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The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, before they have a chance to rupture, worked out in the first major trial testing this provocative idea.

“As of July 29, 2023, Vaccine Safety Datalink surveillance found just 16.2% of pregnant people aged 18 to 49 years had received a COVID-19 booster vaccine, with only 8.3% of Black pregnant people and 9.6% of Latino pregnant people vaccinated during pregnancy,” Joshua T. B. Williams, assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Ambulatory Care Services at Denver Health and Hospitals, and colleagues wrote.

Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots and treatments for illnesses like ear infections.

To become a physical therapist, students must first master areas of science such as biomechanics, neuroscience, exercise physiology and anatomy. These are the top schools to train physical therapists at the doctorate level (DPT). The University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Physical Therapy Program is ranked #11.

David M. Higgins, a pediatrician at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, sees patients and also conducts research — but “not the type of research that’s done in the laboratory with beakers and things like that,” as he puts it. 

Ophthalmology is typically seen as one of the most rewarding careers in medicine.

Anders Gilliand was just 17 years old when he started to lose contact with reality. 

Nontraditional risk factors such as migraine and autoimmune diseases have a significantly greater effect on stroke risk in young adults than traditional risk factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and tobacco use, new research showed.

What should you do when an emergency room patient starts rapidly declining? How do you tell someone they have cancer? Do you know how to help calm an agitated patient? When is it time to reach out to the attending physician for help?

For those trying to watch the total solar eclipse, which will start to become viewable in Colorado on Monday, April 8, shortly after 12:00 p.m., experts say you'll need to follow some specific instructions, for your viewing safety.

“Since it’s common for there to be long delays before diagnosis of CNO, it is important to start an effective treatment promptly,” Katherine D. Nowicki, of Children’s Hospital Colorado, [and assistant professor of pediatrics at CU School of Medicine] Aurora, Colorado, told attendees. “While we have guidance on which treatments to use, it remains unclear which patients are most likely to respond to NSAIDs and which patients will require a second-line treatment.”

Among young adults with ADHD, those who were prescribed stimulant medications had higher risk for cardiomyopathy than those who were not, researchers reported.

As the flu season ends, Colorado doctors are keeping an eye on the rise of measles cases nationwide.

The University of Colorado is preparing to begin testing gene therapies for ...

Denver’s weather has been nice lately, and naturally, Coloradans are getting outside. But sunshine and temperatures in the 60s mean allergy season has arrived.

During the first three years Colorado’s “red flag” law was in effect, judges approved more than two-thirds of the petitions seeking the removal of guns from people believed to be dangerous, according to a study released Monday.

Matt Lubick started his cancer fight with a marathon. The longtime football coach walked the full 26 miles of a marathon in the hospital on the first day of chemotherapy at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, as detailed in a story on the hospital's website.

Sarah Wartell first started noticing the signs in 2020. “I went to the ER a couple times, you know, being told it was food poisoning or, you know, a stomach bug,” said Wartell.

What is likely to be a stunning solar eclipse is headed for the United States on April 8.

Allergist and immunologist Laura A. Wang, MD, has long had a passion for promoting women’s health and children’s health within the allergy field.

Meet Christel Walrath, originally from Hot Springs, South Dakota, Christel was prematurely born on December of 1951.

Carly Edwards found out at just about the worst time possible that her oldest daughter is allergic to eggs.

I spoke with Sean O’Leary, a specialist of pediatric infectious diseases and a professor at the University of Colorado, whose expertise is vaccines and vaccine communication. He told me that when he has conversations with parents who are hesitant about immunizations, he keeps in mind that they are just trying to figure out what is best for their kids.

A Denver Health oncologist spoke with FOX31 about the importance of cancer screening and treatment after Princess Kate announced she has cancer.

Health organizations, including the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have recently raised alarm bells on increasing cases of measles in the U.S.

