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06/05/2026

Boom! Like a bolt out of the blue, thunderstorm season is here. As you venture outdoors to enjoy all that Colorado offers, be wary of lightning, which strikes half a million times a year across the state.
Wilderness medicine expert Martin Musi, MD, of the CU Anschutz Department of Emergency Medicine offers do’s and don’ts for avoiding injury.
My latest story for the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz.

The rumble of thunder and the flash of lightning are common features of summer in Colorado. In a state where people love to be outdoors, it pays to be careful.

06/04/2026

June is National Cancer Survivors Month. I'm resharing a few of my recent stories for the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center about the experiences of people faced with a cancer diagnosis who were treated by our amazing providers and/or helped by research here.
These are stories of remarkable people who responded to bad news with determination and perseverance. To me, the lessons of their cancer journeys are: Lower cancer risk in our lives, get screened for cancer, know the warning signs, seek treatment, don't see cancer as an automatic death sentence, and support cancer research.
Also, the best way to survive cancer is to not get cancer in the first place. So I've added a kicker at the end: Top 10 Ways You Can Prevent Cancer, from our Cancer Center experts.
University of Colorado Anschutz

‘I’m Living Proof’: Esophageal Cancer Survivor Says Early Screening and Treatment Saved His Life
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/wani-rathke-esophageal-cancer-patient

For a School’s Ray of Sunshine, a ‘Very Sad and Scary’ Diagnosis Turned to Joy
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/duffy-guntupalli-patient-cervical-cancer

‘You’re Not the Only One Going Through This’: A Head & Neck Cancer Survivor Supports Others
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/king-head-neck-cancer-cac

‘I Love What I Do’: While She Helps Patients, a Nurse Grapples with Her Own Ovarian Cancer
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/moses-corr-ovarian-cancer

Surviving and Thriving: A ‘Warrior Queen’ With Metastatic Breast Cancer Takes Charge of Her Life
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/monroe-borges-breast-cancer

Top 10 Ways You Can Prevent Cancer
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/schulick-fischer-studts-top-10-prevention.

06/04/2026

For women with cancer, there are many therapies to help control their disease. But sometimes, those treatments can cause premature menopause.

06/03/2026

As we start to see 90s in the forecast, my colleagues at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine are keeping it 100 with these sizzling health-science stories in the new University of Colorado Anschutz newsletter:
> Megan Palffy on what new colorectal cancer screening guidelines mean for you.
> Greg Glasgow on a researcher/clinician's work on pediatric brain cancer, on whether GLP-1s can reduce inflammation and augment treatments for autoimmune disease and cancer, and on a new endowed chair bringing new hope for uterine cancer.
> Plus me on how cancer treatments can cause premature menopause, and on a bi-national project that aims to speed up innovations for treating war wound infections.
Meanwhile, our campus communications pals report on how a father's stress can get passed along to children, on a study showing that inducing labor itself isn't associated with higher C-section rates, and on a hospital follow-up program that helps to bring down su***de attempts.
And watch Aimee Bernard, PhD, our campus coach on communicating science, presenting her TEXxCU talk, “Confessions of a Scientist: Science Education Needs Communication Training."
How do you find all this health science news and more? No sweat; it's all in the latest CU Anschutz Today weekly newsletter!
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https://tinyurl.com/CUAToday060326

06/02/2026

Uterine cancer is the fourth most common cancer among U.S. women. Unlike most other forms of cancer in the U.S., rates of uterine cancer diagnoses and deaths are rising, and non-white women tend to have poorer outcomes.
University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center gynecologic cancer specialist Christine Walsh, MD, MS, explains uterine cancer in my latest story for the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz.

CU Anschutz Cancer Center gynecologic oncologist Christine Walsh, MD, MS, explains the fourth most common cancer among U.S. women.

06/01/2026

As the devastating war in Ukraine has dragged on, the toll of injuries and deaths has steadily mounted – and bacterial infections that resist antibiotics have also increased among the wounded. Now, faculty at the CU Anschutz Department of Emergency Medicine have partnered with medical professionals in Ukraine to develop a streamlined platform for research into ways to prevent and treat infected trauma wounds.
My latest story for the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz.

Corey Bills, MD, MPH, of CU Anschutz Emergency Medicine leads a project to speed up studies in Ukraine leading to innovations in treating infected war wounds.

05/29/2026

For women with cancer, there’s a growing arsenal of therapies available to help control or even cure their disease. But sometimes, those treatments come with a potentially life-changing side-effect: They can cause premature menopause and a loss of fertility.
University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center gynecologic oncologist Jill Alldredge, MD, heads a program that helps women plan for therapies and deal with fertility impacts. She explains "chemopause" in my latest story for the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz.

For women with cancer, there are many therapies to help control their disease. But sometimes, those treatments can cause premature menopause.

05/27/2026

The history of the University of Colorado Anschutz campus as a center of healing stretches back a century to its days as an Army hospital site. In the latest collection of science health news stories from my University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine colleagues, on the heels of Memorial Day, Kara Mason and I look at connections between military medicine and civilian care today on our campus.
> Kara writes on how CU Anschutz evolved from a military medical center to an academic research campus, and on why a mosquito-borne virus sometimes becomes chronic.
> Greg Glasgow reports on a canine clinical trial that could change the course of treatment for pediatric brain tumors.
> Tayler Shaw examines whether treating Mom’s asthma can prevent a leading cause of blindness in premature babies.
> Lynn Brewer writes on using data to improve critical care delivery in the ICU.
> And I look at how a center co-founded 10 years ago by Vik Bebarta, MD, chair of the CU Anschutz Department of Emergency Medicine, is transforming military and civilian medicine, and on the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center's role in a global clinical trial investigating next-generation breast cancer therapies.
Plus our campus communications friends write about unexpected connections between cannabis-like molecules in the body and acetaminophen, on the long-term impact of stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and much more.
Here's the latest CU Anschutz Today newsletter.
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https://tinyurl.com/CUAToday052726

05/26/2026

"This study is looking for ways to improve outcomes." Marie Wood, MD, a University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center member, is recruiting women with a certain type of difficult-to-treat advanced breast cancer for a worldwide clinical trial investigating a pair of new therapies.
My latest story from University of Colorado Anschutz.

A CU Anschutz Cancer Center member is recruiting women with advanced breast cancer for a worldwide clinical trial investigating a pair of new therapies.