Also, got the sniffles? Soup recipes and healing herbal suggestions enclosed...
Image: Tim Daly at a recent appointment with his transplant cardiologist, Amrut Ambardekar, MD. The CU Adult Heart Transplant Program performed 69 heart transplants in 2023, a new record. Founded in 1986, the program has been growing and is setting new records for the number of transplants performed.
Hey there, friend!
The calendar tells us that the first day of spring is March 19, but the list below (making its rounds on the internet) seems to be more accurate, in my experience.
12 Seasons of Colorado
Winter
Fools Spring
2nd Winter
Spring of Deception 3rd Winter (← we are here)
Road Construction
Actual Spring
Summer
Fire
False Fall
2nd Summer
Actual Fall
In this month's email, I've attempted to consolidate all the articles from our newsroom that will see you through 3rd Winter (including sniffle-healing soup recipes and herbal supplement suggestions), so you can come out on the other side of Road Construction in the best of health, ready to enjoy Actual Spring.
Reader-submitted question: "We often hear about metabolism in the context of weight loss or gain. Can you explain what metabolism really is and why it's important for our overall health?"
If you'd like a better understanding of something you've read or heard about related to medicine and health in general, please email your question(s) to advancement@cuanschutz.edu (or just reply to this email). Yours could be the question that Dr. Bernard answers via video-reply next month!
The U.S. faces a projected shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians within 12 years.1
In addition, about two in five (42%) college dropouts cited financial difficulties for leaving school,2 often caused by an inability to cover the cost, in some cases as little as $300, of unforeseen life circumstances, such as a car accident or needed repairs, unexpected medical expenses or an apartment building fire.
Thankfully, CU Anschutz is an outlier, with a 94% graduation rate. The Office of Student Affairs runs multiple programs and services to help students succeed, including the CU Anschutz Shares Fund
, an emergency fund for students made possible solely by the power of philanthropy. Their latest Annual Report shares the following impact made in 2022-2023:
66 applications were received in 2022 (treated as the "last stop" once the student had exhausted all other options)
39 of those applications were awarded
$70,000 was allocated to those 39 students
100% of the students who received funding remained enrolled and finished their degrees
It is estimated that these efforts saved over $1.5 million in lost tuition to the campus
This fund is a wonderful example of how gifts of every size have a big impact at CU Anschutz. Thank you for your support!
1The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From 2019 to 2034 , a report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). 2 University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) survey, 2021.
MARCH 13 Women's History Month: Spilling the Tea Party
Celebrate with a free luncheon and engaging discussion between CU Anschutz campus womxn leaders.
APRIL 4 Transforming Healthcare In-Person Lecture
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GIFT FUND HIGHLIGHT CU Anschutz Student Support Fund
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Many of the world’s soups are traditional folk medicine.
Hot soup warms that shivering body from the inside out; it fills the tummy and hydrates the body. Its liquid retains vitamins and minerals from the foods cooked in it because you don’t toss away its water. The steam from hot soup is an anti-inflammatory and can clear up mucus and open the airways.
