UConn Health Center Headlines News stories that feature the UConn Health Center. http://uchc.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:38:18 -0400 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:37:55 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com A New President Reassures UConn Health Staff Susan Herbst's opening line drew a laugh from UConn Health Center faculty and staff. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/president.html A6B31DAC-ADB8-4DA5-ADA5-BFD3E3670EA4 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:37:55 -0400 If You Really, Really Wanted a Girl... This month brought news that could alter the landscape of American pregnancy. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/girl.html 96968EBF-88B2-4DCA-A7C9-B783EB3FDEC5 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:38:29 -0400 New Leukemia Therapy Shows Promise Dr. Pramod Srivastava, director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, joins Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to explain the concept behind a leukemia therapy that was the subject of an article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/leukemia/index.html 5FDF0525-6756-4715-90BC-59E88F54D0D1 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:51:42 -0400 Town, UConn Look Forward to Bright Future Together The relationship between the school and the town may have gotten a rocky start when the University of Connecticut Health Center opened 50 years ago, but at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting, Dr. Bruce Liang, interim dean of the UConn Medical School, joined town officials in celebrating the development of a partnership both sides expect to extend into a bright future. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/future.html 6342B373-8C36-473B-A1EE-A51F6C9C8EF9 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:03:31 -0400 Rage and Anger Management Dr. Karen Steinberg-Gallucci, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry, discusses anger and how we handle it with Will Marotti on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/anger/index.html 38470743-97EB-42DC-8B60-0767D68B459C Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:35:51 -0400 Medical Students Gain Experience Treating Migrant Farm Workers Dr. Bruce Gould, associate dean for primary care, discusses the Mobile Free Migrant Farm Worker Clinic on WNPR's "All Things Considered" program. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/farmworkers/index.html DACCA8DF-97AB-40F1-B54C-C1B80E05EF2E Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:29:43 -0400 Migrant Farm Workers Receive Free Health Care At 6 o'clock on a recent summer night, a small army of volunteers set up tents, tables and medical equipment at Jarmoc Tobacco Farm. Then they waited for their patients - some of the roughly 15,000 migrant workers who tend the state's seasonal crops each summer. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/farmworkers.html 6C85CB36-97CB-454A-872F-B3B55663E4E1 Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:34:53 -0400 Tips to Avoid the West Nile Virus Dr. Paul Skolnik, chairman of the Department of Medicine at the UConn Health Center and infectious disease specialist, is interviewed by FOX CT’s Logan Brynes about the symptoms of West Nile Virus and how to protect yourself against biting mosquitoes that spread the disease. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/westnile.html 08C9EBF4-C8D0-45AD-9A23-35173CC61E22 Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:38:46 -0400 Sandy Cloud to Lead UConn Health Board The UConn Health Center board of directors is getting new leadership. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/cloud.html 72BBB5CD-AEA1-48AA-9202-C13083D93443 Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:58:36 -0400 Students Present Findings from Summer Biomedical Research Program On July 29, Greater Hartford area students completed the UConn Health Center’s 16th annual Health Career Opportunity Programs which introduced young minds to the world of biomedical research and education by giving them a six-week summer snapshot of the field. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/researchprogram.html 9882BC13-F3CB-4EE9-AB85-5456CF5662CA Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:46:15 -0400 Interview with UConn President Susan Herbst In an interview with FOX Connecticut’s Logan Byrnes, UConn President Susan Herbst mentions the vital role Bioscience Connecticut will play in the future of the University. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/herbst.html B9771162-C61E-4F6F-A27B-3112B20BC4C3 Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:38:43 -0400 Trio Biking Across U.S. for Leukemia Research Make PSU Pit Stop Their bikes packed with water bottles and gear leaning against the wall nearby, James Alex, Greg Hebert and Tom Williams sat under a blue and white umbrella at Penn State's Berkey Creamery on Sunday, enjoying chocolate milk, ice cream and cheese. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/biking.html DA24E4CE-F89E-469B-94CE-50F117C5598C Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:54:05 -0400 Emergency! A Night in the Life of UConn Health Center's Emergency Department Any time of the day or night, 365 days a year, the Emergency Department at the UConn Health Center is a machine that never stops humming and it bears silent witness to some of life's most exultant and tragic moments. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/aug11/emergency.html F8B8D4F1-407E-4834-B9A7-342198163DCD Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:31:15 -0400 Medical Residents to Get More Sleep, But Will It Be Enough? For the second time in eight years, the organization that regulates graduate medical education has limited the number of hours interns and residents may work at a time. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/residents.html F15E9E2B-95D6-4943-9339-D68D34E0CEBA Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:43:27 -0400 'Like an Oversized Cradle:' Woman Sails to Fight Cancer Rose Gerber of East Lyme is an eight-year breast cancer survivor, and she says she’s been through every conceivable treatment there is for her disease. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/cancer.html 659805CF-7D64-4F88-8F68-15A338F3F511 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:15:18 -0400 Herbst Putting UConn on the Fast Track The University of Connecticut has made great progress in its technology transfer efforts in recent years, but still has a ways to go before it reaches its potential, says the schools newly minted president, Susan Herbst. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/herbst.html 931BAF09-A9B4-4BCC-A3D3-6E34AA9FA048 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:30:41 -0400 Taking on 'Myths': New UConn Chief Is Proud to Aspire This is a presumptuous commentary, given that I'm a newcomer. But I've come to know the University Of Connecticut's challenges well; they're not all that different from those most public research universities face. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/uconnchief.html 6C39A201-DB16-4668-9B53-532CF78F3751 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:30:05 -0400 State Awards $9.8 Million for Stem Cell Research Officials announced Thursday that the state will award $9.8 million for 20 stem cell research projects. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/stemcell.html 6A12FB92-B2FF-47C8-BC4B-8CBE20DDD914 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:57:18 -0400 New Stem Cell Research Covers Bad Knees to Schizophrenia Antibiotics, antivirals and other drugs have helped countless people, but for some, they can also cause liver damage. There's no way to tell who's susceptible until after it happens, and until recently, scientists trying to develop ways to find out sooner faced significant obstacles. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/stemcellresearch.html C683F352-A4B9-46CB-92B5-B9CC87341C62 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:47:25 -0400 Why We Voted to Expand the UConn Health Center Although there has been some controversy about Gov. Malloy’s proposal to expand the UConn Health Center, we both voted to invest additional funding to transform the health center into a leading national academic and medical center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/expandhealthcenter.html EDB5A9BD-B278-436F-9917-95644B2375C9 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:42:32 -0400 What the UConn Health Center Does for You Many Connecticut residents have little understanding what the UConn Health Center provides to the citizens of our state. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/uconnhealth.html E7AF0112-186D-414C-A1B8-9B644D25648C Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:41:59 -0400 Cyclists Riding Coast to Coast for a Cure Heat, hills and headwinds decided the speed of three cyclists Wednesday as they passed through the Panhandle on a ride from San Francisco to Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/cyclists.html 320471C4-F441-425F-8B20-ECD58A7B9542 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:06:07 -0400 Female Athletes' Achilles Heels? Their Knees Alexa Yow of Farmington was the captain of her high school soccer team at Loomis Chaffee high school and is a forward on her premier team, which recently won the State Cup. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/knees.html 4CD41660-1800-4CFE-B902-A15426AB25A5 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:23:53 -0400 When the Doctor Goes Home: The Coming Indifference of American Medicine It is the close to midnight and your mother is drifting in and out of consciousness. She is 77, not young but not old enough for fatalism. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/american_medicine.html 71409FA4-5C6B-489E-B9D8-2983A1373B11 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:52:49 -0400 In Neonatal Intensive Care, the Start of Something Beautiful The baby in the warming bed next to my new grandbaby twins is mewing like a cat. A nurse in a bright yellow smock leans over and murmurs to him. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/neonatal.html 90AC1110-BEC2-40C0-A0AA-19EB46984338 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:15:36 -0400 Malloy Gives Nod to Major Economic Development Initiatives Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law two hallmark initiatives that will serve as the backbone of his economic development efforts in the state. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/economic_development.html E6B1DC3D-40FA-48E7-8FA6-6446B2D8E2C4 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:10:18 -0400 UConn Health Center Reports "Major Gift" Philanthropists Raymond and Beverly Sackler have provided a major gift to create an innovative research center at the Institute for Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut Health Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jul11/gift.html 0ECAB03F-577A-4AD7-B2DA-55F31AFDC923 Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:10:41 -0400 Doctors' Loss of Moral Agency Medicine is a moral profession and physicians are agents of the commitment to place another's concern above their own. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/moral.html FBF3331E-F00B-4E3C-B285-6B582F9E213F Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:17:38 -0400 When It Comes to Quitting, Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? A black lung. Smoke sifting through a hole in someone's throat. A baby surrounded by a cloud wafting from a cigarette.   Some call these images honest and inappropriate - yet effective. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/quitting.html B829B945-B152-468A-A9E1-7FF01F83940F Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:20:37 -0400 Electronic Cigarettes: Cessation Tool? Dr. William White, professor of medicine and chief of the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center’s Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, discusses electronic cigarettes with Channel 3 Eyewitness News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/electronic_cigarettes.html D9F14573-D04C-45AE-BBE6-767D8B0404FA Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:34:04 -0400 For One Physician, Health Reform Means More Time with Patients If federal Medicare officials need a star for their new public service ads touting preventive care benefits for seniors, Dr. Rebecca Andrews, a clinic director at the UConn Health Center, would be perfect for the role. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/healthreform.html 5F415470-5B94-48C6-97ED-6913241160D4 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:47:50 -0400 UConn’s Growing Incubator Space Aims to Yield Breakthroughs, Jobs Less than a year after opening its doors, the University of Connecticut’s Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington has filled its 4,500 square feet of incubator space. