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Integrity is Behind the School of Dental Medicine’s Research Enterprise
The school's research program would not be possible without Business Services Manager Laura Didden, who says that "integrity" is key to her role.
Gel Repairs Cartilage Without Surgery, With Electricity
Instead of requiring surgery to insert a solid scaffold, the gel could be simply injected into the knee, a much less invasive procedure
UConn Health Wears Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A photo gallery of UConn Health staff from throughout the enterprise
Society of Internists Invites Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger
UConn Center on Aging physician elected fellow of the American College of Physicians
UConn Health Nurse Beats Breast Cancer and Reminds Others to Get Their Mammogram
Shannon Egan, a nurse in the Internal Medicine Unit at UConn Health beat breast cancer because she found it early and now she advocates for others to make sure they get their annual mammogram. Early detection saves lives.
Move for UConn Center on Aging Creates a Program for Coordinated Multidisciplinary Care of Older Adults – A First for the Region
On October 23, the UConn Center on Aging moved its clinical services to 21 South Road in Farmington. The move provides the opportunity to add a multifaceted subspecialty component to its nationally recognized clinical programs in geriatrics, thus creating a Geriatrics and Healthy Aging Program.
UConn Medical Students Invite Public to ‘Walk With a Future Doc’
Monthly walks in Elizabeth Park feature discussion of health topics with students and physicians
You Snooze, You (Still) Lose
UConn Health sleep disorders specialist warns of misleading takeaway from study suggesting snooze button benefits
Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?
UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy
UConn Health Researchers Find that Youthful Proteins Help Nerves Regrow
'We are deciphering the mechanism of axon regeneration piece by piece'