{"id":58383,"date":"2012-04-11T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=58383"},"modified":"2012-04-11T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T19:08:03","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-april-11-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/04\/health-center-in-the-news-april-11-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 April 11, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Debate Over Medical Tests<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, April 10, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bruce Gould, associate dean for primary care, joins \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/connecticut.cbslocal.com\/audio-on-demand\/mornings-with-ray-dunaway\/\">Mornings With Ray Dunaway<\/a>\u201d to discuss a shift in thinking when it comes to which common medical tests should be routinely performed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/gould_4_10_12_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"Audio\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Taking Multivitamins Won&#8217;t Prevent Canker Sores<\/h2>\n<p><em>HealthDay, April 5, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although vitamin deficiencies have been linked to canker sores, taking a daily multivitamin won&#8217;t prevent this common mouth ailment, according to a new study conducted at the UConn Health Center by <a href=\"http:\/\/cancer.uchc.edu\/treatment\/services\/headneck\/bios\/lalla.html\">Dr. Rajesh Lalla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumer.healthday.com\/Article.asp?AID=663371\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Boomers are Turning into Generation Ex<\/h2>\n<p><em>Kansas City Star,   March 31, 2012 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>More than ever, people in their 50s and 60s are seeking happiness by ending   their marriages. Their kids may be caught in the middle. They may be older   teens or off to college. But they&#8217;re still apt to be shaken when the parents   go separate ways, said clinical psychologist Joe Nowinski of the University of Connecticut Health Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2012\/03\/31\/3527907\/boomers-are-turning-into-generation.html\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>More Children Being Diagnosed with Autism<\/h2>\n<p><em>Hartford Courant, March 30, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has increased dramatically. &#8220;I think this demonstrates that over the past 10 years, there&#8217;s been a big increase in awareness and screening for the autism spectrum,&#8221; said Mary Beth Bruder, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnucedd.org\/\">A. J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities<\/a> at UConn Health Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/health\/connecticut\/hc-cdc-autism-0330-20120329,0,5071467.story\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Losing Your Voice<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WNPR-FM, March 28, 2012<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>John Mayer and Adele have had to cancel shows lately because of vocal problems. But you don\u2019t have to be a famous singer to experience voice problems. Dr. Denis Lafreniere, director of the UConn Health Center\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/uconnent.uchc.edu\/patientcare\/voice.html\">Voice and Speech Clinic<\/a>, joins WNPR\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpbn.org\/program\/where-we-live\">Where We Live<\/a>\u201d to explain how the human voice works and how voice disorders are treated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/lefreniere_3_28_12_wnpr.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over medical tests; can vitamins prevent canker sores; the impact of divorce on older children; the increase in autism; and how not to lose your voice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-58383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 09:14:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58436,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383\/revisions\/58436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58383"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=58383"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=58383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}