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Diabetes – A Global Health Threat
The Health Center’s diabetes education program coordinator discusses the increasing incidence of diabetes and the importance of education and prevention.
Health Center Treats Heart Attack Patient in Record Time
Quick work by paramedics, emergency department staff, and the cardiac catheterization lab led to a patient undergoing a life-saving angioplasty within 21 minutes of his arrival.
Jim and Pat Calhoun Receive UConn Foundation Philanthropy Award
The award honors the Calhouns’ humanitarian and philanthropic efforts on behalf of UConn.
Expo 2011 – Celebrating the UConn Health Center
During the event, Bob Norris was awarded the third annual Dr. Peter J. Deckers Employee Appreciation Award.
Kids’ Temper Tantrums Encompass a Range of Emotions
A UConn psychology professor is analyzing recordings of toddlers’ tantrums to better understand how kids manage their emotions and what parents can do about it.
Health Center Family Loses a Founding Father
The UConn Health Center is mourning the passing of Dr. James F. O’Rourke, professor emeritus of immunology, and one of the founders of the Health Center’s vision research program.
New Prenatal Screening Test is Easier – But Raises Ethical Issues
Health Center professor and international expert Peter Benn recommends caution in new Down syndrome test.
Health Center Shuttle Bus Service Modified
Two routes have been combined, now served by a single bus, and hours of operation have been reduced slightly.
HIV Prevention Research Targets Critical Population
A new CHIP researcher has won a five-year NIMH grant to conduct a large-scale randomized clinical trial of an HIV prevention intervention she successfully piloted in Atlanta.
Music and Medicine
UConn medical resident, Dr. Runjhun Misra, says doctors and orchestra conductors share many similarities.