{"id":75096,"date":"2013-04-02T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=75096"},"modified":"2013-08-14T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T18:57:19","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-late-march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/04\/health-center-in-the-news-late-march-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 Late March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>DNA Sequencing: Changing the Landscape of Science and Biology<\/h2>\n<p><i>Medical Xpress, March 26, 2013\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=5130\">Brenton Graveley<\/a>, professor of genetics and developmental biology at UConn Health Center and UConn&#8217;s Institute for System Genomics, explains how government-funded research consortia are using advances in DNA sequencing technology to unlock the mysteries surrounding diseases and disorders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WU6RdK\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Study Looks at Blood Pressure&#8217;s Role in Aging of the Brain<\/h2>\n<p><i>New Britain Herald, March 24, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heart.uchc.edu\/physicians\/bios\/white.html\">Dr. William White<\/a>, professor of medicine and chief of the Calhoun Cardiology Center Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, along with other health center physicians, have been tracking hypertensive patients. They want to see if an aggressive lowering of blood pressure can slow the brain\u2019s aging process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbritainherald.com\/articles\/2013\/03\/24\/news\/doc514fb75265b17437349909.txt\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>It\u2019s Poison Prevention Week<\/h2>\n<p><i>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, March 18, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/poisoncontrol.uchc.edu\/educators\/specialist.html\">Amy Hanoian Fontana<\/a>, community education specialist at the Connecticut Poison Control Center, joins the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a> morning show with some reminders about poison prevention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/hanoian_fontana_3_18_13_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/hanoian_fontana_3_18_13_wtic.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" 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>Prevent Poisoning in Your Home<\/h2>\n<p><i>Aired on FOX CT, March 18, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/poisoncontrol.uchc.edu\/educators\/specialist.html\">Amy Hanoian Fontana<\/a> from the Connecticut Poison Control Center tells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctnow.com\/news\/morningextra\/\">FOX CT<\/a> about steps you can take to keep your children safe from accidental poisoning. This week is National Poison Prevention Week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/16EsUJd\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #ff4b33;line-height: 24px\" href=\"http:\/\/landing.newsinc.com\/shared\/video.html?freewheel=91060&amp;sites\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Match Day 2013<b> <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><i>Fox CT News, March 15, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Fourth-year students at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine celebrated a successful Match Day on March 15 with 94.8 percent of them securing residencies through the National Residency Match Program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/OSovsHW3z2I\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rm3v32TZ0GQ&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PL1AB6A2BBA4C26094\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>UConn Dental Student Creates Video Campaign<\/h2>\n<p><i>Aired on FOX CT, March 11, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Dental Student Andrew Rosenstein discusses his award-winning video promoting oral health on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctnow.com\/news\/morningextra\/\">FOX CT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKsJfJheNqo&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PLE711F5D29EC394DB\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKsJfJheNqo&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PLE711F5D29EC394DB\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/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>Health Center experts are interviewed about DNA sequencing, blood pressure and the brain, poison prevention, Match Day 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-75096","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":"2026-04-23 11:57:51","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\/75096","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=75096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82087,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75096\/revisions\/82087"}],"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=75096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75096"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=75096"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=75096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}