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/incubator.html E0429F77-0B8C-4CDA-A68A-E7EDB7844AFB Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:33:28 -0400 Living Longer: Connecticut Residents Near the Top Connecticut men and women rank near the top in the United States for longevity, which health experts attribute to diet, activity and affluence. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/livinglonger.html CD9DA1A7-EE78-472C-BE8B-D80CE3D8DEB3 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:22:39 -0400 Connecticut Doctors Welcome New FDA Regulations on Sunscreen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on what claims sunscreen manufacturers may make about their products - a change that Connecticut skin experts say is welcome. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/sunscreen.html A0DD709B-0152-4181-91C1-5C7AAA4CFC48 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:44:30 -0400 2011 Team Gearing Up for Coast to Coast for a Cure First-year medical student Tom Williams and first-year dental student Xing Zhu, representing half the 2011 Coast to Coast for a Cure team join WTIC radio's Sam Gingeralla to discuss their cross-country bike trek to raise money for Lea's Foundation for Leukemia Research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/coasttocoast/index.html CB8CD04B-1CED-45B7-A876-6CCD4FCB6A71 Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:09:20 -0400 Free Skin Cancer Screenings Available at Calhoun Ride Dr. Jane Grant-Kels, chair of the UConn Health Center Department of Dermatology, joins WTIC NewsTalk 1080’s Ray Dunaway to talk about the different types of skin cancers and explain how you can get a free skin cancer screening at the Jim Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk Saturday, June 11. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/skincancer/index.html 238F7E8A-0C4E-4709-AE7C-3F880A7E4150 Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:33:32 -0400 Sickle Cell Disease Shows UConn Health Center's Potential The tantalizing potential of Gov. Malloy's $900 million gamble on the University of Connecticut Health Center can be seen in a forgotten illness that almost nobody particularly cares about. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/sickle_cell.html 75715459-C803-49AA-ADFB-17439C964D47 Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:47:17 -0400 Malloy's UConn Health Center Plan Passes First Hurdle in Senate Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's $864 million proposal to renovate and expand the UConn Health Center in Farmington passed the state Senate Wednesday, 15 days after it was first announced. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/healthcenterplan.html 1BE05AF6-ED0A-4BFF-84D5-FC1D121B7FDE Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:06:12 -0400 Bioscience Connecticut: Making the Case Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs and medical school dean, discusses the Bioscience Connecticut proposal on WTIC News Talk 1080 and CT-N. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jun11/bioscience/index.html 94FC92D0-0384-4F8E-A787-EC032A6FA1AC Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:58:59 -0400 Construction Workers Turn Out to Back UConn Health Center Plan Hearings on the near-perennial proposals to revamp the UConn Health Center tend to draw doctors, university officials and hospital administrators, with testimony about the university and area hospitals. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/constructionworkers.html 63BA8687-7D75-437C-9AAD-55FE4B646E7F Fri, 27 May 2011 14:42:33 -0400 Designer Drug Bath Salts - A Growing and Dangerous Trend Dr. Marc Bayer, medical director with the Connecticut Poison Control Center at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed on FOX CT about the increasing and dangerous use of bath salts to get high. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/bath_salts.html 1F1F80DA-9A29-46AD-A6BD-0EA3A14256DC Wed, 25 May 2011 12:54:25 -0400 William Raveis Raises Close to $1.5 Million Last month, William Raveis Real Estate presented a check for $153,000 to members of the William Raveis American Cancer Society (ACS) Patient Navigator Program at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medial Center Patient Navigator Program in Boston, Massachusetts in support of those fighting breast cancer. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/william_raveis.html CE05E3ED-F3DF-4438-895F-054B67F84FFD Fri, 20 May 2011 16:00:14 -0400 Health Center Expansion: Thinking Big on Job Creation This week, Gov. Dannel Malloy began beating the drums for a $900 million economic development initiative called "Bioscience Connecticut." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/job_creation.html 8FBB330F-94EA-46FD-8C0A-80E7C13BA243 Thu, 19 May 2011 09:12:15 -0400 Bioscience Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy unveils a new Bioscience Connecticut initiative aimed at creating thousands of jobs and making the state a leader in bioscience research and clinical care. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/bioscience.html 833DBD4C-7E5D-4BDF-831E-7A3463D97D5C Wed, 18 May 2011 13:59:25 -0400 Malloy Unveils $864M Plan for University of Connecticut Health Center Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing an $864 million plan that he says will transform the aging University of Connecticut Health Center into a cutting-edge hub of bioscience education, research and jobs. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/malloy_plan.html 6FAC291D-3BB2-4218-941E-A51204547BFC Wed, 18 May 2011 10:58:57 -0400 UConn, Area Hospitals Make Breakthroughs Together A specialist in infectious diseases at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Dr. Juan Salazar has collaborated regularly with researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He says the relationship has led to several breakthroughs in his work. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/breakthroughs.html 749FBE88-9BBB-4BFB-BCD6-7328F774E713 Tue, 10 May 2011 10:24:10 -0400 Dangers of Tanning Beds UConn dermatologist, Dr. Hanspaul Makkar, is interviewed on NBC Connecticut about how tanning beds can increase your risk of melanoma and other skin cancers. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/tanning_beds.html 72DC5409-12B6-4A85-B4CD-84242F437AAA Tue, 3 May 2011 14:47:11 -0400 As Health Care Changes, So Does Nursing In the 50 years since the UConn Health Center was established, the field of health care has undergone monumental changes. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/nursing.html 9C9586ED-B26F-4E04-A87E-00218A195B78 Mon, 2 May 2011 16:30:20 -0400 Celeste LeWitt Made Art, Music, People Her Passions Celeste LeWitt was the Johnny Appleseed of art, music and good conversation. She never met a person she didn't find interesting, and she loved connecting people with others. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/may11/celeste_lewitt.html B0E0A097-036C-435B-8BB1-B070C65DC239 Mon, 2 May 2011 12:07:53 -0400 Why Artificial Light at Night Could Threaten Your Health Cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens discusses the latest research on the health effects of artificial light at night on WTIC NewsTalk 1080’s "Face Connecticut." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/artificial_light/index.html 98F559E7-0406-47D1-BB82-21A8DB68F970 Thu, 5 May 2011 08:18:47 -0400 Bladder Cancer Dr. Jessica Clement, a medical oncologist at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut’s Yvonne Nava about bladder cancer and a new bladder cancer support group that the Health Center has started - the first one in New England. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/bladder_cancer.html F1603CBE-4601-4C75-B16B-CF2C1F16D790 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:14:10 -0400 Through Community Outreach, UConn Health Center Makes a Lasting Impact Since its doors opened 50 years ago, the UConn Health Center has had an unmistakable impact on the communities of central Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/community_outreach.html 221615B9-9268-49D5-A4E4-1279A1D29C5E Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:44:18 -0400 Healthy Choices: Nutrition, Cancer Prevention Dr. Molly Brewer, gynecologic oncologist, comments on the role of nutrition and exercise in cancer prevention in this NBC Connecticut report. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/cancer_prevention.html 1016CA58-873C-4FC9-87B7-417D371B4CB7 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:44:38 -0400 Athletes, Public Invited to Sports Injury Symposium Featuring UConn Football Coach Dr. Robert Arciero, chief of the UConn Health Center’s Sports Medicine Division, joins Logan Byrnes on FOX Connecticut to discuss sports injuries and the April 11 free program at the UConn Health Center featuring UConn football coach Paul Pasqualoni. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/pasqualoni.html 7CA46C8D-A241-4D48-986A-276B66EF96A7 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:00:40 -0400 UConn’s New Football Coach Headlining Free Sports Injury Talk at Health Center Dr. Thomas Trojian, director of the UConn Health Center's Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs, joins Brad Davis and Mary Jones to discuss the April 11 sports injury program at the UConn Health Center featuring UConn football coach Paul Pasqualoni. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/apr11/pasqualoni/index.html C1A86A82-0744-45AB-9882-121561F65F7F Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:30:14 -0400 The Disappearing Night Sky: Making Us Sick? Cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center joins Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss the latest research on the cancer risk associated with artificial light. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/nightsky/index.html DCA104F8-2631-421F-9293-1EDA61D854F5 Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:21:43 -0400 Too Many Old Men Get Prostate Cancer Tests: Study Many men in their 80s get regular blood tests for prostate cancer even though there's no evidence the tests will benefit them, according to a new study. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/prostatecancer.html 040E4C6A-A9B3-4AF1-A182-4216B31AEDC2 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:27:01 -0400 Freezing Eggs: UConn Offers Women Another Option Joni Stehlik and her fellow researchers were searching for a way to improve the success rate of fertilizing women's eggs after freezing and thawing them out. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/freezingeggs.html 7836CAE9-4ACC-4BFF-92B6-A7BB443EF391 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:18:08 -0400 Stem Cell Research: 'Sexy, Hot Stuff' All you cynics about the potential for a glowing economic future for Connecticut, meet Gordon Carmichael. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/stemcell_research.html E9D68AD0-A213-4767-9D4A-EF1A606C0E53 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:02:34 -0400 Safety Tips for National Poison Prevention Week Amy Hanoian-Fontana, community education specialist at the Connecticut Poison Control Center, joins Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss for National Poison Prevention Week. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/safety_tips/index.html B44EF98A-2AF1-4250-99F7-44200DCC670E Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:25:13 -0400 State Showcases Local Expertise at Stem Cell Symposium For the state's first stem cell symposium, held in 2007 and called StemCONN, the organizers relied on imported talent. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/stemcell_symposium.html 0035791C-1F00-494D-9573-784B30FBB4D1 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:11:01 -0400 Medical Schools Invest in Primary Care As a child, Clay Buchanan heard so many stories of his pediatrician-father's patients that he practically considered them kin. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/primarycare.html 8C4E2EED-9452-48B8-8D1A-67EE97230478 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:51:46 -0400 A Reminder for Keeping Kids Safe Amy Hanoian-Fontana, outreach coordinator for the Connecticut Poison Control Center, offers some tips for National Poison Prevention Week. This report by the Connecticut Radio Network's Mark Sims aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/kids_safe/index.html C47EB802-D443-4842-A416-618BDBC6A659 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:24:03 -0400 Medical Students Meet Their Match It was Match Day at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, when graduating students learn where they will spend their residencies, and Arya Varthi had just found out he was headed toward one of his top choices, a residency in orthopedic surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/matchday2011.html 213D76D3-01DB-42BA-9ED0-7243E2EC88E3 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:19:46 -0400 Light Pollution Cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens joins an expert panel discussing light pollution on KALW-FM public radio in San Francisco. