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39-Year-Old Woman Beats Colon Cancer
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Read more about Cloe Rodriguez, a 39-year-old woman who beat advanced colon cancer thanks to the doctors and surgeons at UConn Health. Plus, learn the top 10 ways you can reduce your likelihood of developing the disease.
Major Cardiovascular Study of Gout Patients Has Unexpected Finding
Findings released today show that the drug febuxostat increased the risk of death for those with heart disease, compared with the alternate drug allopurinol.
Parent Mentors Improve Latino Children’s Health Insurance Coverage Rates
Latino children have the highest uninsured rate in the United States. However, new study findings by UConn School of Medicine and Connecticut Children's Medical Center in the journal Health Affairs show parent mentors are highly effective at helping parents with uninsured Latino children gain health insurance coverage.
Improving Pediatric Asthma Care is Possible
New study findings published by Pediatrician Dr. Alexander Hogan of UConn School of Medicine and Connecticut Children's Medical Center shows improved personalized inpatient assessments can enhance the accuracy of the prescribed asthma therapy a child receives.
Doctors Catch Patient’s Tennis Ball Sized Heart Tumor
“I am exceedingly fortunate to be alive," says Marcia Cox whose rare tennis ball sized heart tumor was caught by UConn Health emergency department physicians and cardiologists and successfully removed by a UConn Health heart surgeon.
CICATS Awards $130,000 to UConn Health and UConn Researchers
The Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (CICATS) at the University of Connecticut has announced its awarding of $130,000 in research project funding to nine 2018 Core Interest Group (CIG) awardees from UConn Health.
Breast Cancer Patient Survives Chemo’s Attack on Her Heart
Learn how the oncologists and cardiologists at UConn Health are teaming together to protect the heart health of cancer patients during and after cancer care. Read how doctors quickly intervened to help Lynn Michaud of Bristol after her lifesaving breast cancer chemotherapy started to cause damage to her heart muscle.
UConn Health Startup Patents Artificial Salivary Gland
Dr. J. Robert Kelly, a professor of reconstructive sciences at the UConn School of Dental Medicine has patented his artificial salivary gland design through his startup, Oral Fluid Dynamics, and the support of the University.
Hundreds Receive Free Heart Health Screenings at UConn Health
In honor of American Heart Month, UConn Health's Heart Health Fair screened more than 160 members of the community on Feb. 2, National Wear Red Day, to raise awareness of heart disease, the number one killer of Americans.
UConn Health Physicians Named Best Doctors by Hartford Magazine
Hartford Magazine's "annual Best Doctors" listing is out and 46 UConn Health physicians made the list.