Health & Well-Being

group portrait of six in pathology lab, Histotechnology Professionals Day proclamation hanging on wall behind them

Governor Proclaims March 10 Histotechnology Professionals Day

Perspective from UConn Health histology supervisor Kathleen Wiggins

A teenage boy boy sleeping in bed

How Much Sleep Do Teens Get? Six-Seven Hours.

And that is not nearly enough

Patient visit at dental clinics office

Third Annual UConn Student-Organized Free Medical Clinic Coming to Willimantic

Last year, UConn student volunteers helped provide more than $142,000 in care to 196 patients

Natalie Tocco looking through a microscope

Studying ‘Creatures Great and Small’ as a Veterinary Pathologist

As a veterinary pathologist, Natalie Tocco has had the opportunity to study creatures great and small herself – from black bears, to beluga whales, to elephants, and invertebrates

A woman and a man sitting on a rock at the beach

UConn Health’s Rapid, Coordinated Care Saves Woman with Ultra-Rare Blood Cancer

Rich Callasky strongly believes his wife is still here today because of the decision to come to UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

Teenager drinking beer surrounded by beer bottles

Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings

UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects

Brick building with signage that says UConn Health Waterbury Hospital

Waterbury Hospital Joins UConn Health Community Network,  Strengthening Care for the Community  

Transition creates a new system of care for the Waterbury community and beyond  

A patient laying in a bed while a doctor and an nurse stand around her looking at an ultrasound machine

Living with Confidence

Patient with inherited blood clot disorder finds support at UConn Health

Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves portrait and Dr. Tony Alessi candid at microphone in studio

‘Healthy Rounds’: Medicaid Myths, Keeping CT Families Healthy

Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves and Dr. Alessi discuss the impacts of social determinants of health

A woman with curly hair and red lipstick poses for a photo

‘Love Is Not a Plan’

UConn researcher talks about the different forms that caregiving can take, the result of absent social safety nets, and how ableism permeates the culture