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Medical Student Recounts Experience as AMSA Health Justice Fellow
Like a fine wine, the journey of becoming a physician should be savored. That was my view when, during my third year of medical school, I decided to try something unconventional—risky, even. Leaving UConn for Washington, D.C., I would spend a year exploring. Serving as the health justice fellow of the American Medical Student Association […]
February 22, 2011 | Dan Henderson, '12 (SOM)
New High-Tech Tool Helps Health Center Researchers Make New Discoveries
UConn scientists now have at their disposal a new high-tech tool that could change the way they do their research. The Health Center’s Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (CCAM) has acquired through a federal grant a 12 panel tile display wall with 50 million pixels which allows researchers to see images like […]
February 18, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Introducing Health eChat
For busy individuals, audio technology is priceless. The amount of time people spend commuting, shopping or doing housework would be unbearably painful without the ability to listen to music, the news, or an audio book. The UConn Health Center is trying to make it more convenient for people to learn how to stay healthy by […]
February 17, 2011 | Maureen McGuire
Dental School Opens Lab, Honors Emeritus Professor
More than 80 donors, faculty and staff gathered recently to celebrate the dedication of the new Joseph E. Grasso Dental Simulation Lab at the UConn Health Center. The $1.4 million, state-of-the-art facility will enhance preclinical training for first-, second- and third-year dental students. The existing laboratory space was renovated with funding from UConn 2000, the […]
February 16, 2011 | Jennifer Huber
Kick Up Your Heels Campaign Raises Awareness About Heart Disease
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February 15, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Can C-sections Influence Evolution?
A UConn Health Center obstetrician-gynecologist suggests there are human evolutionary implications to the advent of cesarean section as a reasonably safe delivery method and the subsequent rise in the rate of C-section births. Specifically, Dr. Joseph Walsh believes the rise in C-sections may be both a cause and effect of the trend toward higher birthweight […]
February 11, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Heart Failure Symposium: Care Across the Continuum
The Heart Failure Symposium Care Across the Continuum held at the Health Center Wednesday attracted nearly 250 participants from hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities throughout the state. The purpose of the symposium was to examine a patient’s journey along the entire care continuum starting from when the patient is admitted to the hospital […]
February 10, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Cardiologist Discusses Heart Rhythm Irregularities
Heart arrhythmias can come in different forms and be signs of problems ranging from a nuisance one can live with to a cardiac emergency. Dr. Christopher Pickett, co-director of the Heart Rhythm Program at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, says an arrhythmia can affect people of almost any age, often without regard to genetics. […]
February 9, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
February Heart Month – Raising Awareness About Women’s Heart Health
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ZQ2ixrpeI&feature=player_embedded’] This story first appeared in the September 2010 issue of House Call. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Affecting over 42 million women, nearly one in three will die of a heart related problem. But despite its prevalence, the problem is vastly underscored and still […]
February 9, 2011 | Combined Reports
A Retrospective of Alan Tompkins Work Is on Exhibit in LeWitt Gallery
Exhibit: Retrospective by Alan Tompkins and The Way I See It by Carol T. Moore Where: Celeste LeWitt Gallery, Food Court, UConn Health Center When: Now through May 18, daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. About the artists: A prolific artist, Alan Tompkins continued to paint into his 100th year and strongly desired one thing: […]
February 8, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington