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50 Minutes That Saved a Life

It's an improbable story of survival thanks to unrelenting clinicians and paramedics at UConn Health.

UConn Health Foot Care Specialists Deliver New Shoes to Homeless

The annual Thanksgiving tradition continued this year with volunteers from the UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine  team helping distribute footwear and socks at two local homeless shelters.

New AHA/ACC guidelines issued on Nov. 13 now call on doctors to make a diagnosis of hypertension if an adult's blood pressure is 130/80 mmHg or above.

The 411 on the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

UConn Health Calhoun Cardiology Center's Dr. William B. White, past president of the American Society of Hypertension, sounds off on the large impact the AHA/ACC's newly issued blood pressure guidelines may have on you and millions of other Americans.

Preschoolers at The Right Place on Sigourney Street in Hartford get a hands-on experience in gardening and nutrition by the Little City Sprouts program of Hartford Food System and UConn Health (Photo: Little City Sprouts).

Sprouting Healthy Food Habits Early in Kids

Little City Sprouts is a year-round gardening and nutrition education program for 2-to 5-year-old preschoolers in Hartford child care centers. The initiative is one of the programs that is helping reduce childhood obesity rates in Hartford.

'We are shortchanging our kids when we allow them to be sleep-deprived,' says UConn Health sleep expert Dr. Jennifer Kanaan. 'Those who get enough sleep will do better in school, better in sports, and better in their relationships.' (Getty Images)

Influencing School Start Times With Science

As we near the end of daylight saving time and gaining an extra hour of sleep comes to mind, physicians from the UConn Health Sleep Disorders Center discuss efforts to modify school start times in recognition of adolescents’ sleep habits. Drs. Jennifer Kanaan and Daniel McNally have been to several towns in recent years to […]

For three years running, UConn John Dempsey Hospital has received the highest "A" patient safety rating available from The Leapfrog Group (UConn Health Photo/Janine Gelineau).

UConn John Dempsey Hospital Top-Ranked in Patient Safety for Three Years

UConn John Dempsey Hospital has been awarded the highest A-rating in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group three years in a row.

In the ‘VAL’ – Learning the Virtual Way

UConn Health’s Virtual Anatomy Lab, the “VAL,” allows medical and dental students to solidify their learning of anatomy along with introducing them to new imaging technology. Step into the lab to observe first-hand how the students – and ultimately their patients - benefit from what the VAL has to offer.

Effort to Draw Women Into Orthopedics Comes to UConn Health

Most years, men outnumber women in orthopedic residencies by a 6-to-1 margin. UConn Health is part of a national effort to balance that.

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Cooling Off Chemotherapy’s Side Effects

UConn Health’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center now offers its breast cancer patients scalp-cooling therapy to reduce their chances of hair loss from chemotherapy.

UConn Collaborates with Duke for Brain Tumor Care

UConn Health has formed a new clinical collaboration with Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center to bring Connecticut patients access to the most advanced brain tumor care available.