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Jan. 15, 2025: Robotic surgery a game changer for organ transplants; The evolution of ‘norm violations’

By Andrea Dukakis
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Liver donor riding bike with husband.
Sonya Doctorian/UCHealth
Victoria Threadgould and her husband Mike ride bikes in their Windsor neighborhood. Before Victoria’s liver donation, Mike worried whether she would be ok if she couldn’t work out. “I think if I ever had a major illness or had to have major surgery, I’d struggle mentally not being able to be who I am,” he said. “I didn’t want her to have to deal with that.” Within a few weeks of her surgery, Victoria was back on the bike.

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Jan. 15, 2025: Robotic surgery a game changer for organ transplants; The evolution of ‘norm violations’

For a long time, liver donors could expect a big scar and a three-month recovery from surgery. Now, Colorado doctors are using robots to retrieve organs from living donors for transplant. We'll hear why it's a game changer. Then, a new look at old political norms. Plus, how teachers are grappling with cell phones in school. And how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to hear one of his favorite hymns for the first time in Colorado.

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