Health & Well-Being
Power of a Phone Call: Medical Students Changing COVID-19 Patients’ Lives
Students have made more than 2,500 phone calls to COVID-19 patients and isolated seniors since the start of the pandemic
PODCAST: A Clear Voice on Vocal Health
Two founders of UConn Health's Voice and Speech Clinic join the UConn Health Pulse podcast to discuss voice disorders and how their practice helps voice users of all levels.
Spring Sneeze Season has Sprung
Sunshine and spring sneezes are here. UConn Health's ENT/allergy expert Dr. Todd Falcone shares how spring allergies to pollen can lead to your sneezes, but also sometimes just simply sunlight too.
Psoriasis Center Brings Together Patients, Providers, and Researchers
UConn Health has transformed its former John Dempsey Hospital emergency department space into a center for its dermatologists to provide coordinated care of psoriasis patients.
High-Profile Brain Tumor Therapy Trial Chooses UConn Health
An immunotherapy derived from the polio virus has shown improved survival rates in early-phase trials in patients with an aggressive type of brain tumor known as glioblastoma. UConn Health will be one of a select few sites in the U.S. for the second phase, which will pair it with the cancer immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda).
How Safe is Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead, and Other Heavy Metals
Since the amount of heavy metals varies so dramatically, food choices can make a difference.
Innovative Therapeutic Program Helps Those Living With PTSD
Professor Julian Ford created TARGET, an educational and therapeutic approach that explains why PTSD develops and how it can be overcome.
One-Dose Vaccine on its Way: New Tool May Arrest the Pandemic’s Progression
An Advisory Committee has just recommended the FDA grant emergency authorization use to a new, one-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. Dr. Jeff Aeschlimann, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist at UConn Health and of the UConn School of Pharmacy, shares more about the third COVID-19 vaccine to be recommended for FDA-authorized emergency use, how it works differently than the other vaccines, and what new hope the single shot may bring with it.
Air Filters Can Scrub Out Air Pollutants Near Highways, Reduce Blood Pressure
Even relatively small reductions in blood pressure can affect the risk of heart attack and stroke.
School of Nursing Offers New Graduate Certificate in Life Story Practice and Research
The 12-credit program will welcome its first cohort this summer and is designed for social workers, nurses, clinical psychologists, artists, writers, musicians, and personal and family historians.