Health
- С»ÆÊé Boulder researchers have developed a potent, drug-like compound that could someday revolutionize treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.
- Days after Shalane Flanagan won the NYC Marathon, С»ÆÊé Boulder researchers have published a study that inspired the name of the shoes she wore and confirms they reduce the amount of energy used to run.
- The research initiative will establish best practices and clinical infrastructure for advancing education on traumatic brain injury in student-athletes.
- Two ongoing research studies conducted by С»ÆÊé Boulder’s CHANGE Lab are looking into how cannabis affects public health.
- Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms are becoming tools for tracking flu, Zika and other illnesses, signaling looming epidemics faster than public health agencies once could.
- The influenza A virus kills 12,000 to 56,000 people in the U.S. annually, but a newly discovered mechanism by which the human immune system tries to battle the virus could lead to new treatments.
- With their brains, sleep patterns and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of screen time. Watch a short video interview.
- While traffic stops and arrests have fallen in nonwhite areas of Ferguson, Missouri, crime rates remain steady, suggesting cops previously had been "over-policing" these areas.
- Researchers are studying 5,000 twins to paint a more accurate picture of how marijuana use changes as a result of legalization and how those changes may impact health in the long run.
- Light-activated nanoparticles, also known as quantum dots, can provide a crucial boost in effectiveness for antibiotic treatments used to combat drug-resistant superbugs such as E. coli and Salmonella.