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Join the Million Challenge – Take a Diabetes Risk Test
Did you know that every 17 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes? That’s more than 5,200 individuals every day. Could you be next? On the American Diabetes Association Alert Day on Tuesday, March 22, the ADA is asking individuals to “wake-up” and find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The […]
March 18, 2011 | Chris Kaminski
Children Act Fast – So Do Poisons: National Poison Prevention Week Is March 20 to 26
More than 1.2 million children ages 5 and under are unintentionally poisoned each year. Whether it’s medication on your dresser, cleaning supplies under your kitchen sink, or cosmetics in your bathroom, you can take simple steps to keep your kids safe. “As we mark Poison Prevention Week March 20 to 26, it’s important to think […]
March 17, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Co-Discoverer of Lipitor® Speaks at Health Center About New Cholesterol Drug
It’s a drug currently known only as ETC-1002 but it may some day rival the sales of the world’s best-selling drug, Lipitor®. ETC-1002 is still in the testing stages but its developer, Roger Newton, has a lot of experience with cholesterol improving drugs. Newton, who received a Master of Science degree in nutritional biochemistry from […]
March 14, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
New Hip Procedure Gets You Back in the Swing of Things
This story first appeared in the December 2010 issue of House Call. The hip is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints. When this ball and socket joint starts to deteriorate because of arthritis, injury, or another disease, the pain can be excruciating. All too often, people ignore the pain and limit their activities because […]
March 11, 2011 | Combined Reports
It May Be March, but a Nutritious Pregnancy Diet Shouldn’t Force You into Madness
This is a blog submitted by Health Center Genetic Counselor Sharon Voyer Lavigne, Coordinator of the Connecticut Pregnancy Exposure Information Service. We have all heard this before from our mothers and grandmothers before them, but here it is again, “what we put into our bodies really affects our health and well-being.” What better time to delve […]
March 11, 2011 | Tina Encarnacion
More Health Center Research on Colorectal Cancer Link to Tobacco Use
Researchers at the UConn Health Center are learning more about different types of hard-to-detect indicators of colorectal cancer. In an article published in the February 2011 Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Joseph Anderson, associate professor of medicine, addresses different characteristics and classifications of lesions in the colon that can become cancerous. “The ones we call […]
March 9, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Janine Gelineau – Not “Just a Photographer”
Even among the most seasoned of photographers, few have presumably ever pointed their cameras at a cadaver, snapped shots of doctors working behind the closed doors of an operating room, or fulfilled personal requests from ailing patients to capture their final portrait for posterity. Yet in the 25 years that Janine Gelineau has worked at […]
March 8, 2011 | Stefanie Dion-Jones
Daylight Saving Time – Tips on How to Get a Better Nights Sleep
It’s time to spring ahead. Daylight Saving Time takes place on March 13 which means it’s time to advance the clocks and lose one hour of precious sleep. The National Sleep Foundation typically uses this opportunity to try to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and the fact that many of us don’t get […]
March 8, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
A Half-Century of Service
This story is the first of a multi-part series on the history of the Health Center. The entire series can be read at the Health Center’s 50th Anniversary website. Many people now living in Connecticut probably don’t remember a time when the University of Connecticut Health Center didn’t exist. We’re used to seeing that distinctive building […]
March 4, 2011 | Noreen Kirk
Cell and Genome Sciences Building Wins Prestigious Laboratory Design Award
The Cell and Genome Sciences Building has been awarded the 2011 Renovated Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine. “This is a great honor and attests to the talent and tireless efforts of Roger Goldstein and Michael Feeley and their team at Goody Clancy and of Tom Trutter and Kevin Norton and their Health Center colleagues,” […]
March 4, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington