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For Two Decades UConn Keeps Migrant Farmers Healthy
Learn more about the powerful impact the volunteer, student-run UConn Migrant Farm Worker Clinic has been having on the underserved migrant farmer population across Connecticut since the summer of 1997.
Medical Mistrust Impacts African American Men’s Preventive Health, But Racism Also Matters
"Delays in preventive health screenings are not just due to lack of health insurance and access to health care. Medical mistrust is a big factor deterring African American men from seeking care,” says Dr. Wizdom Powell of UConn Health.
Summer Awards for School of Medicine Faculty
Read about this summer's recent awards and honors for UConn School of Medicine faculty and researchers.
Get Fit by Walking with a Future Doc
UConn School of Medicine medical students are launching their "Walk with a Future Doc" program. Join the free walks occurring on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month to get fit and learn new ways to boost your health. The first walk is Aug. 10 at 9:00 a.m at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford.
Ways to Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol
High cholesterol is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Learn how UConn Health's Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center is teaching patients how to naturally lower their cholesterol.
Nurse Makes Lifesaving Catch
Read how a nurse at UConn Health made a lifesaving catch by spotting a Bristol man's dangerous, abnormal heart rhythm on the heart monitor moments before he was to be discharged home.
Op-Ed: It might be hard to view addiction with compassion. But we must.
Read an opinion editorial first published in the Hartford Courant by Annie Abbate of UConn School of Medicine’s class of 2020.
The Medical Debt Crisis in America
A new study brief by researchers at the Health Disparities Institute of UConn Health is shining light on the growing issue of medical debt.
Patient Gets a New Lifesaving Silver Lining
A local patient is celebrating her 68th birthday thanks to the lifesaving vascular surgery care she received at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. Becky Riendeau is the first patient at UConn Health and the second in the state to be treated surgically for an aortic dissection using a newly FDA-approved aortic stent graft technology called Zenith.
Food Insecurity Leading to Type 2 Diabetes
Compared with food secure individuals, food insecure individuals had significantly higher insulin resistance, insulin, glucose, stress hormones, inflammation, and total cholesterol.