University of Colorado Denver News

Dr. M. Roy Wilson, chancellor of the University of Colorado, Denver, will speak at the UC Davis MIND institute today.

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes but normal weight, body composition, and serum lipid profile, may still have insulin resistance and impaired cardiovascular function, traits usually associated with type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online Nov.

Allan Baclasky's wife pushed his wheelchair into a crowded room as a band played upbeat music.

Glial cells, which help neurons communicate with each other, can leave the central nervous system and cross into the peripheral nervous system to compensate for missing cells, according to new research in the Dec.

Jake Jabs will be grand marshal for the 9News Parade of Lights. BYE ENERGY INC.: Promoted Debra Wilcox to senior vice president.

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Societya s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance.

Ex-promoter Barry Fey will teach a rock class. Professor Fey, I presume? Barry Fey , Denver's king of rock 'n' roll, will be sharing his vast knowledge of the key rock era - including the Summer of Love in 1967 - to neophytes enrolled at the University of Colorado Denver.

A group of students, from Mapleton Early College High School, made an served over 200 meals for people in need on Tuesday at El Centro Humanitario in downtown Denver.

Medical student Keith McNab examines "standardized patient" Jeannie Nelson of Highlands Ranch at Rocky Vista University.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society recently awarded $720,000 in research grants to Dr.

The obesity problem in our country is growing faster than any other public health issue.

A ribbon-cutting was held recently on the Auraria campus for a center to help students, staff and faculty who may be in abusive relationships or are being stalked or have been sexually assaulted.

Breast-cancer doctors in Colorado say they have no plans to change their recommendations based on a government task force's suggestion that women don't need mammograms until they are 50 - and then every two years, not annually.

Harm J. Bogaard, MD, PhD * ; Ramesh Natarajan, PhD * ; Scott C. Henderson, PhD ; Carlin S. Long, MD ; Donatas Kraskauskas, DVM ; Lisa Smithson, BSc ; Ramzi Ockaili, PhD ; Joe M. McCord, PhD ; Norbert F. Voelkel, MD From the Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Cardiology , Department of Medicine, and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology , ...

High Fructose Intake May Raise Blood Pressure Study Shows Link, but Not Everyone Is Convinced Eating too much of the sweetener fructose, found in sugary soft drinks, bakery goods, and candy, could be driving up your blood pressure, even if your blood pressure is typically healthy, according to a new study.

Fax: 724-7266. E-mail: manisha.patel{at}ucdenver.edu . Received July 8, 2009; accepted September 9, 2009 Abstract Exposure to environmental pesticides can cause significant brain damage and has been linked with an increased risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease.

By their nature, Magnet-designated organizations inspire innovations that achieve extraordinary outcomes, said Cynthia Sweeney, MSN, RN, CNOR, assistant director at the American Nurses Credentialing Center , which hosted the 2009 National Magnet Conference.

Gov Bill Ritter is proposing to slash funding for K-12 education and the stateA's tobacco prevention efforts as part of his 2010-11 General Fund budget proposal.

The findings suggest that cutting back on processed foods and beverages that contain high fructose corn syrup may help prevent hypertension.

Longer-term outcomes for people who had coronary bypass surgery "off-pump," meaning without the use of a heart-lung machine, were worse than for those undergoing the conventional procedure, a major study finds.