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Alternative to the Handshake Developed by UConn Doctors
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the journal Science UConn Health doctors are recommending a new alternative to the handshake to diminish the spread of the coronavirus.
UConn Health Commencement Goes Virtual in a COVID-19 World
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic UConn Health found a way to honor its graduating Class of 2020 of 236 new physicians and scientists headed to health care’s frontlines.
Little Girl Gives Back to COVID-19 Nurses at UConn Health
It's National Nurses Week! In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a toddler from West Hartford has decided to spend her extra time doing some good for the nurses on the frontlines caring for patients at UConn John Dempsey Hospital
Getting Heart Failure Patients the Meds They Really Need
Less than 25% of heart failure patients nationally are receiving the medications and targeted drug doses they need to improve their weakened heart muscle’s function, reduce their chronic debilitating symptoms, and to keep them out of the hospital. But the experts at UConn Health’s Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center are working toward changing this […]
7 Steps for Cardiovascular Health for Life
The majority of cardiovascular disease is preventable. That’s why it’s vital for each of us to take steps to modify our risk factors to avoid experiencing a heart attack or stroke in our lifetime. “Prevention of cardiovascular disease is really key,” says Dr. Peter Robinson of the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn […]
UConn Empowering the HIV Community
Two NIH-funded study programs at UConn School of Medicine are studying ways to promote HIV testing and to improve the lives of people living with HIV in Connecticut, especially the unemployed and women. Dr. Carla Rash at UConn Health received $3.4M from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to pursue the PROMOTE study. Drs. […]
Asthma Severity Linked to Microbiome of Upper Airway
A new study raises question of whether altering bacteria in the airway could help asthma patients. Learn more about the new findings published in Nature Communications by Washington University in St. Louis and UConn School of Medicine researchers.
Mighty Mice Head to Space on Important Health Mission
Some mighty mice have blasted off into space to help UConn health researchers learn more about bone and muscle loss.
Mighty Mice Head to Space on Important Health Mission
Some tiny but mighty astronauts are headed into space as part of a research project into muscle and bone loss being undertaken by UConn Health, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX), and Connecticut Children's.
Clinical Geneticists on the Patient Case at UConn Health
Learn more about UConn Health's two dedicated clinical medical geneticists, Dr. Jaclyn Beirne and Dr. Joseph Tucker, on the frontlines of genomic medicine. They both completed advanced specialty fellowships at UConn's medical school in clinical medical genetics.