{"id":77074,"date":"2013-04-30T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=77074"},"modified":"2014-01-15T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T20:30:08","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-late-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/04\/health-center-in-the-news-late-april-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 Late April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Free State Resource for Expectant Parents with Questions<\/h2>\n<p><i>WTIC Radio, April 28, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Genetic Counselor <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Lavigne-Sharon\">Sharon Lavigne<\/a> joins &#8220;Face Connecticut&#8221; with Sam Gingerella to discuss the Connecticut Pregnancy Exposure Information Service as a community resource for expectant families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snd.sc\/ZRZ01l\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Audio icon\" 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;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>A Different Route: New Techniques Offer Options for Varicosities<\/h2>\n<p><i>Stamford Advocate, April 22, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Varicose veins affect the superficial system, located directly under the skin, said <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Dahn-Michael\">Dr. Michael Dahn<\/a>, a professor of surgery and director of the vascular fellowship program at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stamfordadvocate.com\/default\/article\/A-different-route-New-techniques-offer-options-4453625.php\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Coping with Aftermath of Violence<\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><i>WTIC Radio, April 23, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>WTIC 1080 News reports on dealing with the after-effects of violence and features perspective from <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Grasso-Damion\">Damion Grasso<\/a>, assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the UConn Health Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snd.sc\/11KVnHI\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Audio icon\" 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;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Does Going \u2018All Natural\u2019 Keep Us Healthier?<\/h2>\n<p><i>WNPR, The Colin McEnroe Show, April 22, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picim.uchc.edu\/faculty\/index.html\">Dr. Ana Maria Verissimo<\/a> with the Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine at the UConn School of Medicine, joins Colin McEnroe in a discussion on birth, death and medicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourpublicmedia.org\/node\/25268\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Audio icon\" 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>UConn Holds Annual \u2018White Coat Gala\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><i>Hartford Courant, April 21, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It may have been called the \u201cWhite Coat Gala\u201d but exactly who the doctors were was pretty much a guess because of the black tie dress code at the University of Connecticut Foundation party Saturday at the Connecticut Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/courantblogs.com\/java\/uconn-holds-annual-white-coat-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bombings Bring Back Bad Memories<\/h2>\n<p><i>Hartford Courant, April 21, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most immediate threat to our survival is if someone else is attempting to attack us,&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Ford-Julian\">Julian Ford<\/a>, a psychologist at UConn. &#8220;It&#8217;s clearly a very biologically hard-wired instinct to survive and protect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/connecticut\/hc-boston-marathon-tragedy-reaction-20130420,0,4163178,full.story\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lots of Shots, but Kids Need\u2019em<\/h2>\n<p><i>WTIC Radio, April 18, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Casserino-Ashley\">Dr. Ashley Casserino<\/a>, UConn Health Center pediatrician, joins WTIC NewsTalk 1080&#8217;s &#8220;Mornings with Ray Dunaway&#8221; to discuss childhood immunizations in light of the latest study to show no link between the vaccines and autism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snd.sc\/11lr0aJ\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/snd.sc\/11lr0aJ\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Audio icon\" 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<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 varicose veins; coping with violence; childhood immunizations; going natural; and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"closed","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-77074","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":"2026-04-28 08:35:35","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\/77074","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=77074"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88303,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions\/88303"}],"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=77074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}