<\/strong>Hartford Courant, May 28, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Frank Torti, the University of Connecticut Health Center\u2019s new executive vice president of health affairs, says that personalized medicine could be the next big thing in health care and that he expects the university to play a major role in it.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Washington Post, May 28, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n What\u2019s in a name? That\u2019s a question that experts are wrestling with as they prepare to revise the diagnostic manual that spells out the criteria for addiction and other substance-use problems. Some may resist treatment if they are labeled addicts, says Yifrah Kaminer, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Connecticut Health Center.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Hartford Magazine, May 25, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n The depressed economy has not slowed demand for cosmetic procedures, which are rarely covered by insurance. \u201cThere are a lot of women and men in their 40s and 50s and older who realize that the job market is competitive,\u201d says Dr. Omar A. Ibrahimi, a dermatology expert and director of cutaneous laser and cosmetic surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong>New York Times, May 11, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Some economists say that 20 million substance abusers could be newly categorized as addicts, costing hundreds of millions of dollars in additional expenses. \u201cThe chances of getting a diagnosis are going to be much greater, and this will artificially inflate the statistics considerably,\u201d said Thomas F. Babor, a psychiatric epidemiologist at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong>SPORTSCONCUSSIONS.org, May 7, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Dr.Thomas Trojian, director of Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach at the UConn Health Center: This is a tough question! Having played football from a very young age into college, I learned a lot from football. Teamwork, perseverance and determination were a few of the positive attributes that I still use today.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Follow\u00a0the UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new Health Center chief looks ahead; the science of beauty; addiction diagnoses may rise under guideline changes; and should I let my son play football?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":60761,"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-60756","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":"2026-05-08 17:57:29","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\/60756","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=60756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60765,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60756\/revisions\/60765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/60761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60756"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=60756"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=60756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlcohol and Drug Problems Categorized Differently in Revised Manual<\/h2>\n
\nThe Science of Beauty<\/h2>\n
\nAddiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes<\/h2>\n
\nShould I Let My Son Play Football?<\/h2>\n
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