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Jennifer Stroop, certified genetic counselor, at UConn Health with a patient. (UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health Center Genetic Counselors Make the Rounds

Jennifer Stroop and Robin Schwartz are speaking at hospitals throughout the state about best practices in cancer genomics.

Radio - Health Center in the News

Radio – Health Center in the News

Torti’s vision for the future; cycling for a cure; night shift health risks; and the hazards of hypertension.

One-week-old Iesha Brown wearing a hat knitted by a Cigna volunteer. Photo taken on June 1, 2012. (Jennifer Beardsley/UConn Health Center Photo)

Cigna Donates More Than 1,700 Knitted Baby Caps

As part of its annual campaign to support the March of Dimes, Cigna volunteers knitted a record number of hats for NICU babies.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (center) begins a tour of the Health CenterÕs Cell and Genome Sciences building on May 31, 2012. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Bioscience Connecticut – Focus of Meeting with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal

Blumenthal toured the Cell and Genome Sciences Building and learned how Bioscience Connecticut and Jackson Lab will impact the state’s economy.

Drinking water (Shutterstock photo)

Caring for Kidney Stones

The most common cause of kidney stones is not drinking enough water.

June Events

UConn Health Center June Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in June and early July.

The Extra Mile

An Extra Mile

A UConn medical resident describes a special doctor – patient relationship.

Print – Health Center in the News May 2012

The new Health Center chief looks ahead; the science of beauty; addiction diagnoses may rise under guideline changes; and should I let my son play football?

UConn medical student Shirin Karimi has written a book, Enclosures: Reflections from the Prison Cell and the Hospital Bed, comparing illness and incarceration. on May 21, 2012. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Medical Student Pursues Both Love of Medicine and Writing

First-year UConn medical student Shirin Karimi has written a book of poems comparing illness and incarceration.

TV – Health Center in the News

Could a lollipop cure the hiccups; can certain foods make you more fertile; and a common antibiotic may increase risk for heart attack.