Health & Well-Being

A medical student celebrates Match Day 2016 at UConn Health. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

UConn Medical Students Learn their Match

Fourth-year students at the School of Medicine celebrated a successful Match Day last week, with 95 percent matching to residency programs around the country.

lder adults, both men and women, exercise together. (iStock Photo)

Getting Older Shouldn’t Mean Being in Pain

Exercise can help combat osteoarthritis pain. A UConn nursing professor is using guided reminiscence to encourage older adults to stay active.

Yijun Ruan, professor, the Florine Deschenes Roux Chair, and director of genomic sciences at The Jackson Laboratory discusses his research and describes a model of the genome with journalists during a tour of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn/JAX Partnership Begins to Bear Fruit

'Real, impactful science is teamwork,' says JAX Genomic Medicine director Charles Lee.

Reinhard Laubenbacher, professor of cell biology, speaks with journalists at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on March 15, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn/JAX Forum Emphasizes Teamwork

Teams of UConn and Jackson Laboratory researchers discussed the synergies between the two institutions during a recent day on the Farmington campus.

Children eating breakfast at school. (Shutterstock Photo)

School Breakfasts Support Healthy Weight, Study Shows

Researchers say middle schoolers who eat breakfast at school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who skip breakfast.

A child with jaw pain. (iStock Photo)

Medical Practitioners Face Up to Pain

An interdisciplinary UConn team has designed a teaching module to help medical professionals learn how to treat their patients' pain more effectively.

Dental resident Roberta Wright tends to a patient. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Reaccreditation Received by School of Dental Medicine

The School met or exceeded all the national standards, and the accrediting commission had no recommendations for improvement.

Clock set at 2 a.m. about to be moved ahead by one hour at the start of daylight savings time. (iStock Photo)

Get Ready to ‘Spring Ahead’ for Daylight Saving Time

Sleep expert Daniel McNally of UConn Health offers tips for surviving the switch to daylight savings time with a minimum of sleep-deprivation.

Deep Breath patient Andree Dennis-Gervais in the Simulation Room at UConn Health, undergoes training to use goggles in the CT scanner. She recently finished radiation treatment for cancer at UConn Health recently. (Lauren Woods/UConn Health Photo)

The Power of a Deep Breath

A new breathing technique served to protect the heart of a UConn Health breast cancer patient during radiation treatment after successful surgery.

Nursing professor Angela Starkweather at the School of Nursing, with a sensory analysis test underway in the background, on March 1, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Understanding Pain, from Cells to Systems

A new center at UConn is devoted to finding answers to chronic pain.