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What You Can Do Now to Prevent Memory Loss
It’s never too early or too late to start thinking about protecting our brains. Research shows that taking steps to improve our health at any age can be especially important in helping lower our risk of developing dementia in later life. There are many ways to help prevent or delay memory loss and Dr. Patrick P. Coll, medical director for Senior Health at UConn Health shares some of those with us.
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Receives the 2024 Women’s Choice Awards as one of America’s Best Hospitals in Eight Areas
The Women’s Choice Awards has named UConn John Dempsey Hospital as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety, Cancer Care, Stroke Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Breast Cancer, Mammogram Images, Women’s Services and Obstetrics
Biomedical Engineering Student Places in “Science as Art” Competition
Sobhan Katebifar’s image, titled “Flames,” is an artistic rendering of an image of a mouse's incisor teeth.
Husky Finds His Way Home — to UConn Sports Medicine
Dr. Corey R. Dwyer, who spent 14 years as a UConn student or resident, returns to join the School of Medicine faculty as an orthopedic surgeon with expertise in complex shoulder cases
Kuhn Develops Patent-Pending Process to Create Comfortable Prosthetics for Breast Cancer Survivors
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Liisa Kuhn uses a 3D bioprinter to fabricate breast prosthetics that are lightweight, flexible, and porous
Periop 101: UConn Health Addressing the National Operating Room Workforce Crisis
The first cohort of the new Periop 101 operating room nurse training program kicked-off at UConn Health this fall.
UConn Center on Aging Offers Support for Older Adults with Depression
Depression in older adults is even more complicated than younger adults and should be treated by a geriatric psychiatrist. The UConn Center on Aging offers one of the biggest divisions of geriatric psychiatry in the country.
Fat Flies Live Longer On a Diet At Any Age
Switching the flies’ diet to a low calorie one remained a reliable way to extend lifespan even for old flies in ill health
Five Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers
The list of Highly Cited Researchers is drawn from the highly cited papers that rank in the top one percent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index over the past decade
UConn Health Minute: Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer is hard to detect because it generally doesn’t cause any symptoms. As UConn Health endocrine surgeon Giao Phan explains, it’s important to pay attention to changes in your neck or throat because if found early, most thyroid cancers are highly curable.