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Flu Season Forecast: Several More Weeks to Go
With this year's flu season currently at its peak, an infectious diseases specialist at UConn Health says it's not too late to get vaccinated.
To Speed Human Limb Growth UConn Joins Biomanufacturing Consortium
UConn has joined the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) to accelerate human limb growth by sharing its advanced human tissue and limb regeneration breakthrough technologies.
UConn Health Enhancing Geriatric Care
To further enhance its excellent geriatric care services UConn Health has joined NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) to improve patient care, patient satisfaction, and clinical outcomes for those 65 years of age and older.
Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Empowers Patient, Family
Patients who know they have a genetic predisposition to heart disease can take extra precautions and alert their health care providers to try to prevent symptoms before they occur.
Can You Really Experience a Broken Heart?
A UConn Health cardiologist discusses whether someone can experience physical symptoms of a broken heart after the death of a loved one.
Op-ed: Joe Camel in a Bottle
Two researchers at UConn Health say alcohol companies failed to follow their own ad rules during the 2017 Super Bowl.
UConn Health Patient Survives Seven Heart Attacks
'A very bad thing happened to me in the very best place for it to ever happen,' says Ron Smith of his experience at the Calhoun Cardiology Center.
New Solution for Closing a Hole in the Heart
A 75-year-old patient 'has her life back' after receiving a new treatment at UConn Health to close a hole in her heart without open-heart surgery.
UConn Nation Goes Red for Women’s Heart Health
On National Wear Red Day UConn Nation across UConn and UConn Health's campuses went from blue to red to raise awareness of women's heart disease and to help strike out the number one killer of Americans.
Acclaimed Geneticist to Join UConn Health & The Jackson Laboratory
UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory have recruited internationally renowned geneticist Dr. Se-Jin Lee, who specializes in discovering causes and cures for muscle degenerative diseases. He joins this summer from Johns Hopkins.