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Florida Woman Heals at UConn Health, Stays in Connecticut

UConn Health physicians were able to diagnose and correct in two months the severe stomach pain a Florida woman's previous physicians could not figure out for nearly a year.

Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the connection between the human brain and its regulation of the bladder as we age. (Shutterstock Photo)

Mind Over Bladder: The Brain-Organ Connection

UConn Health's Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the brain's connection with bladder function as we age.

Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the connection between the human brain and its regulation of the bladder as we age. (Shutterstock Photo)

Mind Over Bladder: Research Explores the Brain-Organ Connection

UConn Health’s Dr. Phillip P. Smith has been awarded a large research grant award called the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging.

Worried woman setting the table for a celebration. (ASIFE, Getty Images)

Coping Through Holiday Season Anxiety

A UConn Health psychiatrist offers tips for getting through potentially stressful holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.

Amber Tillinghast with patient trying on wig

Patient Navigator Offers Resources, Emotional Support

Amber Tillinghast is UConn Health’s American Cancer Society patient navigator. She helps connect patients with programs and services and tries to take at least some of the fear and uncertainty out of what lies ahead.

A Step Closer to Dancing Again Thanks to UConn Health Rehab Services

After years of mainly relying on a wheelchair, Marybell Lugardo recently received two computerized, prosthetic legs. Thanks to UConn Health’s Rehabilitation Services Department, Marybell is a step closer to realizing her dream of dancing again.

UConn Health Physicians Back From Relief Work in Haiti

Dr. Susan Levine, UConn Health primary care physician, and Dr. Jessica Lozier, an internal medicine resident, spent nearly two weeks in the Haitian city of Jeremie, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.

Dr. Leo Wolansky

Internationally Renowned Neuroimager to Chair Radiology at UConn Health

UConn Health has appointed Dr. Leo Wolansky, an internationally renowned neuroimaging expert, to lead its radiology enterprise as the new chair of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics.

Statins and stethoscope. (Shutterstock Photo)

At 40, It May Be Time For a Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

A UConn Health cardiologist discusses new prevention guidelines that could dislodge heart disease as the #1 killer of Americans.

A doctor examines a patient’s chest x-ray, checking for possible pneumonia. (Shutterstock Photo)

Pneumonia Rates Linked to Hospital Ventilators Have Not Dropped, Says Study

Contrary to data published by the CDC, a study led by a UConn Health researcher concluded that ventilator-associated pneumonia is still a significant risk to patients.