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/light_pollution/index.html 30C213FD-CD5E-4CA1-BC97-7CDBB8EBAD87 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:58:00 -0400 Alzheimer's Disease and the Power of Caregivers Alzheimer's disease is a disease of the brain that has no cure. It affects a person's memory, thinking, and behavior. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/alzheimers.html 7C194182-5453-4E98-8A11-93FC525E91B8 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:41:38 -0400 Getting Ready for April 16 Gala Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the UConn School of Medicine, visited FOX Connecticut's Morning News on March 8 to talk about the upcoming White Coat Gala. The event will be held on April 16 and will celebrate the UConn Health Center's 50th anniversary. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/gala.html 784BA64F-489D-48B3-A09A-B54582887351 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:01:49 -0400 The Dangers of Losing Your Voice: The Silent Health Threat Think about all you have done and all you will do with your voice. You have seduced lovers and soothed children and pressed your case in arguments. It's so much more personal than your knee, but you react more casually to a voice problem than a knee injury. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/voice.html 7CED81FE-97B6-4BA3-B530-F8407081467E Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:38:11 -0400 UConn's Large Computer Screen Reveals Scientific Secrets The 12-panel, 50 million-pixel computer monitor at the UConn Health Center displayed multicolored images of two mice brains. They looked similar, but the screen - 4.5 feet by 9.1 feet - revealed a few subtle differences that otherwise might have gone undetected. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/computerscreen.html 849E6CAD-CD46-4650-BF23-B50DFDE4AD20 Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:12:35 -0500 Communities of Care Initiative Dr. Jason Ryan, co-director of the Heart Failure Center at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center and a member of Qualidigm’s Communities of Care Education Committee visits News 8 recently to talk about the Communities of Care initiative which reduces preventable hospital readmissions for patients with heart failure. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/mar11/heart_failure.html 0D9826ED-D07E-4426-AAC7-6D674B21BEF6 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:11:17 -0400 Brushing up on Dental Do's and Don'ts Dr. Jonathan Meier, UConn School of Dental Medicine, offers advice on NBC Connecticut's 11 a.m. news show about which dental care products are worth your time and money. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/dental.html B296A2EB-458E-4D4E-95BC-82FDF784E957 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:55:58 -0500 New Bladder Cancer Community Resource Dr. John Taylor, urologic oncologist, talks about the new bladder cancer support group he helped organize at the UConn Health Center on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/bladdercancer/index.html 2ED526F7-7E70-46F4-A76E-83331F7C19CA Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:43:14 -0500 Controversial New Book Sparks Parenting Debate Social worker Jennifer Vendetti, coordinator of the Nurturing Families Network at the Health Center, is interviewed on NBC Connecticut’s 11 a.m. news show about the book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua which has sparked a heated debate among parents about her strict education methods. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/parenting.html 399AE91D-5B25-4D60-84C3-577A7974A898 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:34:18 -0500 First Births from Frozen Eggs The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services (CARS) is featured in an NBC Connecticut story about freezing a woman’s eggs in order to preserve future fertility. CARS recently completed a study on egg freezing with positive results. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/frozeneggs.html F8CA8A55-2F24-484C-AB9B-3B806177BFDA Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:45:01 -0500 Greeter Enjoys Job, Life If you've been to the UConn Health Center, chances are you've encountered Philip Myrun. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/greeter.html 6A00C6E7-5716-444B-988A-812C3DC778AA Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:28:43 -0500 Is It Safe to Clean with Bleach? Poison control experts say they field more calls about bleach exposure than any other chemical. The dangers are compounded when combined with some other chemicals. However, bleach alone is generally safe at standard household concentrations, even if it causes some worrisome symptoms. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/bleach.html 5713B53E-A211-48A3-96A2-7015C776354E Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:21:18 -0500 Tips on Avoiding Dry Skin During Winter Months Two Health Center experts - Dr. Jane Grant-Kels, chair of the Dermatology Department at the UConn Health Center, and Paula Schenck, assistant director of the Center for Indoor Environments and Health - comment in a NBC Connecticut story about the perils of dry skin during the long winter months. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/dryskintips.html 118F6409-736C-4903-9731-D50F1C5881D1 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:40:33 -0500 Watson: From Jeopardy to the Hospital? Watson the computer had proven itself a formidable force this week in answering questions about Olympic oddities and literary characters on "Jeopardy!" Might it be answering your doctor's questions about your health in the future? http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/watson.html EB626A5A-C0B9-4D4A-840A-216FF95D5BF5 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:18:30 -0500 Cell and Genome Sciences Building Dedication NBC Connecticut covers the opening of the Health Center's new high-tech research building which houses more than 100 scientists involved with cutting edge research that ultimately could lead to novel therapies treating a broad range of diseases. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/cellandgenome.html 61BB6EB3-56F4-4956-AB02-CED526A6D905 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:59:46 -0500 UConn Health Center Uses Breakthrough Stem Cell Procedure to Help Child with Rare Condition Learn about the creative breakthrough procedure called Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, which researchers hope will help individuals with the rare neurological condition Angelman Syndrome. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/stemcell_procedure.html 7506D849-1E4A-4961-961F-422508519454 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:43:10 -0500 Stem Cell Research Update On the morning of the formal dedication of the Cell and Genome Sciences Building, Marc Lalande, department of genetics and developmental biology chair and associate dean for research planning and coordination, discusses stem cell research with Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/stemcell/index.html 3156D111-7B5B-4D66-9119-31E550C1C5F2 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:59:24 -0500 Aging and Health Dr. George Kuchel, chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, describes the role and mission of the UConn Center on Aging, where he serves as director, with John Dankosky on WNPR’s "Where We Live." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/aging/index.html 8F8BA847-0C69-48B1-921F-CC4B5B4FFD41 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:58:13 -0500 Considering Evolution and C-Sections This being the occasion of Charles Darwin's 202nd birthday, it seems as good a time as any to consider the evolutionary role of cesarean sections. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/evolution.html 305044C8-43D3-4BAD-B9B5-A29AE4FB402B Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:14:57 -0500 NAE Elects New Members The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 68 new members and nine foreign associates last week. The additions bring the total U.S. membership to 2,290 and foreign associate membership to 202. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/nae.html 4EE5EB8A-1159-4B34-BAD0-500A39F02C0D Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:28:41 -0500 UConn VP Named to National Academy Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/uconnvp.html B0FE1746-6FC2-4883-94D7-C41777B60FAF Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:06:26 -0500 Recognizing and Treating Heart Arrythmia Dr. Christopher Pickett, co-director of the Heart Rhythm Program at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, discusses heart arrhythmia with Sarah French on the FOX Connecticut Morning News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/heartarrythmia.html 551FC8EA-D347-4117-A71A-C1C87A7927B5 Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:41:25 -0500 UConn Center on Aging Physician Shares Expertise on Shingles Dr. Glendo Tangarorang from the UConn Center on Aging discusses shingles on WTIC NewsTalk 1080’s "Living Well Connecticut" with Bill Pearse. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/shingles/index.html 6E2A504B-2CFD-48AA-B120-5EF9DE2EE88F Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:43:04 -0500 King Observance Is a Call to Service On January 11, the NIH community took time to reflect on the life and legacy of the man known as the "drum major" of the civil rights movement. If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive today, he would be celebrating his 82nd birthday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/kingobservance.html 8A82E3DF-480B-48EE-A3C3-C9B9EF10A80A Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:30:52 -0500 UConn Researcher Part of Genome Breakthrough An expansive, three-year project has unlocked secrets of the genomes of the fruit fly and roundworm - secrets that could lead to medical breakthroughs for humans. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/feb11/genome.html BA551DDC-A3F6-4C8C-850F-2614EB2F04D2 Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:08:21 -0500 Coping with More Snow Dr. Karen Steinberg-Gallucci, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry, comments on the impact all the snow we've been seeing could have on our mental health. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/snow/index.html A51518F7-175B-42B0-82C0-C2C7730DB184 Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:56:14 -0500 UConn, Yale Make Key Stem Cell Discovery Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Yale University announced Monday they have uncovered a key gene in human embryonic stem cell development also enhances stem cell growth and survival. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/stemcell.html 284CF38E-2869-4CAD-B5B1-45662347DC91 Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:47:22 -0500 After Five Months in Intensive Care, Miracle Baby Going Home When Erin and Chris Lewis headed to a Labor Day picnic Sept. 5, they had no idea they would spend the next five months in a hospital room 300 miles from home waiting to see if their baby, then 24 weeks gestation, would survive. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/miraclebaby.html F2E4020F-505F-4A22-8B49-3252766EBEA2 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:46:12 -0500 Health Center Cardiologist Treats PAD with New Technology Dr. Kanwar Singh, interventional cardiologist in the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, is the first physician in New England to use a new device, the Wildcat catheter, to treat peripheral arterial disease. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/singh.html A7DB186B-C3F6-4F89-B90B-0AF0BBDECF19 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:54:27 -0500 Health Care Advocates Pack State Hearing on SustiNet Advocates for health care reform filled a hearing room to capacity Wednesday as they began the long process of shepherding the SustiNet plan through the legislature. