Women’s Health

UConn Health Community Programs Helping Under Insured and Uninsured with Breast Cancer Screenings

UConn Health community health worker helped Vanessa Neira who was concerned about breast cancer obtain a free mammogram and breast cancer services.

‘Campeonas’/Champions Encourage Discussion of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women

The Campeonas Program at UConn Health provides training that prepares women, through a peer group program to encourage early detection through annual screening.

Breast Cancer Survivor is an Inspiration for Others

In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2024, there will be about 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women. But there is hope.

UConn Health Minute: Breast Cancer Screening

Having regular mammograms can lower the risk of dying from breast cancer and with more younger women being diagnosed, it's important to pay attention to the new screening guidelines.

Austin and Ashley Derungs-West with baby Lorelai

Multidisciplinary Collaboration Delivers Healthy Baby for 28-year-old Pregnant Stroke Patient Found to Have Cardiac Defect

Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYN, Cardiology and Neurology multidisciplinary specialties collaborate to help a young, pregnant stroke patient deliver a healthy baby

A pregnant woman in the hallway of a hospital.

Researchers Receive $2.5 Million in NIH Funding to Address Placenta Accreta

Placenta accreta is a rapidly growing disease during pregnancy

UConn Health Minute: Women’s Center for Motion and Performance

Women are more susceptible to certain injuries such as ACL tears, stress fractures and osteoarthritis. The Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health addresses those challenges and empowers women to stay healthy and active at every stage of their life.

Dr. Amanda Ulrich, OB/GYN, Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery (MIGS), Dr. Jessie Jones, MIGS Fellow, Dr. Danielle Luciano, Director MIGS, Dr. Wesley Nilsson, recently graduated MIGS fellow, after first Sonata treatment.

UConn Health Is the First and Only in Connecticut to Offer Innovative New Procedure to Treat Uterine Fibroids

Since being the first patient in the state to undergo the Sonata® treatment, Jamie Sanchez marks her first Fibroid Awareness Month with no suffering from symptoms of uterine fibroids

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Back to Bedside Grant Awarded to UConn Health Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow

Dr. Kristen Lee Moriarty awarded Back to Bedside Grant from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

EndoRISE Launch Marks New Era in Endometriosis Research and Support

Researchers, providers, patients and advocates gathered in Connecticut to celebrate the launch of EndoRISE, a groundbreaking state-supported initiative addressing endometriosis, a highly invasive, under-diagnosed and under-researched disease.