an important clue to a potential culprit behind this disease: the bacteria in your gut.

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Colorado Times Recorder

It Takes 2 Weeks for the New Booster To Be Effective & Thanksgiving Is Less Than a Month Away, Warns CO Expert

news outletColorado Times Recorder
Publish DateOctober 28, 2022

“That’s not a surprise – a ‘bad’ variant will send the curve back up. Immune escape and virulence are key,” wrote Dr. Jonathan Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and leader of the Colorado COVID-19 Modeling Group, in an email.

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The Denver Post

Colorado data suggests increasing COVID infections, but uncertainty remains

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateOctober 27, 2022

As of Tuesday, the state’s wastewater dashboard showed virus concentrations were rising in 23 areas, falling in 12 and flat in 21. The increases were relatively small, however, and could reflect fluctuations from sampling, said Talia Quandelacy, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. “I think it’s a little bit early to say definitively,” she said.

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MSN

New COVID Variants are Raising Concerns in Three States

news outletMSN
Publish DateOctober 27, 2022

According to Axios Denver, Colorado's health department and the Colorado School of Public Health "published an updated statewide COVID modeling report earlier this month, which shows a variety of scenarios for the remainder of the year, including hospitalizations rising "steeply" by December if a new variant arrived in late September. Whether the state sees a surge as the temperatures fall depends on the prevalence of emerging variants and how many Coloradans receive the retooled Omicron booster, experts advise.

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CNN

A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children’s hospitals. Here’s what parents need to know

news outletCNN
Publish DateOctober 27, 2022

Children’s Hospital Colorado has seen an early uptick in RSV hospitalizations and is starting to see the first few flu cases of the season, said Dr. Kevin Messacar, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “We have been seeing increased patient volumes since the late summer, which started with rhinoviruses and enteroviruses as children returned to school, and now is being driven by RSV and parainfluenza,” he said. “With influenza season rapidly approaching with what appears to be an early start, we are concerned about the persistently increased volumes of sick children requiring hospitalization.”

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