Health
As it tries to defend itself from stroke, the brain can paradoxically trigger tiny new clots in minor blood vessels, damaging tissue even after the original culprit has been removed. The findings help explain why nearly half of treated stroke patients don’t recover—and identify potential new treatments.
Congress is considering dueling proposals this summer. One would make daylight saving time permanent; another would make standard time permanent. Which is better? Or should we just keep changing our clocks? A sleep expert weighs in.
CU Boulder scientist Matthew Olm and colleagues have mapped the gut microbiome's hidden global diversity, offering new insight into how industrialization has reshaped the microbes that support human health.
A collaboration between CU Boulder and CU Anschutz researchers led to the CAP-LIFT cannula, a redesigned surgical instrument that is making arthroscopic hip procedures safer and more efficient.
With fires blazing across Colorado and surrounding states, many communities are inundated with smoke this week. How does it impact our health? Is it OK to exercise outside? How can we protect ourselves? Wildfire smoke researcher Colleen Reid has answers.
Overcrowded animals produce an enzyme that damages DNA in eggs, potentially sabotaging reproduction, new research shows. The findings could inform new approaches for improving fertility in people and animals.
In a new memoir, researcher Doug Seals reflects on building a nationally recognized aging research program inside CU Boulder's Carlson Gymnasium.
A detailed analysis of airflow in a high-rise building found a COVID-19 outbreak likely spread via the bathroom ventilation system. The findings have implications for other airborne diseases and for older multifamily buildings around the world.
People 60 and older constitute the fastest growing group of cannabis users in the U.S. A new study explores why, and what doctors and retailers can do to better serve them.
Since 2017, researchers at the Center for Health & Neuroscience, Genes & Environment (CUChange) have been using a mobile van, a.k.a. the Cannavan, to study the real-time impacts of cannabis. In recognition of Cannabis Awareness Month, here's a look at what they've learned.