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The University of Colorado Anschutz is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado – which see more than two million adult and pediatric patient visits yearly. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, CU Anschutz delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research.

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Le virus varicelle-zona (ici en fausses couleurs), également appelé herpèsvirus humain de type 3 (HHV-3), est responsable de la varicelle et du zona. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Zona et douleurs chroniques : une nouvelle piste thérapeutique basée sur les exosomes

Les douleurs dues au zona sont parfois si intenses qu’elles peuvent mener les patients à envisager le suicide. Les scientifiques sont en passe d’en comprendre les causes, lesquelles pourraient aussi concerner d’autres maladies.
O mosquito Aedes aegypti transmite a dengue de pessoa para pessoa: apesar da expansão da área de ocorrência dos insetos e da doença, a dengue ainda passa facilmente despercebida tanto por pacientes quanto pelos médicos americanos. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Mosquitos da dengue expandem seu alcance e chegam a novos territórios, incluindo a Flórida

À medida que a dengue se espalha cada vez mais para fora de suas zonas tropicais habituais, médicos e pacientes precisam saber quais são os sinais a que devem estar atentos
Varicella zoster virus, also known as human herpesvirus 3, causes chickenpox and shingles. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Shingles can cause severe chronic pain – new research on how exosomes alter neurons offers pathways to treatment

The pain of post-herpetic neuralgia can drive people to the point of suicide. Researchers are getting closer to pinpointing its cause – which may extend to other forms of neuropathy.
Critics of needle exchange programs often express concerns about syringe litter. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Syringe litter did not increase after a needle exchange ban was overturned in Pueblo, Colorado, but health services suffered

Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.
From hysteria to conversion disorder, to psychogenic or psychosomatic illness, functional neurological disorder has gone by many names. anilakkus/iStock via Getty Images Plus

One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both ‘all in your head’ and beyond it

Millions of people suffer from debilitating symptoms their doctors don’t quite believe. But advances in neuroscience and education may be changing the tides for treatment.
Le cancer du pancréas est notoirement extrêmement difficile à traiter. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Cancer du pancréas : un médicament cible une protéine réputée « impossible à bloquer » et double la survie

Environ 97 % des patients atteints d’un cancer du pancréas à un stade avancé décèdent dans les cinq ans qui suivent leur diagnostic. Des chercheurs ont mis au point un moyen de cibler le mécanisme qui rend ces tumeurs si redoutables.
O rastreamento é essencial para prevenir e tratar eficazmente o câncer colorretal: apesar das novas diretrizes, colonoscopia ainda é o exame recomendado para quem está em risco aumentado ou tem risco médio de desenvolver a doença. Varlay/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Exames de fezes e sangue se juntam à colonoscopia como opções para rastreamento de câncer colorretal

A Sociedade Americana do Câncer atualizou suas diretrizes para o rastreamento do câncer colorretal a fim de refletir os avanços tecnológicos e ampliar o acesso ao rastreamento
Pancreatic cancer has been notoriously difficult to treat. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease

Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target the mechanism that makes these tumors so deadly.

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