Health & Well-Being

Members of the UConn Health Special Operations Unit traveled to New York City in a specially equipped vehicle and were assigned to provide medical support for the New York Urban Search and Rescue Team. They are from left to right: William Perkins, Carmine Centrella, John Kowalski, Robert Fuller, M.D., Greg Priest, Ben Sonstrom, and, kneeling, Daryl Byrne. Fuller is chief of emergency medicine for the Health Center and medical director of the group. The others are all paramedics with the special tactical training.

9/11 Memories Still Fresh for UConn Health Responders

Members of the UConn Health Fire and Emergency Departments recall their harrowing experiences at Ground Zero.

Scientist analyzing DNA sequence. (Shutterstock Photo)

UConn to Launch State’s First Genetic Counseling Program

As demand grows for such counseling, there's an urgent need for training in how to interpret the results of genetic tests.

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Exhibit Recalls 35 Years of HIV/AIDS

Three exhibitions at UConn trace the progression of HIV/AIDS from diagnosis to death sentence to manageable disease.

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Work Injuries in Connecticut Up, Above National Average

Connecticut's rate of workplace injury is up 8 percent. The state is 7 percent higher than the national average, and has been for the past 7 years.

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Look-alike ‘Smart Snacks’ Confuse Students, Parents

A UConn researcher says selling look-alike Smart Snacks in schools is a tool for marketing junk food brands to children.

Michael Poulin, 70, of West Hartford.

Vascular Surgeon Helps Patient Beat Survival Odds

A 70-year-old survived an abdominal aortic aneurysm, thanks to the quick work of his surgeon and UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

Dr. Courtney Townsel, left, looks on as Dr. Winston Campbell performs an ultrasound on an expectant mother. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

New Product Seeks to Prevent Premature Labor

With support from UConn's Innovation Corps program, a UConn Health doctor hopes to commercialize a new technology to address a rare but serious condition of pregnancy.

Researchers at UConn Health and MIT have developed a new way of imaging the middle ear using infrared light, which they say could provide much more accurate diagnosis of ear infections. (Courtesy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

A New Eye on the Middle Ear

A new shortwave infrared instrument could see deeper, and help improve the diagnosis of ear infections.

A young businesswoman with her eyes closed sitting in her office. (iStock Photo)

Three Easy Steps for Stress Relief

Turn crises into opportunities with this simple prescription from UConn Health psychiatrist Julian Ford.

Second-year medical student Tiahna Spencer is back from a summer research internship at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Ronnie Gladney)

Med Student Interns at World’s Largest Biomedical Research Agency

Tiahna Spencer spent the summer at the National Institutes of Health engaged in research on systemic autoimmune diseases.