Health & Well-Being

Lindsay Distefano, associate professor of kinesiology,shows children how to exercise on a playground at the Mansfield Community Center on Aug. 3, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Fight for Physical Literacy

Just as with reading literacy, a strong early foundation in physical literacy will have lifetime benefits, according to kinesiology professor Lindsay DiStefano.

High school lunch. (Steve Debenport/Getty Images)

At School Lunch, Healthier Options are Overlooked When Juice is Available

Milk, fruit, and water sales decline when a less healthy option – juice – is served through the National School Lunch program, says a new UConn Rudd Center study.

Mother and daughter having fun in natural environment. (Getty Images)

5 Takeaways on Exercise Guidelines by Age

UConn's Linda Pescatello and other top researchers nationwide authored the latest edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, released this week.

If reaching the guideline seems overwhelming, just try to do a bit more than you did yesterday, and make it fun. Any improvement counts as success, say experts at UConn and Penn State. (Shutterstock Photo)

Move More, Sit Less – Great Advice, But How Can We Make Time for Exercise?

If reaching the guideline seems overwhelming, just try to do a bit more than you did yesterday. Any improvement counts as success, say experts at UConn and Penn State.

Conceptual image of salmonella typhi causing typhoid. (Getty Images)

T Cells That Stay Put Could Be Key to a Better Salmonella Vaccine

UConn and UC Davis researchers announced a breakthrough in understanding which cells protect against Salmonella – a critical step in developing a better vaccine against the often deadly bacterium.

Giant billboard for meta beer in Ethiopia.. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Alcohol Industry Health Campaigns Miss the Mark by a Long Shot

The public health benefits from alcohol industry-led health campaigns are likely to be minimal, but the public relations benefits substantial, says a new UConn Health study.

Think tick, or risk being tricked by these 'blood-sucking vampires,' cautions pathobiologist Paulo Verardi, whose lab is working to develop vaccines for a number of emerging tick-borne diseases. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Illustration)

Tick-or-Treat!

Think tick, or risk being tricked by these 'blood-sucking vampires,' cautions pathobiologist Paulo Verardi, whose lab is working to develop vaccines for a number of emerging tick-borne diseases.

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Why Do Some People Hurt More Than Others?

If we can better understand what makes individuals more or less sensitive to pain, then we are that much closer to reducing human suffering, writes Erin Young of Nursing.

Digitalis lanata, the woolly foxglove, is the source of digoxin, a medication long used to treat heart conditions that has now been found to have potential for treating medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children. (Michael Wolf via Wikimedia Commons)

Old Drug, New Hope for Pediatric Brain Cancer

Researchers from JAX, Connecticut Children's Hospital, and UConn Health have identified several drugs used against other diseases that also have the potential to fight the most common form of childhood brain cancer.

The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The molecule (inset) shows the active part of the peptide, the section that binds copper. (Image courtesy of Alfredo Angeles-Boza Lab)

A Copper Bullet for Tuberculosis

In a new study, UConn chemists report a new antibiotic that can find and kill tuberculosis bacteria where they hide.