Health & Well-Being
Master Program in Personalized Nutrition Helps Students Find New Paths
Christine Updegraff is studying personalized nutrition to pursue a new career and aid women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Laughing His Way to Longevity: UConn Health Patient Offers Insights
World War II veteran, 98, shares secrets to ‘successful aging’ with UConn class of future physicians
UConn Launches New Genetic Counseling Professional Science Masters Degree Program
The program is the first of its kind at a public university in New England
Cleaning up the ‘Wild West’ of CBD: UConn Startup PCTRx Revolutionizing Industry with Novel Polymer Platform
PCTRx is developing its recently licensed polycannabinoid platform technology as a drug delivery system and biodegradable plastics, with an eye toward even more applications
Pharmacy Researchers Develop Treatment for Glioblastoma
The collaboration between UConn and Yale researchers targets an aggressive, often deadly form of brain cancer
Beating Two Brain Aneurysms Thanks to UConn Health
UConn Health’s elite level of expertise in complex neurosurgical cases helps a patient recover from a ruptured aneurysm and positions her to survive a second aneurysm
New Study Explores Opioid Pain Medication Theft in Long-Term Care Homes
'Older adults living in long-term care settings have a right to be free from this largely invisible form of mistreatment. This is their home'
Mitochondria Linked to Major Depression in Older Adults
'One problem feeds into another, and make what began as a small issue into a much larger one'
The Heart of the Matter: New Drug Reduces Inflammation During Coronary Catheterization
UConn Assistant Professor of Immunology Zhichao Fan and his collaborators were exploring a treatment for one condition when they happened on an entirely new use of the white-blood cell-inhibiting drug
UConn Health Starting Patient Lunch-and-Learn Series
Free monthly Virtual Community Education webinar debuts Feb. 15 with patient portal guidance