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Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical remova ...





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Another hepatitis case linked to Colorado hospital

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a Denver hospital where an infected surgery technician is accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful painkiller meant for patients.


3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech (AP)

3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Hundreds more patients have been advised to get tested for hepatitis C as health officials in two more states launched investigations into an infected Colorado surgery tech who allegedly swapped clean ...


17 infected with TB before student's death

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 26, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Nepalese student at Colorado State University-Pueblo who died of tuberculosis in June likely infected 17 others, officials said.


DEA demonstrates how to make meth

Other Sciences / Other

created May 29, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (26) | comments 0

The Drug Enforcement Administration a held methamphetamine making seminar in Denver to demonstrate what its agents keep off the streets.


Thin Colorado snowpack reported again

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Another warm and dry spring in Colorado has resulted in a thin snow pack possibly increasing risk of wildfires and parched farm fields, a report said.


Link between erectile dysfunction and obesity explored in obesity and weight management

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese men are at increased risk for erectile dysfunction (ED), likely caused by atherosclerosis-related hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as well as hormonal changes associated with obesity, as described in a timely ...


Gene associated with reduced mortality from acute lung injury

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver have discovered a gene that is associated with improved survival among patients with acute lung injury. Acute lung injury (ALI) is often caused by ...


Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...


Is inhaled insulin delivery still a possibility? Why has it been a commercial failure?

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The commercial failure of Exubera (Pfizer, New York, NY), the first inhaled insulin product to come to market, led other companies such as Eli Lilly-Alkermes to halt studies of similar drug delivery in development intended ...


NY hospital warns of possible hepatitis exposures

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created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A hospital in New York state is notifying about 2,800 patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C after learning that a former employee is suspected of exposing nearly 6,000 patients in Colorado to the disease.



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