Medical Research

FDA advisers endorse gene therapy to treat form of blindness

SILVER SPRING, Md. – A potentially groundbreaking treatment for a rare form of blindness moved one step closer to U.S. approval Thursday, as federal health advisers endorsed the experimental...

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness

A girl saw her mother’s face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a stage and watched the stunned expressi...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Testing probe to help cancer surgeons know they got it all

WASHINGTON – Patients emerging from cancer surgery want to know, “Did you get it all?” Now, scientists are developing a pen-like probe to help surgeons better tell when it’s safe to stop cut...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: Brain changes seen in pregnancy

Nature may help mom prepare motherhood

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Researchers fret as info lags on pot effects on older adults

DENVER – Surveys show a small but growing number of older adults are using marijuana – a trend that worries researchers who say not enough information exists about how pot affects older user...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

With changing views on pot, it’s time for serious study on its effects

With changing views on pot, it’s time for a serious study on its effects

DATE: Aug 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Large-scale study: Short men and overweight women get a raw deal in life

Many destined to make less money than their taller, fitter peers

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Our little black secret’

Colorado’s African American infants die three times more often than white infants

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50

WASHINGTON – Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings ...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Advances reveal mysteries of brain

Lasers, magnetism allow glimpses of the organ at work

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

State publishes review of health research on pot

DENVER – Colorado released a sweeping report Monday about marijuana and health – everything from pot’s effect on drivers, asthma, cancer rates and birth defects. The 188-page repo...

DATE: Feb 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legal pot’s health effects not known yet

Survey data low on adult use

DATE: Jan 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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