On Feb. 20, 2023, a 77-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit at Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center for chronic kidney disease. Two weeks later, nurses and doctors grew concerned after learning the man’s significant other, unbeknownst to ICU staff, had been giving him a tincture under his tongue while he slept

UCHealth provided more than half a billion dollars’ worth of uncompensated care in fiscal year 2023, and representatives for the health care system on Tuesday said they expect to spend even more this year.

Treatment-emergent adverse events with epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy grew less frequent and severe over 5 years, according to a poster at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.

Since 1966, the Bernard F. Gipson Eastside Family Health Center has provided primary care to Coloradans. The historic health center has a new addition — and it's hard to miss.

An off-the-cuff request at the local butcher led to a serendipitous discovery about heart valve disease, leading to potential new sex-specific ways to treat it.

ADHD stimulant medications like Ritalin or Adderall appear linked to a heightened risk for cardiomyopathy (a weakening of the heart muscle), and the risk grows with time, new research shows.

Migraines in young adults appear to increase their risk of stroke more than traditional risk factors like high blood pressure, a new study reports.

Dr. Benjamin Li, an emergency medicine physician with Denver Health, spoke with FOX31 about the importance of safe firearm storage and the hospital's violence prevention program.

A group of volunteers gathered in a church across the street from the state Capitol on a recent day in Denver. 

Media attention can boost a scientist’s career, bringing them prestige and making it easier to attract collaborators and students. But there are disparities in who gets named in news stories about scientific research, according to a new study: Scientists with East Asian and African names are less likely to be mentioned or quoted in stories that reference their work.

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine suggests that returning to moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after a concussion may have a positive impact on reducing anxiety levels among teenagers during the recovery period. 

But Minkin and other doctors who treat perimenopausal symptoms say that the science on many products is murky. “Most of these things should be treated with a fair degree of skepticism,” says Nanette Santoro, a professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Nontraditional risk factors such as migraine, valvular heart disease and thrombophilia may be linked to increased risk for stroke among younger adults, researchers reported.

There’s something uniquely unsettling about Tuesdays—especially if you have a traditional work schedule. 

At 87 years old, Carol Faust is probably logging more cross-country skiing miles than you. 

At the end of 2023, Tristan Chen climbed Desperanza V15 in Hueco Tanks, which was first climbed by Daniel Woods 15 years ago. It’s is a low start to the classic Esperanza V14. A video featuring his send just dropped on YouTube.

Three years after Colorado stopped requiring doctors to report newborns who tested positive for drugs as possible child abuse victims, the number of families referred to child protective services for prenatal drug use is down 25% — but hospitals are still learning how best to support new mothers battling addiction.

Follow the journeys of three young Coloradans as they take a deep dive into their home state's vibrant career pathways.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are often not prescribed or accessible to people who could benefit from them, a trio of new studies suggested.

A small Indian biotechnology company is producing a home-grown version of a cutting-edge cancer treatment known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that was pioneered in the United States. 

CU Regent Wanda James proposed revising the policy to ban concealed carry on Tuesday during a Board of Regents committee meeting….“I’ve been a regent now for a little over a year and almost every meeting we have stepped in, we have had students, faculty or staff asking us to take up this motion,” James said. “It is difficult for me as a regent to sit down and to see so many people asking me or asking us to make changes in their house and then not at least having the conversation to make changes.”

Benralizumab is noninferior to mepolizumab in achieving remission of relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis at 36 and 48 weeks, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The U.S. has some of the best health care available in the world. Yet, compared with peer nations, the U.S. has a disproportionately high rate of maternal deaths.

Anyone who has raised kids knows that managing their sleep can be one of the most challenging aspects of parenting. But not everyone understands just how vital that sleep is.

Lots of things can come to mind when considering the expression “double the trouble.” A parking ticket, a loud dog, a friend who smells bad – all of these things are worse in twos, and for a young girl in Snowmass Village, you can go ahead and add kidneys to the list, as well.

If you’re diagnosed with high cholesterol, exercise and eating a healthy diet are generally the first line of attack.

