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UConn Health Huntington’s Disease Expert Optimistic About New Drug
The director of the state's only Huntington's disease program explains why a recent clinical trial is encouraging news in the effort to treat Huntington's disease.
Flu Shot: Time Is Now
It’s early in the flu season, and the ideal time to get your flu shot. Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus, UConn Health's Infectious Diseases Division chief, share his outlook.
50 Minutes That Saved a Life
It's an improbable story of survival thanks to unrelenting clinicians and paramedics at UConn Health.
UConn Health Foot Care Specialists Deliver New Shoes to Homeless
The annual Thanksgiving tradition continued this year with volunteers from the UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine team helping distribute footwear and socks at two local homeless shelters.
UConn Dental Student Serves, Studies in Guatemala
Emily Keller's altruistic and academic missions come together in a poor Central American village.
Influencing School Start Times with Science
'We are shortchanging our kids when we allow them to be sleep-deprived. Those who get enough sleep will do better in school, better in sports, and better in their relationships.'
Influencing School Start Times With Science
As we near the end of daylight saving time and gaining an extra hour of sleep comes to mind, physicians from the UConn Health Sleep Disorders Center discuss efforts to modify school start times in recognition of adolescents’ sleep habits. Drs. Jennifer Kanaan and Daniel McNally have been to several towns in recent years to […]
Effort to Draw Women Into Orthopedics Comes to UConn Health
Most years, men outnumber women in orthopedic residencies by a 6-to-1 margin. UConn Health is part of a national effort to balance that.
UConn Health Raises Standard for Stroke Treatment With New Imaging Technique
Using the latest in neuroimaging, UConn Health offers a new standard of care for patients who've suffered the most common type of stroke.
Research Award Roundup September 2017
Ephraim Trakhtenberg, assistant professor of neuroscience, won an Interstellar Initiative honor from the New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. Most recently he was awarded “First Place – Outstanding Early Career Investigator Team Presentation in Neurocience.” In March he and collaborator Kumiko Hayashi of Tohoku University in Japan […]