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What You Need to Know about the Upcoming Flu, COVID, and RSV Season
Winter and cooler weather will soon arrive and so will the annual viruses that come with it, flu, COVID-19, and RSV. Dr. David Banach, infectious diseases physician and hospital epidemiologist at UConn Health, explains the various vaccines that will be available this season.
UConn School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare Renew and Grow Their Longstanding Academic Training Collaborations
Hartford HealthCare and UConn have had a nearly 60 year academic clinical training relationship, and just renewed another five-year academic affiliation
UConn Health Minute: Weight Loss Meds – Concerns for Older Adults
Diabetes medications that are also being used for weight loss are in high demand. But as UConn Health endocrinologist Parvathy Madhavan explains, there are some specific concerns you need to be aware of when using these meds – especially if you’re an older adult.
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Neurologist Dr. Amanda Hernandez
“UConn Health is here for the Latinx community," shares Dr. Amanda Hernandez during Hispanic Heritage month September 15 to October 15 and always whether for your health care or your medical education training.
Remembering 9/11: UConn Health Professor Emeritus and Red Cross Volunteer Larry Klobutcher Continues to Give Back
Klobutcher continues to make a difference volunteering with the Red Cross which in honor of 9/11 this September encourages everyone to take steps this month to make your home safer by testing or replacing your smoke alarms.
A 3D-Printed Solution for the Spine
UConn Health spine surgeon Dr. Hardeep Singh uses devices fabricated to specific patient's anatomy to perform spinal fusion
UConn Health Redesignated a HEARTSafe Campus
UConn Health is Connecticut's first and only designated ‘HEARTSafe Campus’ medical center.
Dr. Thomas Agresta is New Chair of Family Medicine at UConn Health
“I am excited to have the opportunity to lead the Family Medicine department in a time of rapid change in medicine," says Agresta who has served on the School of Medicine faculty for 28 years.
40th Annual Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day Features Program Alumna
The Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day, held this year on Wednesday, August 23rd, is an annual celebration of the research accomplishments of the students in the Biomedical Science PhD program at UConn Health.
Medical Student Studies Brain Network Changes in Epilepsy
For people with epilepsy, a seizure can occur without warning, causing sudden loss of consciousness and a dangerous convulsion. Medications can prevent seizures for some patients, but more than a third of patients continue to have attacks despite using appropriate seizure medications. Researchers in the UConn Department of Neurology have begun to investigate how brain networks differ between people who have epilepsy and those who don’t.