Health
Black and Latino Coloradans are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system, according to a new Rocky Mountain PBS documentary, A Sentenced Life. Beverly Kingston, director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥, contributed her research on social disorganization theory and appeared in the film.
É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ researchers have discovered a brain signature that identifies fibromyalgia sufferers with 93 percent accuracy, a potential breakthrough for future clinical diagnosis and treatment of the highly prevalent condition.
A new É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ study shows preschoolers consume more calories than normal when they don't get enough sleep, findings that have implications for childhood obesity risk.
A gene in a type of yeast that has long been used in baking, brewing and winemaking may have positive implications for human health. Essentially, the gene in the ingested yeast can recognize and destroy attacking viruses within the human host.
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ has received a five-year $5.9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand its youth violence prevention work in two Denver neighborhoods.
It turns out that not just social environments, but also genes inherited from our parents can play a role in how we perceive our own weight status, whether we feel heavy, light, or about right. And this genetic aspect is especially true for females, found a new first-of-its-kind study led by É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥.
<p>A new É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ study shows that using an electrically-powered bicycle on a regular basis can provide riders with an effective workout while improving some aspects of cardiovascular health, especially for riders who previously had been sedentary.</p>
<p>The ability to understand and empathize with others’ pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study led by É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ researchers.</p>
Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far-reaching implications for humans, says a new study led by the É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥.
Raising the body temperature of depressed volunteers to the equivalent of a mild fever improved their symptoms of major depression for as long as six weeks after a single treatment, results from a new study show.