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National Healthcare Decisions Day Highlights Importance of Advance Care Planning

One of life’s greatest certainties is its uncertainty – that the unexpected, unplanned, and unpredicted may happen and we do the best we can to handle it.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date April 16, 2023
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Research    Community    Palliative care

Addressing Racism in Palliative Care Research Starts with Listening and Community Partnerships

A good death can take many forms. Because each person is unique, with different personal and cultural beliefs and expectations, there is not a single definition of a good death.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date December 14, 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

news outletScience Blog
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"

news outletCBS News
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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