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Why Do Women Have a Higher Risk of Developing Autoimmune Disorders?

Kristen Demoruelle, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is working to develop new insights and novel prevention strategies that stop immune dysregulation before rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develops – a disease that affects approximately 18 million people around the world, 70% of which are women.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date April 14, 2024
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Exposure to air pollution not associated with allergic disease in early childhood

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Publish DateApril 18, 2024

Due to structural racism, Black and Latin populations have been exposed to more particulate air pollution, Stephanie Johannes, an allergy and immunology fellow at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said during her presentation.

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The Denver Post

First lady Jill Biden to speak at Anschutz Medical Campus event in Aurora.

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateApril 18, 2024

First lady Jill Biden plans to stop in Aurora this weekend to promote the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research.

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First Lady Jill Biden to speak at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on Saturday

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Publish DateApril 18, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden will visit Colorado this weekend to speak about a White House initiative seeking to change how the country approaches and funds research on women’s health.

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Becker's Hospital Review

Experts call for more data on weight loss meds as fertility drugs

news outletBecker's Hospital Review
Publish DateApril 18, 2024

Physicians and researchers say more data is needed on pregnancy outcomes in patients taking GLP-1s as a growing number of women turn to the class of weight loss medications in hopes of reducing their risk of pregnancy complications or increasing their chance of conceiving, Bloomberg reported April 18. 

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