Winter holidays are a time to celebrate with family and friends, but many experience health problems during this time of year. Dr. Runjhun Misra, internal medicine at the UConn Health Center, discusses how to stay healthy during the holidays on NBC Connecticut\u2019s 11 a.m. news show.<\/p>\n
Watch the video > New York Times, Dec. 24, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n In a move likely to renew a longstanding ethical controversy, UConn geneticists are quietly making plans to study the DNA of Adam Lanza, 20, who killed 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Conn. Their work will be an effort to discover biological clues to extreme violence.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Aired on WDRC-AM, WWCO-AM, WSNG-AM and WMMW-AM, Dec. 11, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Runjhun Misra, a third-year primary care resident at the UConn Health Center, joins Brad Davis and Mary Jones on The Talk of Connecticut<\/a> to discuss health matters such as preventive medicine, men\u2019s health, and end-of-life decisions.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > Aired on ESPN Radio 97.9-FM and 1300-AM, Dec. 4, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Thomas DeBerardino<\/a>, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, explains hip ailments such as those affecting Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Dec. 5, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n On WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a>, Dr. Rebecca Andrews, associate director of the UConn School of Medicine\u2019s Internal Medicine Residency Program, discusses how the UConn Health Center is encouraging medical students to pursue primary care careers.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > The Connecticut Mirror, Nov. 30, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n “The takeaway message is even though things are getting better, this is still a lot of cases and we need to keep concentrating how to improve prevention,” said Tim Morse, professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Health Center, who wrote the report with Paula Schenck, director of indoor environment and health programs at the health center.<\/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":" Health Center experts are interviewed about holiday health hazards; seeking clues to violence; A-Rod\u2019s hip injury; the primary care shortage and more. <\/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":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-70727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 19:28:31","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\/70727","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=70727"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84646,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70727\/revisions\/84646"}],"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=70727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70727"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=70727"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=70727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nA Visit from Dr. Misra<\/h2>\n
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\nDr. Tom Talks A-Rod\u2019s Hip Injury<\/h2>\n
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\nAddressing the Primary Care Physician Shortage<\/h2>\n
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\nOn-the-Job Illness in Connecticut Declining but Still High<\/h2>\n
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