School of Medicine
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.
July 29, 2019 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Attacking Barriers to Improve Health Outcomes
UConn Health’s population health team works with providers identify and assist patients who could benefit from care management and community resources.
July 25, 2019 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
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.
July 25, 2019 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
UConn Health August 2019 Programs, Events
Here is a list of UConn Health programs scheduled for August and early September 2019. This information will be updated with any additions or other schedule changes.
July 19, 2019 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
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.
July 16, 2019 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Cleared to Compete, Via Video
Using teleneurology, UConn NeuroSport can provide frequent follow-up care to ensure a safe and prompt return to competition.
July 16, 2019 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
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.
July 11, 2019 | Annie Abbate, UConn School of Medicine
It’s About More Than the Score
This National Youth Sports Week, UConn Health physicians offer insight on how we can set our kids up to win.
July 11, 2019 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
Meet Dr. Jennifer Ozimek, Primary Care Physician
Practicing medicine at UConn Health is a dream come true for Dr. Ozimek. She set her sights on UConn while attending a clinical career day here in high school.
July 9, 2019 | Frank Barton, UConn Health
Study: More Pharma Money, More Gabapentin
Gabapentin manufacturers paid physicians – mostly pain doctors and general practitioners – $11.5 million between 2014 and 2016, according to UConn research.
July 8, 2019 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications