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Worried woman setting the table for a celebration. (ASIFE, Getty Images)

Coping Through Holiday Season Anxiety

A UConn Health psychiatrist offers tips for getting through potentially stressful holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.

Four UConn professors have been named Fellows of the AAAS. Clockwise from top left: Mike Willig, Jonathan Bobaljik, David Benson, and Arthur Hand.

Four UConn Professors Named AAAS Fellows

The professors are being recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Structures called 'Terasaki ramps,' consisting of stacked sheets connected by helical ramps, have been found in cell cytoplasm (left) and neutron stars (right). The original structures were first identified by UConn Health cell biologist Mark Terasaki. (University of California, Santa Barbara Photo)

Of Parking Garages, Nuclear Pasta, and Cosmic Connections

A unique cellular structure named after a UConn professor may also exist in the outer crust of neutron stars thousands of light-years away. Physicists are trying to figure out why.

Statins and stethoscope. (Shutterstock Photo)

At 40, It May Be Time For a Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

A UConn Health cardiologist discusses new prevention guidelines that could dislodge heart disease as the #1 killer of Americans.

A doctor examines a patient’s chest x-ray, checking for possible pneumonia. (Shutterstock Photo)

Pneumonia Rates Linked to Hospital Ventilators Have Not Dropped, Says Study

Contrary to data published by the CDC, a study led by a UConn Health researcher concluded that ventilator-associated pneumonia is still a significant risk to patients.

Dr. Omar Ibrahim, right, director of thoracic oncology at the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, UConn Health, and Dr. Electra Kaloudis, section head of thoracic imaging in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics, look over a low dose CT scan. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Early Detection of Lung Cancer Saves Lives

'Early detection is a patient’s best chance for a lung cancer cure,' says UConn Health's Dr. Omar Ibrahim.

Thanks to prompt treatment by UConn Health team Drs. Kai Chen, left, and Juyong Lee, patient Clyde Livingston gets 'a second chance at life.' (Lauren Woods/UConn Health Photo)

A Scary Halloween: High School Custodian Survives Cardiac Arrest

Thanks to prompt treatment by a UConn Health team, patient Clyde Livingston gets 'a second chance at life.'

Some of the latest information on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange marketplace from UConn Health.

Update on Health Exchange Open Enrollment

Some of the latest information on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange marketplace from UConn Health.

Four institutions create research alliance for inquiry into metabolic diseases.

State’s Leading Institutions Launch International Effort to Advance Metabolic Research

UConn, Yale University, and the Jackson Laboratory linked with Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to collaborate on projects that swiftly move investigations into clinical application and commercialization.

UConn Health sports medicine expert Dr. Cory Edgar performs an ultrasound on baseball player Anthony Giansanti of Montville, Conn. Giansanti was successfully treated for a hamstring injury with an advanced natural treatment called platelet-rich plasma (PRP), followed by physical therapy and rehabilitation. (Lauren Woods/UConn Health Photo)

Power of Possible: UConn Health Keeping Baseball Player in the Game

Injured baseball player Anthony Giansanti was successfully treated at UConn Health with an advanced natural treatment called platelet-rich plasma.