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Flu-Fighting Foods

A steaming bowl of chicken soup and a tall glass of orange juice may actually help ward off or fight cold and flu symptoms.

Health Center Grants, September 2011

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in September 2011. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Aguila, H., Immunology Osteoclasts from Pluripotent Stem Cells National […]

The Primary Care Dilemma: A Medical Resident’s Perspective

Once residents start training, we realize that being a primary care provider means spending around 10 percent of our time with patients and 90 percent with papers and electronics.

Health Center Grants, August 2011

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in August 2011. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Alessi, S., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Prize […]

Dr. Jonathan Meiers (second from left), professor and chair of the Division of Operative Dentistry, assists second-year dental student John Walsh. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Leading Through Science and Service: The UConn School of Dental Medicine

Students and faculty at the dental school have many reasons to smile these days.

Health Center in the News

Health Center in the News

A new look for the new year; why habits are hard to break; and a spotlight on Bioscience Connecticut’s Thomas Callahan.

Dan Henderson, fourth-year medical student, shows his iPhone app "Safecheck." (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)

Reducing Errors in the OR? There’s an App for That

Fourth-year medical student Dan Henderson’s patient safety crusade embraces technology to promote the use of surgical safety checklists.

Environmental Impact Public Meeting Scheduled for Bioscience Connecticut and Jackson Lab Projects

The assessment looks at each construction project in detail from water to wildlife issues.

Alert? Drowsy? This rabbit photographed on the Serengeti Plain, clearly very alert, just escaped capture by a big cat. (Roger N. Clark photo)

Drifting into Drowsiness, Alarmed into Alertness

A psychology research group is studying what happens to the brain in the transition between drowsiness and the state of alertness.

Winter Warriors

Don’t let cold weather put your workout routine on ice.