Like many parts of the body, the lymph nodes are invisible laborers: We tend not to appreciate the work they do until they start acting up. Located throughout the body, these small, bean-shaped glands belong to the lymphatic system, a network of fluid-filled channels that are part of the immune system, according to the National Library of Medicine. 

Health officials are raising alarm about the spread of measles in the United States and across the globe.

Kris Koehler could tell something was wrong in the summer of 2013, when he started suffering unexplained abdominal pain and his bowels behaved differently.

Experiencing financial hardship or other socioeconomic challenges growing up may change the bacteria that live in the gut, new research among Hispanic adults suggests. The findings could help researchers better understand how some social determinants of health are linked to disease later in life.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are exploring the intersection of heart health and circadian rhythm with a groundbreaking study.

Reese Chism had marks on her wrists from the restraints used to pin her down for blood draws. 

Diane Baird had spent four decades evaluating the relationships of poor families with their children. But last May, in a downtown Denver conference room, with lawyers surrounding her and a court reporter transcribing, she was the one under the microscope.

The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater risk but is also complicating efforts to address the nation’s drug problem.

“Acute respiratory tract illnesses represent one of the most common reasons for being evaluated in an acute care setting, especially in pediatrics, and these visits have traditionally resulted in excessive antibiotic prescribing, despite the etiology of the infection mostly being viral,” said Suchitra Rao, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and associate medical director of infection prevention and control at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

Millions worldwide live with type 1 diabetes, and for most the diagnosis came as a shock, following mysterious symptoms such as thirst and weight loss.

Of the many young people whom Cathy Eng has treated for cancer, the person who stood out the most was a young woman with a 65-year-old’s disease. 

The American Medical Association says about 30 million Americans have sleep apnea but only about 6 million have been diagnosed.

In this first of four exclusive episodes, MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders in the field -- moderator Michael Wechsler of National Jewish Health in Denver [and professor of medicine at CU School of Medicine], is joined by Flavia Hoyte, also of National Jewish Health [and associate professor of medicine at CU School of Medicine], and Leonard Bacharie of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee -- for a virtual roundtable discussion on the encouraging new data from these dupilumab studies.

Many experts agree the once popular “cry it out” method is not ideal for helping an infant get to sleep.

Joshua Barocas, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, urged parents to vaccinate their children if they had not yet done so. “If you are a parent who’s been on the fence, now is the time, given the outbreak potential and the outbreaks that we see, and I would also encourage healthcare workers to welcome people with open, non-judgmental arms,” he said.

From the classroom to the court, University of Colorado Anschutz medical students are playing pickup basketball for charity.

President Joe Biden this weekend signed off on more than $10 million destined for community projects in and around Aurora, including support for local social services, health care, law enforcement and infrastructure.

A study at University of Colorado’s Gates Institute on the Anschutz Medical Campus is looking at CAR-T in adult patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, whose first round of chemotherapy either failed or gave a disappointing response that suggests it won’t work for long, executive director Terry Fry said.

For patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) receiving standard care, benralizumab is noninferior to mepolizumab, according to a study published in the March 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pediatrician Stephen Daniels, of University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, said that an amblyopia-cardiometabolic link would be “hard to explain from a mechanism standpoint.” He suggested that a “third factor (perhaps the intrauterine environment) influences both outcomes (amblyopia and cardiometabolic dysfunction), but this would be very speculative,” he told MedPage Today in an email.

More moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) early after a teen's concussion may lower anxiety scores, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

A University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty member says she and her colleagues have identified the means in which bacteria in the digestive system can break down tryptophan in the diet into an inflammatory chemical that primes the immune system towards arthritis.

The X-ray led Alexis, at age 6, to officially receive the unusual and very late diagnosis of congenital hip dysplasia by Courtney Selberg, an orthopedic surgeon at Children’s Hospital Colorado [and assistant professor of orthopedics at CU School of Medicine].