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/sustinet.html 972349BC-380E-400F-80BA-4D49AB05BBE2 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:59:33 -0500 Ground-breaking Trial at UConn Health Center The Pat and Jim Calhoun Calhoun Cardiology Center of the UConn Health Center enrolled its first cardiac imaging study patient on Friday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/trial.html 24F1F3B2-2747-49AE-992A-80CA105DA677 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:45:13 -0500 Collaboration to Improve Access to Primary Care Dr. Adam Silverman, interim associate dean for clinical affairs, and Greg Makoul of St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center discuss the Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation with WTIC NewsTalk 1080's Ray Dunaway. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/primarycare/index.html A6C76502-11D7-4593-8A9A-1B2AF523E470 Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:49:00 -0500 Myocardial Infarction Alert: Scientists Find New Heart Attack Warning Sign Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, can happen fast and kill quickly. But scientists at the University of Connecticut Health Center say they have found a protein fragment in the blood that can be a predictor of heart attack. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/heartattackwarning.html 4ED87202-6304-4EE8-BECE-60EAA4B87369 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:13:31 -0500 New UConn President: Recent Bad News Just Something to 'Weather' When Susan Herbst was named the University of Connecticut's next president on December 20, she pronounced it her "dream job." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/newpresident.html 598BBBA7-9612-4E5A-92D0-06EA4A871911 Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:33:46 -0500 Five Newsmakers to Watch in 2011 In 2011, the University of Connecticut Health Center will achieve new levels of research furthering patient care and spinning off businesses based on breakthrough technology. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/newsmakers.html D14FE94E-35C6-40B8-BF81-07929730A677 Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:20:29 -0500 Catching up on Cancer Dr. Richard Everson and Dr Jessica Clement speak with WTIC NewsTalk 1080's Sam Gingerella about research on aspirin and cancer risk, the use of Avastin to treat breast cancer, and the bladder cancer support group scheduled to start at the UConn Health Center in February. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/cancer/index.html D02AB088-2ABB-4A8A-8127-511D6C65D8CA Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:54:02 -0500 Smoking Studies Help Curb Addictive Habit for Many Twenty years ago, two well-known physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School founded a Boston-based company that today is known as Best Doctors, Inc. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/smokingstudies.html 8602ECDC-B501-40F0-BCD0-303F536AD6DD Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:06:54 -0500 Greater Hartford’s Best Doctors Twenty years ago, two well-known physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School founded a Boston-based company that today is known as Best Doctors, Inc. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2011/jan11/bestdoctors.html 7587D08F-F500-4A7F-B282-CED5490CDFE8 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:24:22 -0500 Help With a Common New Year's Resolution Dr. William White, hypertension expert, discusses his smoking cessation study with John Rowland on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/resolution/index.html 6F45BA8E-B64F-448B-A95D-99B91BAD7CF4 Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:42:10 -0500 Quit Smoking for the New Year The most prominent hallway intersection in the University of Connecticut's new Cell and Genome Sciences Building contains a cafe, some couches and a demo room with conference tables and a large screen. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/quit_smoking.html 6C5CBA9C-A42F-47F8-BBA9-0DF7DED1370A Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:50:45 -0500 UConn Researchers Use Fruit Fly and Tiny Worm to Study Human Genome A press release from the UConn Health Center describes how researchers, in analyzing the genomes of the common fruit fly and a tiny worm, have made several discoveries that promise to reshape scientific understanding of how the human genome functions. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/genome.html 5E409FD8-7092-4E64-B616-6A504FAF0D36 Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:32:19 -0500 New Stem Cell Center Offers Myriad Research Possibilities The most prominent hallway intersection in the University of Connecticut's new Cell and Genome Sciences Building contains a cafe, some couches and a demo room with conference tables and a large screen. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/stemcell_center.html D11418A7-4E03-4842-8AA5-3BF65BE900C1 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:57:31 -0500 Pricey Prostate Cancer Drug Not for Everyone Dr. Peter Albertsen, Division of Urology chief, joins "Face Connecticut" on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss prostate cancer treatment, including the drug sipuleucel T, recently approved by the FDA for treatment of advanced prostate cancer. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/prostatecancer/index.html 54179AFD-A0E6-4346-8306-033B162B7F39 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:00:27 -0500 Do iPads Cause Insomnia? Our environment is increasingly impacting our health, separating us from the natural forces that interact with our physiology to keep us well. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/ipads.html D0FB2F86-9877-4595-804D-C5124BCACB32 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:45:11 -0500 Acetaminophen and Blood Pressure: UConn Hypertension Experts Weigh In A study in the journal Circulation suggests the drug acetaminophen can cause a significant increase in blood pressure in patients with coronary artery disease. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/bloodpressure/index.html C0DDF03C-4A42-466E-9A88-02B04AB54E44 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:12:44 -0500 Addressing Health Care Disparities Dr. Bruce Gould, associate dean for primary care, is part of a discussion about racial disparities in health care on FOX Connecticut’s "The Real Story" December 5, 2010. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/healthcare.html E27CDBF8-1CB1-4F74-ADDA-4C7FE48B200A Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:45:07 -0500 New Primary Care Institute The UConn School Medicine and St. Francis Hospital are teaming up to open a new primary care institute that will provide research and training to doctors. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/dec10/primarycare.html 286F255A-B3CB-41F9-A9C8-5254ED37E4F1 Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:21:15 -0500 High Priced Organics - Are They Worth the Extra Cost? UConn Health Center registered dietitian, Chris Carnright, is interviewed about the potential nutritional benefits of buying organic foods. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/organics.html BA1E64BC-7A70-4864-9107-1771A4040AE9 Wed, 1 Dec 2010 05:41:57 -0500 UConn's New Approach to PTSD Among Veterans Like a sniper's bullet, post-traumatic stress disorder cares not about its victim. PTSD violently strikes, tearing into a warrior's soul, destroying from the inside out. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/ptsd.html E4D683A4-5BBD-4FFC-9C4F-45CC72D31997 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:35:50 -0500 Facebook Dangers Jason Lang, UConn Health Center psychologist, offers advice to parents on how to monitor your child’s time on facebook. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/facebook.html 037A0F91-FDC2-45BF-94E4-1826029B3BAF Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:05:33 -0500 Studying PTSD in Iraq, Afghanistan War Veterans Juilan Ford, associate professor of psychiatry, discusses his research of post traumatic stress disorder in military personnel, including his study of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, on WTIC NewsTalk 1080's "State and Church" with John Rowland and Will Marotti. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/ptsd/index.html 187C5468-FCC2-4111-A7A6-0AD4B855D3E3 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:02:26 -0500 Hormone Replacement Therapy and Women's Health Dr. Carolyn Runowicz, director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses hormone replacement therapy in light of a recent study linking hormone replacement with increased breast cancer morbidity. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/womenshealth/index.html BB5BF341-D37E-4BC5-8DF1-717FA0DACDCC Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:56:09 -0500 The Destructive Food Relationship San Fransisco is banning The "Happy Meal" - not just from McDonalds, but from any restaurant linking toys with fatty, sugary foods. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/nov10/food/index.html 08521871-A52B-4DF0-A308-71BEA0AD1A82 Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:36:59 -0400 Is Taking 'Study Drugs' Illegally in College Cheating? Bradley Spahn, a senior at Wesleyan University, is trying to get the abuse of prescription drugs by students trying to improve their academic concentration and focus classified as cheating. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/studydrugs.html D89F47B2-277C-47CF-94E3-74781EBC3E84 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:45:49 -0400 Senator Crisco and DPH Announce Grant Recipients for Biomedical Research into Tobacco-related Illness Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) and the Department of Public Health today announced the recipients of state funding for biomedical research projects into tobacco-related illnesses. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/grant_recipients.html 42C52763-DF80-4AA9-8973-0F60065D053D Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:04:31 -0400 UConn Health Network Could Create Jobs Both In and Out of Medical Field As the UConn Health Center approaches its 50th anniversary, Dr. Cato Laurencin, dean of UConn Medical School and vice president for health affairs at the health center, told The Valley Press, "We think we've got a tremendous legacy for the past and future going forward." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/health_network.html D4C1D9EF-29FC-4F3F-BAD5-EB30A977EB18 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:49:24 -0400 Anatomy of a Cardiac Rescue Lifeguard Sam Allison poked and pinched. He shouted at the man whose 238-pound body was wedged between a treadmill and elliptical machine in the fitness room at Cornerstone Aquatics Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/cardiac_rescue.html 3E66CD38-E96C-40BE-ACA7-AB930A86C0AC Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:53:17 -0400 UConn Health Center Campus to Become Smoke-Free The University of Connecticut Health Center is preparing to become an entirely smoke-free campus in a few weeks. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/smokefree.html EC007352-7951-4122-BB1E-4DB38EF49D98 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:43:58 -0400 Researchers Question Tylenol's Use for Heart Patients For patients with certain heart conditions, Tylenol has long been a default pain reliever for doctors, but two papers this week -- including one from a University of Connecticut researcher -- question the wisdom of doing so. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/tylenol.html 9B965EC9-F1DC-4AB5-849D-27A19586E90C Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:36:39 -0400 CDC: 1/3 of U.S. Adults Could Be Diabetic by 2050 Diabetes educator Jean Kostak comments on a new CDC report warning that by 2050, 20 to 33 percent of U.S. adults will be diabetic. Report on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 with Aaron Kupec. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/diabetes/index.html ED4A0A08-EE4E-49B4-9103-591888D60858 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:30:53 -0400 Study Links HRT to Breast Cancer Morbidity Dr. Carolyn Runowicz, director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a new JAMA article suggesting a link between hormone replacement therapy and increased breast cancer morbidity with Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/cancer/index.html 585F04A2-9EAB-453E-A95E-E0CD0B1BC40E Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:14:52 -0400 St. Francis, UConn in Collaboration on Innovative Primary Care Institute To help reverse a primary care physician shortage in the state, a major Connecticut hospital and medical school are teaming up to open a new primary care institute that will provide research and training to doctors. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/primarycare.html DABF4982-FD92-4CFA-A243-B8FE1F16AFC1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:37:41 -0400 NASA Imaging Technology Helps Fight Breast Cancer The same software used by NASA scientists to determine the depths of lakes from space could also be used by doctors to detect changes in breast density during mammograms. