Government Shutdown and the Potential Impact on NIH Funding
The CT Mirror, Sept. 24, 2013
Jeff Small, associate vice president for research administration and finance at the University of Connecticut Medical Center, said the center has been holding “fire drills” to cope with a potential closure of the federal government since 2011, when a shutdown loomed because of partisan fighting in Congress over the budget and debt limit.
The Best Foods for Clear Skin
Washington Post, Sept. 18, 2013
Nutrition plays a key role in skin health, says Meagen McCusker, associate professor of dermatology at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Empowering Patient/Physician Relationships
News 8 WTNH-TV, Sept. 16, 2013
Many agree the patient and physician relationship is a critical key to improving health care. Overall, it starts right in that exam room with the patient and doctor on the same page. Proactive patients like Chuck Barshaw are more the exception than the rule. “My mom died of a heart attack and my dad had a warning of a heart attack,” said Barshaw. Knowing his family history helps to keep him on the same page with Dr. Jason Ryan, head of the UConn Heart Failure Center.
Studying Hypertension in Older Patients
WTIC Radio, Sept.15, 2013
Dr. William White, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hypertension in the Calhoun Cardiology Center, joins Bill Pearse on WTIC NewsTalk 1080’s “At Home in Connecticut” to discuss hypertension, including a research study focusing on how blood pressure management can affect cognitive decline in elderly patients.
Alzheimer’s Update
WTIC Radio, Sept. 15, 2013
Dr. George Kuchel, director of the UConn Center on Aging, joins a conversation on WTIC’s “Face Connecticut” with Sam Gingerella about Alzheimer’s disease.
MRI Study Finds Depression-Related Brain Changes in Dementia Patients
Reuters Health, Sept. 5, 2013
It is “premature” to conclude that the brain changes Dr. Lebedev and his team linked to antidepressant use were caused by medication, Dr. David C. Steffens, who chairs the department of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center, told Reuters Health.
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