Health & Well-Being
UConn Physical Therapy Program Integrates Mental Health Education, Treatment
This approach leverages physical therapists' unique training in both exercise and making personal connections with patients
February 6, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Rudd Center Launches ‘Supportive Obesity Care’ Website
Resource is designed to help clinicians provide supportive care to patients of all body sizes
February 6, 2024 | Carson Hardee, UConn Rudd Center
Known as ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Tianeptine is Being Sold as a Dietary Supplement – with Deadly Outcomes
The synthetic drug has been linked to addiction, seizures, kidney damage, and death
February 2, 2024 | C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Keep Your Daily Diet and Kitchen Heart Healthy!
February is American Heart Month. The experts at UConn Health want to help you learn how to eat and cook heart healthy all year round.
February 1, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Professor Launches Online Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention
This evidence-based method gives participants sustainable options and a supportive community in the face of restrictive or extreme fad diets
February 1, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Twenty Years of Nutrition and Physical Education in Connecticut’s Communities
UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport, a merger of two SNAP-Ed programs, launches new website and sets high goals for its next phase of community and campus engagement
January 30, 2024 | Mikala Kane
Soft Open for The Brain and Spine Institute at UConn Health
Neurology first to arrive; cranial neurosurgery, comprehensive spine, and imaging to follow in the coming months
January 18, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Digitizing Dentures
How UConn’s prosthodontists use digital technology for better patient outcomes and an enhanced learning experience
January 18, 2024 | Courtney Chandler
UConn Health Begins Blood and Marrow Transplants
Dr. Kapil S. Meleveedu was recently recruited and has launched the new Blood and Marrow Transplant Program establishing a state-of-the-art Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
January 17, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn’s Popular ‘Emotional Well-Being’ Course Being Offered Again in Spring
'This course is an excellent example of ways in which UConn leverages its expertise to address issues of high priority to our students'
January 11, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz