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Eyeing Early Detection of Precursor to Blindness
UConn scientists are working with a biomarker to enable earlier detection of a condition that leads to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S.
Meet 6 Physicians Now Seeing Patients at UConn Health
Experts in multiple sclerosis, psychiatry, women’s health, infectious diseases, and nephrology have joined the clinical faculty in recent months. Dr. Matthew Tremblay is a neurologist who specializes in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology. He directs the Department of Neurology’s multiple sclerosis clinic. In addition to multiple sclerosis, he has expertise in the management of neuromyelitis optica, […]
Florida Woman Heals at UConn Health, Stays in Connecticut
UConn Health physicians were able to diagnose and correct in two months the severe stomach pain a Florida woman's previous physicians could not figure out for nearly a year.
Patient Navigator Offers Resources, Emotional Support
Amber Tillinghast is UConn Health’s American Cancer Society patient navigator. She helps connect patients with programs and services and tries to take at least some of the fear and uncertainty out of what lies ahead.
UConn Health Physicians Back From Relief Work in Haiti
Dr. Susan Levine, UConn Health primary care physician, and Dr. Jessica Lozier, an internal medicine resident, spent nearly two weeks in the Haitian city of Jeremie, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
An Extra Hour of Sleep, Now What?
The return to standard time comes with more than just an extra hour of sleep that first weekend. For about 500,000 Americans, the earlier sunset is more than bothersome; it’s downright depressing.
Military Service Helps Prepare Med Student for Health Care Career
Veterans Day has a special meaning to second-year medical student Greg de Gruchy. He’s among a relative few in the UConn Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine for whom this day of remembrance is intended—himself a veteran who went on deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan during his four years of service with the U.S. […]
Why Diversity Matters in Drug Trials
A recent conference at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland discussed the challenges and scientific advantages of diversity in the study and implementation of precision medicine. Leslie Caromile, assistant professor in Center for Vascular Biology, was among the attendees. Here she elaborates on the importance of diversity in this area and what she brings back […]
Emergency Dental Service Enhances Clinical, Academic Missions
Oral pain, bleeding and swelling can happen for any number of reasons, and they don’t restrict themselves to regular business hours. It’s why UConn Health has had around-the-clock coverage for dental emergencies since the early 70s. “We have the largest dental emergency service in the state,” says Dr. Steven Lepowsky, senior associate dean for education […]
The 1st Paramedics, Part 3: A Legacy of Service and Education
The last in a series about how UConn Health brought paramedics to Connecticut covers the elements of training that continue to enhance emergency medicine to this day, with the perspective of the men and women who started it all in 1975.