Michael Fiore, the outreach coordinator for Voices for Awareness and Project Facing Fentanyl, remembered selling drugs to support his addiction and skating through the system before getting clean — after serving a prison term in New York.

new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at preventing little children from being hospitalized with RSV, according to new data from the first season it was in use.

Age has been called into question ahead of the 2024 presidential election. We took those questions to a geriatrics expert at the University of Colorado to see how — or if — a candidate's age can impact their ability.

Commenting on the findings for Medscape Medical News, John R. Corboy, professor of neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado, said many formularies limit access to ozanimod “as it has no obvious benefit in comparison to generic fingolimod, which is significantly cheaper.”

A large international, multicenter study has shown that creating a full-circumference incision around the trabecular meshwork to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma, a procedure known as 360-degree trabeculotomy, reduced the need for a second operation compared with the 180-degree approach while achieving similar reductions in pressure.

Last year was disastrous for climate, with global temperatures exceeding previous records every month from June to November in 2023. 

In relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) trials, the key objective centers around diminishing the annualized relapse rate (ARR). 

The proliferation of ketamine clinics in the U.S. has veered far off course from the recommendations of the nation's premier psychiatric association when it comes to using the anesthetic to treat mood disorders, experts say.

It probably goes without saying that we should all do everything we can to protect our brain health. This is particularly important as we get older, as our brains go through some significant changes as we age.

Cancer is generally a disease of the aging, but doctors are seeing more cases of early-onset colorectal cancer, and the sharpest increase in metastatic, early-onset colorectal cancer is among people 20 to 39 years old, especially Black and Hispanic individuals, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

 Surprising new data shows that of all the cancer deaths in people under age 55, colorectal cancer is now a top killer.

For ophthalmology residents at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, working on-call in a hospital can lead to a mixed bag of eye or vision complaints and they have to be ready for anything.

The Office of Saving People Money on Health Care’s Annual Report for Long COVID was just released – and as it turns out, it’s affecting more Coloradans than expected.

An estimated 700,000 to 1,000,000 falls occur in hospitalized patients in this country every year, with one-quarter to one-third of the falls leading to injuries.

Mass shootings. Bioterror attacks. Natural disasters. Wars. There’s seemingly no shortage of potential mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) that can lead health care professionals, including hospitalists, into response roles. 

When Dr. David Kao tells patients they have atrial fibrillation – an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, blood clots or other health issues – their first question is usually "Do I have to give up coffee?"

Nora began drinking heavily in her late 30s, turning to alcohol after the demons of early childhood trauma resurfaced. A self-described emotional drinker, the fortysomething Denverite, who asked that her real name be withheld to protect her privacy, says her consumption only increased during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Because Kennady’s seizures aren’t coming from just one part of the brain, the team at Children’s placed the electrodes in a “relay station” that sends signals between the rest of the body and the brain, influencing electrical activity in a larger area, said Allyson Alexander, an assistant professor of pediatric neurosurgery at the hospital [and CU School of Medicine] who spoke with the family’s permission.

An aging population and the lack of effective treatments have made Alzheimer’s disease a global health crisis. 

Some 29 million people in the U.S. will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime – National Eating Disorder Awareness Week highlights that's nearly 1 in 10 people – Erin Harrop is one of them.  

A 4 + 4 block schedule (four inpatient weeks plus four outpatient weeks) is associated with improved resident burnout scores, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.

Health system digital leaders told Becker's that Amazon's $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already "changed the landscape" of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.

Lalit Bajaj, MD, has assumed the role of chief quality officer of Children's Hospital Colorado.

Under the microscope, Yersinia pestis doesn't look particularly special. It's a fairly standard shape for a bacterium – a sort of short, round-ended rod – and relatively immobile. 

Calls to poison centers about psilocybin among adolescents and young adults shot up after U.S. states and cities began decriminalizing the compound, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. National Poison Data System (NPDS).