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UConn Health Minute: Running from Injuries
Running injuries are extremely common but many can be prevented. The UConn Institute for Sports Medicine offers individual and team-based risk screenings; customized prevention protocols and assistance developing rehab and return-to-play goals.
Profile: Dr. Alexandre West
Before becoming an OB/GYN physician, Dr. Alexandre West was a classically trained ballet dancer. The same focus and dedication that honed her skills as a dancer helps her offer the best care to her patients.
UConn Health Minute: Psoriasis Care
Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that can cause inflamed, dry, cracked skin and can be difficult to treat. The Psoriasis Center at UConn Health helps patients deal with all facets of this common but complex skin condition.
UConn Health Minute: Preventing Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is a leading cause of death in the U.S. because when it is detected late, it is very difficult to treat. Dr. Murali Dharan, director of the Advanced Endoscopy Program at UConn Health, explains that having a screening colonoscopy is an important step in prevention since it can identify and remove the polyps […]
UConn Health Minute: Women and Heart Disease
Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year – more than all cancers combined. But as UConn Health cardiologist Supriya Tigadi explains, 80 percent of cardiac and stroke events can be prevented with education and action – which includes learning the risk factors and warning signs most prevalent for women.
Dr. Lakshmi Leishangthem: Focusing on More Than the Eye
Dr. Lakshmi Leishangthem sharpened her focus on neuro-ophthalmology after her father was diagnosed with a serious eye disease. His hard work, patience, and empathy has inspired her to excel at an especially challenging specialty that requires you to think outside the eye – and understand what is also happening in the brain.
Thank You UConn Health
As the year 2020 comes to a close, UConn Health leadership thanks all employees for their hard work, inspiring team spirit, and incredible response to the COVID-19 pandemic during this unforgettable year.
UConn Health Minute: Help for Holiday Blues
For some, the holidays are not always happy – and now the pandemic is adding to feelings of loneliness and anxiety. UConn Health’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic offers advice on how to help minimize the stress and sadness of the season.
Physician Profile: Dr. Zachary Maass
UConn Health’s Dr. Zachary Maass started playing golf when he was four years old and has been an avid fan ever since. Find out why he believes some of the same attributes that make him a good golfer also help him be a better sports medicine physician.
UConn Health Minute: Emphasizing Emphysema
Emphysema has not had a significant treatment breakthrough in a long time but now UConn Health is the first in the state to offer an innovative, minimally invasive valve implant to help patients breathe easier. As Dr. Omar Ibrahim tells us, the tiny valve device allows severe emphysema patients to be more active and have […]