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CU School of Medicine Faculty Member Leads Efforts to Contribute Data to Limb Loss Registry

In collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, Colorado’s UCHealth — a clinical partner of the University of Colorado School of Medicine — has become the first hospital system in the U.S. to agree to provide data to the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry (LLPR). The newly created national database collects limb loss and limb preservation patient data to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of limb loss treatment and limb loss preservation. 


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date February 06, 2023
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Community    Neuroscience    Rehabilitation

Fetterman’s Candidacy Brings Attention to Symptoms of and Rehabilitation from Strokes

The widely watched U.S. Senate race between Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, MD, has stoked conversation and questions about strokes.

In May, on the way to a campaign event, Fetterman had a stroke that his wife has said she recognized when he began slurring words and the left side of his face began drooping. During his Oct. 25 televised debate with Oz, Fetterman began by addressing “the elephant in the room.”


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date November 02, 2022
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CPR

15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions

news outletCPR
Publish DateMarch 22, 2023

As of March 22, 2023, 15,007 Coloradans have now died in the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Denver Post

Two bills would be catastrophic to CU Anschutz’s world-class care

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateMarch 22, 2023

Guest Commentary by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor Donald M. Elliman and CU School of Medicine Dean John J. Reilly, Jr:

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Associated Press

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

news outletAssociated Press
Publish DateMarch 21, 2023

Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters.

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Greeley Tribune

UCHealth offers new, more effective medication treatment for stroke patients

news outletGreeley Tribune
Publish DateMarch 21, 2023

Tenecteplase is easier to administer – a single, immediate IV push that takes just five seconds, according to Sharon Poisson, a neurohospitalist and medical co-director of the Comprehensive Stroke Program at the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

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