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A Scary Halloween: High School Custodian Survives Cardiac Arrest
Thanks to prompt treatment by a UConn Health team, patient Clyde Livingston gets 'a second chance at life.'
Update on Health Exchange Open Enrollment
Some of the latest information on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange marketplace from UConn Health.
Indian National Academy of Engineering Elects Dr. Laurencin
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Health is a newly elected Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Highest Patient Safety at UConn John Dempsey Hospital
UConn John Dempsey Hospital has received the highest available 'A' rating for its excellence in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group.
Power of Possible: UConn Health Keeping Baseball Player in the Game
Injured baseball player Anthony Giansanti was successfully treated at UConn Health with an advanced natural treatment called platelet-rich plasma.
Study Examines How Cancer Survivors Fare When Returning to Work
Alicia G. Dugan, Ph.D., of UConn Health has been awarded a $50,000 research grant from the Connecticut Breast Health Initiative, Inc. to investigate the best ways we can improve cancer survivors’ return to work experiences after their treatment.
Survivor Seeks to Raise Awareness about Male Breast Cancer
After successful treatment at UConn Health, Norman Smith is now passionate about raising awareness about male breast cancer.
Three UConn Biomedical Students Tapped for Prestigious NIH Opportunity
This summer three UConn Graduate School students studying biomedical science at UConn Health were invited by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda for advanced training in translational research.
Leading Pediatric Cancer Researcher Dr. Ching C. Lau Joins UConn Health
Dr. Ching C. Lau, a leading expert in pediatric brain and bone tumor research, has just joined UConn School of Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
Eliminating the Wait and Worry of Breast Cancer Screenings
'Our goal is to get each woman their screening results in 15 minutes,' says the head of women's imaging at UConn Health.