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/nasa.html BF7BC941-B828-4A07-A324-E0CCA0D0E3CA Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:15:38 -0400 U.S.-approved Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Treats First Patient Stem cell researcher Stormy Chamberlain, assistant professor of genetics and developmental biology, discusses recent events in global stem cell research on "Mornings with Ray Dunway" on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/stemcelltrial/index.html 14D0D33F-6B32-411A-A051-E16674D123FE Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:57:15 -0400 Workplace Illness in Connecticut Drops; Rate Still Higher Than National Average The rate of workplace illness has declined in the state, but Connecticut workers report more on-the-job illnesses than the national average. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/workplace_illness/index.html 50A98482-F489-4BA7-AD25-E4A0879CB32B Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:05:11 -0400 UConn Researchers Make Breakthrough in Two Puzzling Disorders University of Connecticut researchers have created genetic models of two devastating diseases, providing what could be a useful tool for studying the causes of the disorders. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/uconn_researchers.html DF74C08F-CBA0-499D-B499-0F9B087C34F4 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:04:04 -0400 Researchers Up on Chocolate Milk, Down on Energy Drinks Put down the Red Bull, pick up the chocolate milk. So say two University of Connecticut researchers, each studying the effects of beverages on young people. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/energy_drinks.html 641D2C90-1E65-4F23-96E1-64D03D227F1F Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:03:17 -0400 PSA Kinetics: No Substitute for Annual Biopsy in Prostate Cancer Surveillance? Medicine treats more and more men who have early-stage prostate cancer with active surveillance, whereby clinicians monitor their illness and intervene only when the pathology report indicates a worsening risk profile. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/kinetics.html E2147505-4680-46C8-B2A9-2D9DF0144DE2 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:36:58 -0400 Huntington's Disease Dr. Carolyn Drazinic, assistant professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Developmental Biology, is interviewed on NBC Connecticut News about the devastating effects of Huntington’s disease. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/huntingtons.html 34247132-CE89-45B1-BCAA-FC10F0DAE074 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:26:51 -0400 Small Adenomas: A Big Problem The increasing detection rate of diminutive polyps is changing how endoscopists view these small lesions in the course of colon cancer screening. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/adenomas.html 124219EA-BC6F-4278-AE40-32FCC72EB3BC Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:16:06 -0400 Better Together A groundbreaking collaboration among local hospitals aims to build the region's reputation as a center of excellence in healthcare. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/oct10/better_together.html 4029ABCF-3353-44A7-889E-8B3027FB1CD7 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:25:32 -0400 Stem Cell Study Stem cell researcher Stormy Chamberlain, co-author of a study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, discusses the research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/stemcellstudy/index.html 5EE19DC9-5F2B-4081-926A-C4B264AB3F6A Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:58:11 -0400 Understanding Workplace Violence Dr. Cathie Lewis, forensic psychiatrist, is among the experts interviewed about workplace violence on "Viewpoints," a nationally syndicated radio public affairs program produced by Mediatracks, Inc. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/workplaceviolence/index.html 4B9AA0A1-CEA0-45B2-BDA3-0350034939A7 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:37:14 -0400 UConn Health Center to Offer Medication Disposal Saturday Anyone with expired or otherwise unwanted medications is invited to drop them off at the University of Connecticut Health Center Saturday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/medication_disposal.html B7E20A89-9F2C-4855-AF22-77F9141B2D74 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:41:35 -0400 Federal Stem Cell Research Funding up in the Air Marc Lalande, director, UConn Stem Cell Institute, discusses the state of stem cell research funding in light of recent federal court rulings on WTIC AM and FM. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/stemcell/index.html 31E0AB31-7BD9-4EB1-9B22-C4AC6CD44483 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:21:48 -0400 Rx: One Dosage of Art with Each Visit The Health Center's art collection is featured in the September 2010 issue of INK magazine. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/art.html CCF8A344-5BD9-4285-AE77-A4BA4F321D1B Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:21:48 -0400 Malloy Says Stem Cell Funds an Investment for Conn. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy Thursday said his administration would guarantee continued support for stem cell research as an investment that will generate jobs, as well as possibly help find a cure for debilitating illnesses. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/stemcell_investment.html 9EB33D85-BE80-4775-A242-8D2BCFFAF8A8 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:22:29 -0400 UTC’s Vitello Helping CT Chart "Green" Course Paul J. Vitello, assigned to eliminate hazardous materials from manufacturing operations at United Technologies Corp., has been tapped to help Connecticut promote widespread use of clean technology to spur job growth and safer workplaces. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/vitello.html E94C21EA-8734-42F5-A109-C001AABA0D35 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:14:32 -0400 Studying, Treating, Preventing High Blood Pressure Dr. Patrick Campbell, hospitalist and research physician in the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, shares his hypertension expertise on "Your Town" with Jerry Kristafer of WDRC-FM. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/bloodpressure/index.html 1630D1F8-5A1F-440F-BD0C-20B1D907F33A Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:34:39 -0400 Army Enlists UConn for Wound Research A University of Connecticut bioengineer has won two grants totaling more than $760,000 from the U.S. Army to devise techniques for faster tissue regeneration to heal battlefield wounds, UConn says. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/army.html 8B4EB817-718C-4CD3-995C-19D2525D9950 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:16:31 -0400 Cancer Prevention Richard G. Stevens, Ph.D., cancer epidemiologist and professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care discusses the benefits of exercise in cancer prevention with FOX Connecticut reporter Audrey Kuchen. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/cancerprevention.html 1FB95922-5817-4C9D-B948-21E3084557D7 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:42:26 -0400 Stem Cell Work Has Home Here Scientific grants worth about $70 million to stem cell researchers in Connecticut and other states were blocked by a recent federal court ruling barring such funding. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/stemcell.html 6E413D0E-1688-4119-8B1F-FFD6EC0346F8 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:39:55 -0400 UConn's Doty Has Successful Knee Surgery UConn junior guard Caroline Doty underwent successful surgery to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee Tuesday at the UConn Health Center in Farmington, and according to her father, she will be back in the training room by Thursday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/sep10/doty.html C5746FD6-C148-48D4-8FAE-3FF3B8E32EEF Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:12:32 -0400 The Stem Cell Debate Dr. Marc Lalande, director of UConn’s Stem Cell Institute, participates in a panel discussion on  WNPR’s Where We Live program concerning the federal judicial ruling limiting President Obama’s order to expand use of federal funds for human embryonic stem cell research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/stemcell/index.html 5FF03DAB-1F17-4498-82E1-A096B72CAE15 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:46:40 -0400 Center Takes Shape In the shadows of the UConn Health Center in Farmington, scientists, small incubator companies and commercialization executives have been quietly moving into a new 117,000-square-foot Cell and Genomic Sciences building recently opened by The University of Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/center.html 8A71DA5E-A827-4D05-A25C-1BEDF8E3CDFC Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:58:20 -0400 U.S. Birthrate Down for Second Straight Year Dr. Winston Campbell, Ob-Gyn chair, comments on the report from the National Center for Health Statistics for WTIC 1080 News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/birthrate/index.html 2FC92C31-2786-49D8-81A0-331E18799FB5 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:45:21 -0400 Stem Cell Case Rattles State's Researchers Connecticut stem cell researchers waited for answers and contemplated potential damage to their field Tuesday, a day after a federal court ruling that could limit funding for embryonic stem cell research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/stemcell.html 41AF3082-4249-427A-81BD-9611FA043DFD Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:32:19 -0400 Tanning as a Teen Can Mean Cancer as an Adult Although I'd rather celebrate back-to-school week with a trip to the spa, this year I'll be marking the occasion by spending a day with a surgeon at UConn Medical Center, having a basal cell carcinoma removed from my forehead. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/tanning.html CA17E9D8-9F1F-4A4C-A87A-B08F83834F0A Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:32:19 -0400 UConn Clinic Tends to Migrant Workers' Health In 1997, when Dr. Bruce Gould and two University of Connecticut medical students discussed how they could provide free health clinics to migrant tobacco pickers across the state, they knew next to nothing about the state's migrant workers. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/migrantworkers.html 1326F3EA-7765-45C6-A16A-2AC9D087F460 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:31:44 -0400 You Are Feeling Sleepy... Unless You Are a Teen Teens already have trouble getting enough sleep. And time spent on Facebook, text messaging and playing video games isn't making it any better. Dr. Jennifer Kanaan from the UConn Sleep Disorders Center talks about it with Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/sleep/index.html 7FAD6021-A793-4116-9F51-7ACF74B02B30 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:05:15 -0400 Heart Disease Awareness, Prevention Dr. Bruce Liang, director of the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, discusses heart disease awareness and prevention on the FOX Connecticut Morning News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/heartdisease.html 3EFC4727-1C5D-4A7F-BC10-EC3ACDC5BA69 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:17:00 -0400 Study Finds More Girls Reaching Puberty Early A study recently published in Pediatrics that finds more girls are maturing at an early age. Dr. Joseph Walsh, ob-gyn, talks about it with WTIC-NewsTalk 1080's Ray Dunaway. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/girls/index.html 8B2EF205-41F2-48BD-A194-026B9663E878 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:15:33 -0400 Cross-country Cycling Medical Students Return to Health Center Rising second-year medical students Loureen Fournier, Stacy White, Arturo Montano and Alex Ocampo pedal their way back to the UConn Health Center, nearly completing a cross-country bike ride to raise money for Lea's Foundation for Leukemia Research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/medicalstudents.html 3C2AF570-F3C2-445D-B9F4-3074D816065D Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:40:23 -0400 Calhoun Shows Charitable Side Jim Calhoun struck familiar sideline poses Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena, with significant tweaks in mood and style. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/calhoun.html 31E7F4E3-9E29-4893-8C48-F0CA6FDAC8B8 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:23:50 -0400 UConn Health Center Performs Breakthrough Aneurysm Procedure The first procedure in the Greater Hartford area to repair an abdominal aneurysm using a tiny surgical incision was recently performed at the University of Connecticut Health Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/aneurysm.html AD9CB619-7BFE-474D-A40F-EA1BF37F61C3 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:12:54 -0400 Finding the Right Home - and Contentment, Too When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility - a moment few parents or children approach without dread - what you’d like to have is clarity. