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Virtual Reality Helps Reduce Patient Anxiety and Need for Sedatives During Hand Surgery

As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works with patients to manage not just pain, but also anxiety. It can be a particular concern for patients receiving a nerve block, rather than sedation or general anesthesia, for upper extremity procedures such as hand surgery.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date December 07, 2022
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Ketamine Matches 'Gold Standard' in Major Depression Trial

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Publish DateMay 24, 2023

When it came to improving treatment-resistant major depression in outpatients without psychotic features, ketamine worked just as well as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the ELEKT-D randomized trial found.

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Stroke Drug Offers Neuroprotection Without Long Term Impact On Memory And Learning

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Publish DateMay 24, 2023

“We are one step closer to a new stroke therapy,” said K. Ulrich Bayer, PhD, professor of pharmacology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a senior author of the study. 

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Where do our limbs come from? HEALTH Where Do Our Limbs Come From?

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Publish DateMay 24, 2023

An international collaboration that includes scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine has uncovered new clues about the origin of paired appendages — a major evolutionary step that remains unresolved and highly debated.

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Colorado doctor discusses health care biases, alarming maternal mortality rate in Black women: "It's acknowledging that they exist"

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Publish DateMay 24, 2023

Data shows maternal mortality is affecting women in the United States at an alarming rate, particularly Black women. 

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