{"id":64567,"date":"2012-08-24T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=64567"},"modified":"2012-08-27T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T19:57:29","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-late-august-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/08\/health-center-in-the-news-late-august-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 Late August 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Readjusting Kids\u2019 Sleep Habits for School<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Aug. 20, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/PhysicianProfile.aspx?ID=69\">Dr. Daniel McNally<\/a>, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the UConn Health Center, advises parents of students returning to school this fall. Angela Dias reports in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC 1080 News<\/a> at 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/mcnally_8_20_12_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Roving Clinics Treat State&#8217;s Migrant Workers<\/h2>\n<p><em>The Day, Aug. 12, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers bring health care to state&#8217;s farms, orchards through UConn School of Medicine program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theday.com\/article\/20120812\/NWS01\/308129943\/-1\/NWS\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Artificial Lighting and Our Health<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WNPR-FM, Aug. 10, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cancer epidemiologist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commed.uchc.edu\/faculty\/stevens\/\">Richard Stevens<\/a> is part of a discussion with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpbn.org\/program\/where-we-live\">WNPR<\/a>\u2019s \u201cWhere We Live\u201d with John Dankosky about how exposure to artificial light impacts our health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/stevens_8_10_12_npr.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, read \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/whyfiles.org\/2012\/light-at-night-mixed-blessing\/\">Summer = Long Days, Short Nights<\/a>\u201d <em>from \u201cThe Why Files\u201d Aug. 16, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Getting Up-to-Date on Vaccines<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Aug. 19, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The re-emergence of whooping cough leads to a larger discussion on the importance of vaccination. <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/PhysicianProfile.aspx?ID=499\">Dr. Paul Skolnik<\/a>, infectious diseases physician and chair of the Department of Medicine, joins \u201cAt Home in Connecticut\u201d with Bill Pearse on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/skolnik_8_19_12_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Women\u2019s Cancer Support Group Open to All<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 and 96.5 TIC-FM, Aug. 12, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A women\u2019s cancer support group recently started meeting monthly at the UConn Health Center. Group member Maryann dePreaux and <a href=\"http:\/\/cancer.uchc.edu\/physicians\/bios\/brewer.html\">Dr. Molly Brewer<\/a>, a gynecologic oncologist, talk about it with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a>\u2019s Sam Gingerella.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/brewer_8_12_12_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/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>Time to readjust kids&#8217; sleep habits; helping migrant workers; artificial light&#8217;s effect on health; keeping vaccines current; and cancer support for women.<\/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-64567","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 17:57:03","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\/64567","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=64567"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64687,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64567\/revisions\/64687"}],"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=64567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64567"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=64567"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=64567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}