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/home.html 046DB65D-C6C8-47D2-81DA-39CC7B3C2B0D Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:02:57 -0400 Q&A with Gastroenterologist Joseph C. Anderson, UConn Health Center Gastroenterologist Joseph C. Anderson from the UConn Health Center answers questions about colorectal cancer. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/aug10/anderson.html 1C8EF959-FD23-4472-8916-3AC4774D133D Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:06:53 -0400 Halfway Home In the middle of their cross-country bike trek to raise money for Lea's foundation for Leukemia Research, med students Loureen Fournier, Alex Ocampo. Stacy White and Arturo Montano check in from Kansas City with WTIC NewsTalk 1080's Ray Dunaway. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/halfwayhome/index.html EA26E543-F3E9-4A80-9460-D5E4CBC88F85 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:03:10 -0400 Health Center Offers Continuation of Sickle Cell Disease Care The Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinical and Research Center is a medical home for adults with sickle cell disease. Its director, Dr. Biree Andemariam, discusses it on NBC Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/sicklecell.html 46344FCE-5437-4AD9-993B-DE5A29D2CCF9 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:57:31 -0400 Stem Cell Payoff The state's $100 million investment in stem cell research could be on the verge of one its biggest breakthroughs yet. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/stemcell_payoff.html F5D3997A-58CD-40A7-821E-FEE45CC1CF3C Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:30:15 -0400 Treating the Trauma of War Civilians generally have little understanding of the psychic trauma endured by combat veterans. Having witnessed horrific bloodshed, soldiers often return home with severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that can last for years. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/trauma_war.html 5EB0EECC-8C97-4F21-BC0A-D97E3AF7FDFF Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:09:01 -0400 Stem Cell Scientist Targets Osteoarthritis Caroline Dealy trained as a developmental biologist. For more than 20 years, she studied how embryos develop. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/stemcell_scientist.html F61D3C79-70E5-4CF4-A299-20A54F379931 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:55:09 -0400 Getting Students Interested in Science Thanks to an academic summer camp she attended while in high school, Gian Grant will be starting her freshman year at UConn this fall on an educational track that she hopes will take her all the way through medical school. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/science.html 1E5B31E3-E466-46B3-855C-BA132F69384F Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:16:40 -0400 Governor Rell Announces New Tech Business Incubation Initiative at UConn Health Center Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that a state initiative to spur the development of high-tech start-ups, foster additional economic development and stimulate job creation is expanding to a third location: the University of Connecticut Health Center campus in Farmington. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/incubation.html 3FDDBE75-C8F3-449B-AE4F-E03B72CB2AD0 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:27:01 -0400 New Angioplasty Procedure Dr. Michael Azrin, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and the Interventional Cardiology Program at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, is interviewed about the benefits of radial artery (wrist) angioplasty on WXXA-FOX, Albany, NY. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/angioplasty.html D9653F2C-F85E-4C10-BBC6-E30087A5DBE2 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:00:28 -0400 Fighting Cancer Jim Rusling, professor of chemistry at the Storrs campus and professor of cell biology at the Health Center, is featured in an NBC Connecticut story about his work on early cancer detection. Dr. Molly Brewer, gynecologic oncologist at the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, and patient JoAnn Marrero are also interviewed. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/fightingcancer.html AA393A1E-3AC5-4658-AC7A-583D352A358D Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:31:54 -0400 Health Center Physician Helps Treat Kidney Disease in Whale Dr. Andre Kaplan, medical director of the UConn Dialysis Center, led an unprecedented effort to treat a dying beluga whale’s kidney disease at Mystic Aquarium earlier this year. He discusses it with Logan Byrnes on the FOX Connecticut Morning News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/whale.html 096F541E-C662-4636-8451-0AFDCAE7DDF4 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:16:32 -0400 Our View: Veterans Getting Care They Deserve There is some encouraging news this morning on two fronts with regard to treating veterans - particularly those from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - suffering from PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/veterans.html 838766EC-94FC-479D-8D5F-18EA3439E5CD Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:07:57 -0400 Protecting Your Eyes from Sun Damage Dr. William Ehlers, Health Center ophthalmologist, talks with NBC Connecticut’s Yvonne Nava about the importance of wearing sunglasses to prevent future eye damage and what lenses offer the best protection. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/eyes.html 441CE23C-8F68-40E6-931A-9E1780247C65 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:43:49 -0400 PTSD Treatment Study for Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans Health Center psychologist Julian Ford discusses his study of post-traumatic stress disorder among military veterans on FOX CT News. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/ptsd_study.html C4246E66-2293-420B-B091-7E2F97181140 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:43:07 -0400 Health Center Compares PTSD Treatments University of Connecticut researchers have launched a study to determine whether a new method of treating post-traumatic stress disorder could help veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/ptsd_treatments.html 35ACE446-F84F-4BF3-823F-9546FCB7365C Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:47:57 -0400 Saviors in Scrubs In less-developed countries, Connecticut doctors are helping to save lives, village by village. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/saviors_scrubs.html 2A2F1857-81DB-49EF-B66B-398CE794371A Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:17:14 -0400 Targeted Radiation Two years ago, UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun learned from his doctors at UConn Health Center in Farmington that one of the lymph nodes in his neck was cancerous. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/targeted_radiation.html B99DE4CC-4A4F-4903-8095-B8A532F94B2D Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:16:41 -0400 Connecticut Hospitals Beat National Average on Quality The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new data on a range of health care quality measures Wednesday, part of a website meant to help consumers compare hospitals. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/cthospitals.html F77A91A2-4491-4054-9906-F94000779994 Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:54:53 -0400 Medical Students Ride 4,000 Miles to Find Cancer Cure School's out for the summer and after months of grinding study and clinical work, UConn medical students have one thing on their minds: relaxation. Well, not all UConn students. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/studentsride.html 8B537308-7626-4618-94F8-53114EAA40A6 Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:45:10 -0400 Dangerous Heat An NBC Connecticut report on the health hazards of heat exposure includes advice from Dr. Rebecca Andrews, primary care physician. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/heat.html 2B9D0FEF-854E-47C4-89E5-03C3B35EBFC5 Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:04:08 -0400 UConn Reaches Stem Cell Milestone Connecticut’s support of embryonic stem cell research has reached an important milestone with the announcement that four stem cell cultures grown at the University of Connecticut have been approved for use in federally funded research. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/stemcell_milestone.html 67827CB9-D837-4E1A-B224-01B7B176C51F Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:06:44 -0400 Avoiding Unhealthy Sun Exposure Dr. Jane Grant-Kels, dermatology chair, discusses the dangers of sun exposure with WTIC Newstalk 1080’s Ray Dunaway. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jul10/sunexposure/index.html C848BE55-8B9E-4190-8124-3E92952AF2F4 Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:08:20 -0400 New Tumor-Detection Method: End to Biopsy? UConn researchers, both in Storrs and at the Health Center, are studying the effectiveness of an imaging device that has been shown to locate and analyze suspicious tumors in breast tissue. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/tumordetection.html 6DDB5816-BF8A-4826-B420-6F031E3FEC2D Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:37:28 -0400 UConn Receives Federal Approval for Four Lines of Embryonic Stem Cells There are fewer than 80 lines of human embryonic stem cells eligible to be used for federally funded research and, as of this week, four of them come from the University of Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/stemcells.html 36D807F3-23FC-4892-B6D5-7CD25BC7AEF1 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:06:57 -0400 Inside a Dietitian's Cupboard UConn Health Center registered dietitian Kelsey Mangano and her dietitian roommates show NBC Connecticut’s Diana Perez that they practice what they preach. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/dietician.html 84967BF7-6807-4C93-9251-73CF3C867403 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:48:43 -0400 Studying the Aging Workforce Dr. Martin Cherniack from the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine discusses the changing demographics of the workforce, and their potential research and policy implications, with WILI-AM’s Wayne Norman. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/agingworkforce/index.html 8B90EA75-22AD-4B67-A052-4B09A318E3CF Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:03:31 -0400 Experts Clash on ARBs Potential Link to Cancer Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) are commonly administered as a treatment to high-blood pressure, heart failure (HF) and other complex patient conditions and have been shown to reduce incidence of stroke, MI and HF. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/cancer.html F8FAE489-31F7-4DFE-B54F-BA9E9AD6F37E Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:32:17 -0400 PTSD Study Seeks Soldiers Back From Iraq, Afghanistan Dr. Julian Ford, associate professor of psychiatry, discusses his study of posttraumatic stress disorder among military veterans on WTIC NewsTalk 1080’s "Sound Off Connecticut" with Jim Vicevich. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/ptsd/index.html FA96ECF5-E679-4CD6-83C9-9A73BFE819D2 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:55:43 -0400 Poison Prevention Tips to Avoid Summer's Hazards Community education specialist, Amy Hanoian-Fontana, with the Connecticut Poison Control Center at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut's Yvonne Nava about how to protect our children from potential summertime hazards. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/poisonprevention.html 0647E68E-D707-482A-A158-F991ACC0C768 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:39:24 -0400 Studying the Link Between Vitamin D and Blood Pressure Dr. William White, professor and chief of the Calhoun Cardiology Center’s Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, and president-elect of the American Society of Hypertension, discusses his clinical study of the association of high blood pressure with vitamin D deficiency with Logan Byrnes on FOX Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/vitamind.html 52CE926D-0B1F-498D-85D6-98E844344C55 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:13:39 -0400 Easy Rider After experiencing bicycle breakdowns, road mishaps, and physical problems over the last few years, Jim Calhoun was well-prepared for the 2010 Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/easyrider.html 177ACBA4-24C1-4899-86C2-35299BB1F8D4 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:26:16 -0400 Study Suggests Cancer Risk with Blood Pressure Drugs; Hypertension Experts Skeptical Published research suggests a modest increase in cancer risk associated with the use of the class of blood pressure medication known as ARBs. