What you need to know: Eddie Van Halen, namesake with his brother of the famed ‘80s rock band Van Halen, died Oct. 6 from cancer that began in his tongue. As always, prevention and early detection are key, and tobacco and alcohol play a chief role in most head and neck cancers. At the CU Cancer Center, researchers continue to strive for better treatment, improving patient care in the process.
Debra Melani | 
October 19, 2020
What you need to know: The top, publicized therapies used to treat President Donald Trump, who recently contracted COVID-19, have been studied on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. A chief CU researcher shares insights into those therapies and the president’s case.
Four clinical trials of a drug cocktail that President Donald Trump has proclaimed his miracle “cure” are underway on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. And even while makers of the experimental therapy filed for emergency authorization use (EAU) the same day the president made his claim (Oct. 7), researchers say no evidence exists to back it up.
Debra Melani | October 08, 2020
Editor’s note: “Our COVID-19 Fighters” is an occasional series highlighting the ways the CU Anschutz Medical Campus community is helping patients and the wider community in the fight against the pandemic. We welcome your story ideas; please share them here.
Debra Melani | October 01, 2020
Fulfilling their mission to establish a unified Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes research community at the School of Medicine (SOM) just got a little bit easier for scientists on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Debra Melani | September 28, 2020
