Health
When breast cancer patients and surgeons weigh treatment options, how—and when—information is shared matters. New research explores how better communication can help balance patient choice with medical guidance.
People with busy schedules are less likely to experience depression and more likely to get better grades, according to a new study of college students. Those who feel chronic pressure around their schedules don't fare so well.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Assistant Professor Tamar Kodish is studying how targeted text messages could help connect community college students with mental health services when they need them.
A new analysis of 22 years of U.S. mortality data highlights a troubling trend.
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.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder 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 Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAnschutz 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.