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/cancer_risk/index.html 0DC491C7-6273-4589-A4C5-2D4B908ADA52 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:21:24 -0400 Area Group Looks to Raise Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Most anniversaries, especially centennials, are reason to rejoice. However, for patients facing sickle cell disease the fact that it was discovered in America in 1910 seems little cause to break out the champagne. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/sicklecell.html 1DD1A67B-F783-4D6B-A888-E85DD24BEC2B Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:40:37 -0400 Smoking Linked to Aggressive Colon Polyps: Study A new study has uncovered a strong link between smoking and the development of precancerous polyps called flat adenomas in the large intestine, a finding that researchers say may explain the earlier onset of colorectal cancer among smokers. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/polyps.html 2A958D28-20E5-4ABD-8423-CEF46D73497B Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:04:26 -0400 Tips to Prevent Sports Injuries It’s World Cup Soccer time, and soon fall sports athletes will be in training for their new season. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/sportsinjuries/index.html C70E8A5D-88AE-4875-A227-BACBCBDEDFE4 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:44:06 -0400 Update on UConn Health Center’s Future Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs and medical school dean, joins WTIC Newstalk 1080’s Ray Dunaway to discuss next steps now that the UConn Health Network Bill is law. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/hospital/index.html 85B05801-5BAA-4EA0-8A64-51B5D75AC954 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:19:09 -0400 More Medical Care Isn't Always Better Dr. James Egan, chair of the Health Center’s OB/GYN department, is interviewed by Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 about the increasing number of women having C-sections when giving birth. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/csections/index.html DD9E0824-B28B-485A-B4DE-351F2CCFA7E8 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:05:37 -0400 State Rep. Roberta Willis Praises Hospital Law A local state representative praised a new bill signed into law Friday that will authorize a $362 million proposal to renovate and expand a University of Connecticut hospital. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/willis.html 2F53B3E0-6E51-441F-85F1-FFC1F1DBE6DB Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:56:47 -0400 UConn Hospital Funding Gets Rell's Signature Gov. M. Jodi Rell today signed into law a $362 million plan to expand and renovate the University of Connecticut's John Dempsey Hospital and build a network for area hospitals to collaborate on teaching and research efforts. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jun10/funding_rell.html B3E8A54C-1066-449C-A029-5174FB4F408B Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:56:11 -0400 What Causes Back Pain, and How to Prevent It Back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/backpain.html 55C43192-9FCD-4415-A252-612673E4D592 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:16:03 -0400 GI Health Update Dr. Joseph Anderson from the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center joins Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to talk about lifestyle choices and colon cancer, and to help bust a myth some companies use to sell weight-loss products. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/gihealth/index.html 383A1FC9-F5D7-4C05-9D2F-D01051B310DC Fri, 28 May 2010 15:24:30 -0400 Volunteering to Save Lives in Haiti Dr. Robert fuller was among the first foreign medical specialists to arrive at Port-au-Prince's largest hospital, three days after the January 12 earthquake hit. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/haiti.html 488047EB-16DD-4023-BA8B-FD81F220CD3F Tue, 25 May 2010 16:36:02 -0400 UConn Scientist May Have Way to Detect Pre-tumor Cancer A University of Connecticut researcher thinks he might have found a way to find cancer even before it reveals itself in a tumor or other symptoms. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/pretumorcancer.html 030FFCB4-B3C6-42F5-A5E1-2F2B3F4C0C43 Fri, 21 May 2010 14:58:50 -0400 Study: Uninsured Don't Go to the ER More Than Insured A kiss gone awry isn't the typical route that lands a person in the emergency room, but that's just how Maggie Craytor ended up in the University of Virginia Medical Center's emergency department in August. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/uninsured.html A56B71E3-8A66-4A0C-86F8-2B180CD1C3DC Thu, 20 May 2010 15:19:03 -0400 Update on Adult Sickle Cell Program Dr. Biree Andemariam, who established the Health Center's Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinical and Research Center, discusses the program on WTIC radio's "Face Connecticut." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/sicklecell/index.html 5AE13F78-C971-482D-89A2-A68F3C3DEC95 Tue, 18 May 2010 16:22:43 -0400 Caring for Our Voice as We Age Dr. Denis Lafreniere, founder of the Health Center’s Voice and Speech Clinic, and Broadway pro Flo Lacey discuss the importance of vocal health as we age on WNPR radio's "Colin McEnroe Show." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/voice/index.html 150C6804-D08F-49CB-A178-163B53E997D5 Mon, 17 May 2010 16:39:00 -0400 Heavy Smokers Have More Flat Adenomas on Colorectal Screening The aggressive type of polyp known as a flat adenoma is associated with smoking, which might help explain earlier onset of colorectal cancer in smokers, a prospective cross-sectional study suggests. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/smokers.html 1BD3FC1A-E5A2-46C2-A21A-1112CF0B684F Tue, 11 May 2010 10:00:40 -0400 More Moms Waiting Until 35 or Later to Have First Child With more career-minded women than ever, advancements in fertility treatments and more people waiting longer to marry, the number of women over age 35 having babies is on the rise. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/moms.html BA120C95-6780-478D-9EF5-7AE6C55DDCF7 Mon, 10 May 2010 15:32:26 -0400 Protect Yourself Against Suns Damaging Rays Dr. Jane Grant-Kels, head of dermatology at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut's Yvonne Nava about the dangers of skin cancer and how to prevent it. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/skincancer.html 0A8F5C8B-5950-4958-B140-C759D9FFF412 Thu, 6 May 2010 13:20:41 -0400 $362 Million Plan Passes: UConn Health Center Will Get New Hospital Tower The University of Connecticut Health Center campus in Farmington can look forward to a new patient tower, central Connecticut a number of new medical initiatives, and area hospitals an ambitious new partnership under a plan that won final legislative approval Tuesday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/newhospital.html BC69E259-F854-45A9-BDDA-7B2940EBEE97 Wed, 5 May 2010 10:14:20 -0400 Preventing Sports Injuries in Kids Dr. Thomas Trojian, director of the Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute, and Asjha Jones of the Connecticut Sun, talk with Logan Byrnes on Fox CT Morning News about stopping sports injuries. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/may10/injuryprevention.html D5B814EA-DDD4-451D-B55D-65660848E988 Wed, 5 May 2010 10:14:17 -0400 Quadruplets Born at UConn Health Center For the first time in 12 years, quadruplets were born at the University of Connecticut Health Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/quadruplets.html 7846D8C9-D51D-4696-BDD8-0E38AA8965F1 Thu, 6 May 2010 13:20:40 -0400 Sports Concussion Education Dr. Thomas Trojian, director of the Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs in the New England Musculoskeletal Institute, is interviewed on WTIC 1080's Healthy Rounds program about the dangers of concussions while playing sports. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/concussion/index.html 97C93AD4-3547-401F-AEA6-FD209BD6FE34 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:05:24 -0400 Ergonomic Fixes More About Design Than Cost Q&A visits with Dr. Martin Cherniak, professor of medicine at UConn Health Center and head of its Ergonomic Technology Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/ergonomic.html 07CEFE79-764E-4822-93E2-29E674265A09 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00:57 -0400 Spring Sport Injury Prevention Dr. Karen Myrick, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the New England Musculoskeletal Institute at the UConn Health Center, talks with Yvonne Nava of NBC Connecticut about spring sport injury prevention. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/injuryprevention.html 0ADF802A-E0A5-432A-A75C-EC54B64AAE3D Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:13:20 -0400 Seasonal Allergies and Asthma Dr. Mark Metersky, pulmonologist, discusses seasonal allergies and asthma on WNPR radio's "Colin McEnroe Show." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/allergies_asthma/index.html 2853C937-A850-4D4E-9914-A7B59256D6D3 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:05:53 -0400 Calhoun Cardiology Center Awarded Breast Cancer Grant Cardiologists, oncologists and radiologists at the University of Connecticut Health Center will work together to research the effects of chemotherapy on breast cancer survivors’ heart health. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/grant.html D55950D8-68C8-4460-A469-42B5A2F55753 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:56:59 -0400 How to Make a Home More Environmentally Friendly for Seniors If a family member wants to remain at home, there are certain things caregivers should check to make sure the living environment is as comfortable as possible -- especially if your loved one has a respiratory condition. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/seniors.html 527FC30D-4483-4C0E-B705-8ADA656D39AC Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:54:09 -0400 UConn Health Center Gives White-Coat Salute to Dr. Lawrence Raisz Dr. Lawrence G. Raisz just wants people to know there are serious research opportunities at the University of Connecticut Health Center, the kind that make a medical center great. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/raisz.html 7863A122-FBB7-495D-94C3-3FCE6C4E35C1 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:40:46 -0400 Menu Makeovers Registered dietitian Linda York shows NBC Connecticut’s Yvonne Nava how to transform family favorite recipes into healthier yet still tasty meals. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/apr10/menu_makeovers.html 8639F6E6-5EDF-49DB-A9E1-C41B8FDC8935 Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:12:33 -0400 White Coat Gala Is April 10 Dr. Cato Laurencin, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the UConn School of Medicine, appeared on the FOX 61 Morning Show on March 29 to talk about the upcoming White Coat Gala, and the importance of supporting clinician-researchers. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/whitecoatgala.html 89C3CD58-C52D-4669-9C19-2A17C2BDC57E Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:13:05 -0400 What It Will Take to Turn State Around Connecticut has a remarkable history in innovation, manufacturing and insurance, but over the past 20 years Connecticut has seen out-migration of its population and a steady deterioration in the quality of its jobs. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/cteconomy.html 7DE7D62B-AE30-49BD-89A1-8347F6FD5887 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:39:13 -0400 UConn, with Eye on $100 Million in Federal Funds, Gets $8 Million to Rehab a Health Center Building Nearly $8 million in federal stimulus funds is headed to the UConn Health Center, where the money will be used to renovate one of the original buildings on the Farmington campus. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/funds.html 4BDA9FFB-B875-4B69-BB3F-A93B89CE274E Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:14:43 -0400 Height Loss in Older Women May Signal Vertebral Fracture When asked by their physician how tall they currently are, postmenopausal women often overestimate their height by an average of 2.4 cm, a new study shows. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/heightloss.html FB1D915F-E61C-4EF3-872D-E13989FFD1F9 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:01:38 -0400 CPTV Town Hall Special 'Confronting Colorectal Cancer' Watch the CPTV broadcast of 'Confronting Colorectal Cancer,' a special town hall presentation featuring Dr. Joseph Anderson as one of the expert panelists. