School of Medicine News and Stories

Microbial biomarkers for type 1 diabetes may be present in infants as young as 12 months old, suggesting the potential to mitigate disease onset by nurturing a healthy gut microbiome early, show data from the Swedish general population.

In the weeks after Stanford University soccer goalie Katie Meyer, 22, died by suicide last March, her grieving teammates were inseparable even when not training.

These fees are a real cost of doing business, said John Reilly, president of the faculty practice at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He also warned that loss of revenue from the facility fees would result in a downsize of training programs and fewer physicians who want to practice in Colorado. These fees have existed for decades, he pointed out, but the trend toward high-deductible health plans are largely why those fees are now showing up in consumer bills.

In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), gastrointestinal (GI) problems are very common in patients and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.