Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signs into law SB 97
On March 22, 2007, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law SB 97. University of Colorado Denver Chancellor M. Roy Wilson, standing to the right of Gov. Ritter, attended the signing. The bill will provide money from the tobacco settlement to fund the University of Colorado Denver.

UCD’s school of medicine and nursing
ranked among the best
The primary care, family medicine and pediatrics programs at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine have been ranked among the nation’s best, and are listed in the Top 10 in their categories in the 2008 edition of graduate school rankings by U.S.News & World Report.

UCD to conduct phase III clinical
trial of creatine for Parkinson's
University of Colorado Denver researchers will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). While creatine is not an approved therapy for PD or any other condition, it is widely thought to improve exercise performance.

Gene connected to vitiligo and other
autoimmune diseases identified
In a study published in the March 22 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes along with St. George’s, University of London, have discovered a connection between a gene and the chronic skin condition vitiligo, as well as a possible link to an array of other autoimmune diseases.

Two new studies test varying treatments for enlarged prostate
A sensation of not emptying the bladder completely; the need to get up multiple times in the night to use the bathroom; and straining or waiting followed by slow, weak, or interrupted urination – all are signs of an enlarged prostate, a common diagnosis for almost all men as they get older.

Lung cancer study aims to identify
early detection and prevention
Lung cancer is one of the only common cancers without a standardized method for early detection and prevention – a frightening situation when you consider it is the top cancer killer in both men and women in the United States, and that more Americans die each year from lung cancer than from breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined.

Antidepressants provide no added
benefit for bipolar disorder
Psychiatric researchers at both the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Colorado at Boulder took part in a $26.8 million, 22-center study across the United States between 1998 and 2005 that looked at medication effectiveness in patients with bipolar disorder.

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