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Sliding doors of emergency room in hospital

Psychiatric Visits to the Emergency Room Rise Despite the ACA

Despite expanded health insurance coverage, America's emergency rooms have seen a steady increase in psychiatric visits since 2006.

patient and scheduler in masks in the GI clinic

UConn Health Opens Esophageal Disease Center

The newly-launched UConn Health Esophageal Diseases Center brings together specialists equipped to focus on problems with the gateway to our digestive system.

Multidisciplinary, Compassionate Care for MS Patients

In the short time since he arrived at UConn Health in summer 2019 to lead the multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuroimmunology program, Dr. Jaime Imitola has begun transforming the way that MS care is delivered.

Families visit Stormy Chamberlain at her lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington

UConn Researchers Collaborate with Ovid Therapeutics on Genetic Therapy for Angelman Syndrome

UConn researchers Stormy Chamberlain and Noelle Germain are working with biopharmaceutical company Ovid Therapeutics Inc. on a promising therapy for a rare genetic condition.

UConn School of Dental Medicine oral pathologist Easwar Natarajan, BDS, D.M.Sc., examines a sample under a microscope.

Tip of the Iceberg: The Oral-Overall Health Link

The interprofessional nature of the education and research at the UConn School of Dental Medicine is part of a growing trend to better prepare every member of the health care team to treat the overall health of the patient.

Babies in a hospital nursery

Non-Invasive Biomarkers to Diagnose Infant Urinary Tract Obstruction

A group of researchers have developed a way to diagnose and monitor a painful condition that afflicts infants.

Dr. Sanjay Mittal examines a patient in the Stroke Center. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health photo)

Crisis Averted: Stopping Strokes

UConn Health's nationally-renowned stroke treatment center is always looking for new ways to help patients.

Medical assistant Regina Rushby takes William Cordero's temparature using a heat scanner, part of the screening process for entry at UConn Health. June 5, 2020 (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

The Re-Engineering of UConn Health

When UConn Health professionals saw the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they knew that "business as usual" was over.

Goodbye, Handshake. Hello, LMG

With handshakes on hold because of the pandemic, UConn researchers offer a germ-free way to greet each other in person.

nurse with custom-fitted frame over her mask

UConn-made COVID-19 Mask Solution Coming to Market

Licensing deal with Connecticut Biotech of South Windsor enables commercial production of custom-fit mask frames developed by UConn’s Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering.