CU Anschutz Top Stories of 2023

Obesity and fructose, homelessness and camp sweeps, methamphetamine and public health round out list

In 2023, top health scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus produced life-changing discoveries that buoyed understanding of some of the most complex questions in medicine today.

From what drives obesity and cognitive decline with aging, to how homeless and methamphetamine policies affect public health, campus researchers spend their lives seeking the answers to the questions that matter.

Along with sharing their world-class expertise on everything from relationship health to the adverse effects of substance use disorders, the reach of the researchers and educators on the region's top academic medical campus grows broader every day.

The CU Anschutz Newsroom, one small player in the campus dissemination of information, generated nearly 250,000 views from readers from its top five stories alone in 2023. Those five articles, along with the five other pieces that round out the top 10, are highlighted below.

Top 10 Couples

What Makes a Couple Successful? Relationship Therapist Tells All


Top10_Homeless

Forced Displacement Linked With Spikes in Overdoses and Deaths



Top 10 Fructose

Study Suggests Fructose Could Drive Alzheimer's Disease


Top 10 Obesity

Researcher: Lots of Things Cause Obesity. Fructose Is at the Center



Top 10 Cognitive

Scientists May Have Found Mechanism Behind Cognitive Decline in Aging


Top 10 Diabetes

New Therapy First to Target Type 1 Diabetes Disease Process



Top 10 Benzos

Benzodiazepine Use Associated With Brain Injury, Job Loss and Suicide


Top 10 Oxygen

Does Oxygen in a Can Deliver on Its Altitude and Energy Claims?


Top 10 Cannabis

Can Cannabis Cause Heart Attacks?


Top 10 Meth

What is the Health Risk of Meth Contamination?

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