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/cptv.html 5ECC5F99-CE5D-4BDD-9359-4A000596A8D8 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:53:01 -0400 March Madness May Spell Trouble for Problem Gamblers Dr. Robert Trestman, psychiatrist, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut's Yvonne Nava about the warning signs of problem gambling. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/gamblers.html 58835A5C-4146-465C-A43C-7CECD43215C9 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:56:09 -0400 Debate Continues Over Best Way to Screen for Prostate Cancer Digital rectal exams have been around for more than a century. But increasingly, some doctors are questioning whether the benefits they offer in detecting prostate cancer are enough to outweigh the number of men they scare off. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/prostatecancer.html 388E4AE8-8A93-4B30-AF35-3647BA413516 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:51:14 -0400 World Sleep Day A story about World Sleep Day 2010 includes comment from Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, an expert in the Sleep Disorders Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/sleep/index.html 6AE8B424-8688-4E9D-BF12-CD208994D73C Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:08:13 -0400 Update from President Hogan on the UConn Health Network President Mike Hogan joins Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss the early progress of a proposed new and improved John Dempsey Hospital as part of a larger plan to establish a UConn Health Network in collaboration with the region's other hospitals. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/hogan/index.html 5CA62872-E61D-4EC4-A9A8-9E99D8944E39 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:02:55 -0400 $352 Million UConn Health Center Plan Gets Early "Yes" Vote A $352 million proposal for the UConn Health Center cleared its first legislative committee Tuesday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/healthcenterplan.html 022F2907-D1F5-4F50-A6AB-4D1D58E3159B Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:09:10 -0400 Health Center Proposal Merits Support Ambition and reality appear to have found a meeting place in the plan introduced by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to bring needed modernization and regional cooperation to the operation of the University of Connecticut Health Center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/proposal.html 7AF70A74-FE28-4B5A-8A26-67B8CCC67F04 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:04:29 -0400 Health Network Would Cure Many Ills If anyone in government - local, state or federal - had the cure for all of the problems in health care today, they would be a miracle worker. The question is immensely complex and the issues incredibly diffuse. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/health_network.html 72BD3338-6E54-4560-A15B-A9CB0058C948 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:03:36 -0400 Dentists of Mercy: Free Middletown Clinic Helps People with Pain But No Insurance Joshua Kerwin dreads the dentist so much that he went more than a decade without seeing one, even as his teeth decayed and ached. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/freeclinic.html 40F5CECF-CCE8-45E4-9AAD-CFFACF914F70 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:08:17 -0400 Pediatric Sports Injuries: A Silent Epidemic Year-round sports and increased exposure are leading to a dramatic rise in adolescent sport-related injuries. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/pediatric_sports.html 20DCFD3C-D383-4CA9-A157-6B86C511B63A Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:10:10 -0500 State Pitches New $352 Million UConn Health Center Plan as 'Partnership' The price tag is $352 million, but as Gov. M. Jodi Rell told it Tuesday, the latest plan for the University of Connecticut Health Center has something for everyone. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/partnership/index.html 89409176-228C-4E41-B1D6-A1493CA8A503 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:17 -0500 Bristol Hospital Happy with Rell Plan, So Far After fighting hard against plans to replace the University of Connecticut Health Center with a brand new facility that threatened the survival of community hospitals in the region, Bristol Hospital President Kurt Barwis is supporting the latest proposal to overhaul the Farmington medical center. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/bristol.html 95CDE89B-7ADA-4AAC-874F-8E4384051F27 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:31:25 -0500 Cognitive Fitness The old adage "use it or lose it" certainly applies to muscle strength, stamina, and overall physical wellbeing. Research now shows it also applies to brain function. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/cognitive_fitness.html 45ADE8C4-4BB0-42E9-B725-4A2628F94CCD Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:48:41 -0400 Researcher Discusses the Importance of Colon Cancer Screening Chris Heinen, colon cancer researcher at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut's Brad Drazen. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/coloncancer.html 9E8F2D47-A9C2-423C-AFF6-453A158234ED Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:10:12 -0500 March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Dr. Joe Anderson of the Carole and Ray Neag Cancer Center’s Colon Cancer Prevention Program discusses the importance of colorectal cancer screening on "Clear Channel's Community Access Radio" with Renee DeNino. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/cancer/index.html BF8B07ED-C87E-4F49-B93F-92CBC8B29E8D Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:59:48 -0500 Right Place at the Right Time - Woman Has Heart Attack Outside ED Dr. Christopher Pickett, an electrophysiologist with the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, tells NBC Connecticut how he saved the life of a woman who had a heart attack right outside the Health Center’s emergency department. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/heart_attack.html 7959E6F2-6257-42B2-BA40-2BB7F10BA16F Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:44:23 -0500 Tips on How to Control Hard-to-Control Cholesterol Levels Dr. Anjanette Ferris, cardiologist with the Calhoun Cardiology Center, tells News Channel 8 about the new Lipid Disorder Center and offers tips on how to keep your high cholesterol under control. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/feb10/cholesterol.html 66ED59B9-598A-4C3F-A09D-D8A1D5DD1C27 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:43:46 -0500 Calhoun: Family, Faith Come Before Hoops It's basketball season, and Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun continues to lead the University of Connecticut men's program to national prominence. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/mar10/calhoun.html 1B88A890-1E10-4FF3-AF3B-363925283999 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:40:30 -0500 Women’s Heart Health Update Dr. Joyce Meng, women’s heart expert in the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, joined WTIC’s "Face Connecticut" to discuss heart health for women, and men too. February is American Heart Month. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/feb10/hearthealth/index.html 291F5E6E-C692-4965-8740-EC08B664B3CE Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:11:09 -0500 Aspirin Beneficial to Cancer Survivors? Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests breast-cancer patients who take aspirin daily may cut their risk of dying of the disease by 50 percent. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/feb10/aspirin/index.html 5E38B4EC-3DDC-40EF-87BC-85C16E7DE979 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:14:49 -0500 UConn's New England Musculoskeletal Institute A "Blue Distinction" Center The University of Connecticut Health Center's New England Musculoskeletal Institute has been designated as both a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/feb10/bluedistinction.html 67CE5BE4-EE64-4930-8FCD-4E78E08190F8 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:15:25 -0500 In Hartford, More Than 1,000 Receive Medical Help at Free Clinic The insurance capital of America played host Wednesday to the uninsured, more than 1,000 of whom filled the cavernous Connecticut Convention Center for the chance to see a doctor. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/feb10/freeclinic.html A4F55A82-CDE1-4EB7-AC38-18BEFBF67799 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:09:18 -0500 Health Center Doctor Back From Haiti Dr. Robert Fuller, chief of emergency medicine, is back from Haiti, where he spent two weeks helping with the treatment of earthquake survivors as part of the International Medical Corps emergency response team. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/haiti/index.html 2DD7547E-9CAC-40D9-AF57-2EC08EAC6C91 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:42:08 -0500 Stem Cell Funding Delayed State legislators killed the governor's proposal late last year to postpone $10 million in stem cell research grants scheduled to be awarded to scientists this spring. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/stemcell.html B67A3EE1-EF4E-45E4-95C8-47E194E9E963 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:49:56 -0500 Concussion Law Considered to Protect Athletes High school coaches would be trained to spot the signs of concussion, and injured athletes would have to stay away from practice and games until cleared for playing by doctors, under legislation unveiled Tuesday. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/concussion/index.html 2455625B-D2BC-410E-8804-43D12D894FEC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:35:53 -0500 For People with No Health Insurance, One Day of Free Care They came by the hundreds in New Orleans, Little Rock, Kansas City and Houston, lured by the offer of free health care at a one-day clinic. For many patients, it was the first time they had seen a doctor in years. Nearly all of them had jobs, just no health insurance. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/freecare.html D2D2EA14-482F-4644-8CDE-38B7FDA46250 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:08:03 -0500 Lesson Learned from a Scary Taste of My Own Medicine My husband, son and I are sniffling and coughing our way through January. At any moment, any one of us is on an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory or antiviral. My husband and I are careful with our medicines and keep them locked up, tucked away from small hands. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/medicine.html E54E4F7C-DB9E-4028-8192-E06FAA118D66 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:06:08 -0500 Doctor from UConn Health Center, in Port-Au-Prince, Describes Haiti's Suffering Dr. Robert Fuller spent the past week making do with too little of everything, performing hundreds of amputations with barely enough anesthesia, trying to help 1,500 patients who had been waiting outside a Port-au-Prince hospital that, even before the earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, could handle at most 700. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/haiti.html 5F9621CC-C5A2-4E8E-958C-A0A9A21A30C7 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:46:03 -0500 Vitamin D and High Blood Pressure Dr. William White, hypertension expert at the Calhoun Cardiology Center, talks about the link between vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure, and discusses his current research studying this, with Ray Dunaway on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/bloodpressure/index.html BCF1029D-811E-4311-90A0-1DEBD010871E Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:12:35 -0500 Treating Alcohol Dependency Dr. Henry Kranzler, professor of psychiatry and genetics and developmental biology, gives an update on treatment of alcohol dependence and discusses one of his ongoing studies on WTIC’s "Face Connecticut." http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/alcohol/index.html 4099519D-B775-45D7-A4C9-FEDF0FAF28F8 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:15:19 -0500 Options for Long-Term Care Are Complex, Lack Accessibility The Connecticut Commission on Aging says the state’s population over 65 will rise by 64 percent by 2030, and they advise caregivers and families to plan ahead so that they don’t make decisions about a loved one’s care under duress. http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2010/jan10/longtermcare.html 8DE2D90B-4C9D-4A92-A744-5F9F3CE63EED Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:41:19 -0500