{"id":87685,"date":"2013-12-23T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=87685"},"modified":"2014-01-15T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T21:39:12","slug":"health-center-in-news-december-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/12\/health-center-in-news-december-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 December 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Thomas Trojian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mandatory Helmets for Snowboarding?<\/h2>\n

WTIC 1080 News, Dec. 23, 2013
\nDr. Thomas Trojian<\/a>, director of the UConn Health Center\u2019s Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs, comments on the prevalence of head injuries in winter sports in light of a new policy at a local ski resort to require helmets on the slopes. Michael Guerrera reports in the WTIC 1080 News at 3 p.m. (Dec. 23, 2013,)<\/p>\n

Listen to the broadcast ><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Rebecca Andrews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do Vitamin Pills Actually Do Anything?<\/h2>\n

WNPR-FM, Dec. 19, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

A group of doctors in a leading medical journal<\/a> are issuing a blunt warning to consumers: “stop wasting money” on vitamins\u2026. Rebecca Andrews is a primary care doctor who teaches medicine at\u00a0UConn<\/a>.\u00a0“The editorial was pretty spot on,” Andrews said. “If you’re spending a lot of money on vitamins and you like your fruits and vegetables and you’d rather spend that money on fruits and vegetables, you’re going to get better health from doing that.”<\/p>\n

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\"Dr.
Dr. William White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blood Pressure Guidelines Can Be Loosened, Panel Says<\/h2>\n

<\/b>New York Times, Dec. 18, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Hypertension experts said they did not have a precise figure on how many Americans would be affected by the new guidelines. But Dr. William B. White, the president of the American Society of Hypertension, said it was \u201ca huge number for sure.\u201d He estimated that millions of people over 60 had blood pressures between 140 and 150. Dr. Paul A. James, the chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and co-chairman of the guidelines committee, said, \u201cIf you get patients\u2019 blood pressure below 150, I believe you are doing as well as can be done based on scientific evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Robert Fuller (International Medical Corps\/Margaret Aguirre)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UConn Doctor Helps in Philippines Following Typhoon Haiyan<\/h2>\n

Hartford Courant, Dec. 10, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

As international aid descended on the hardest hit areas of the Philippines last month following Typhoon Haiyan, so did Dr. Robert Fuller \u2013 at times by helicopter. Fuller, a 49-year-old\u00a0West Hartford\u00a0resident and chief of emergency medicine at the\u00a0University of Connecticut Health Center, spent about two weeks in the devastated area.<\/p>\n

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\"Dr.
Dr. Mary Beth Bruder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Experts Develop Autism Guidelines for Use Statewide<\/h2>\n

Hartford Courant, Dec. 9, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

“We want to have consistency throughout the state, so that a child in Greenwich would have the same evaluation done as a child in Hartford,” said Dr. Mary Beth Bruder, a professor of pediatrics and educational psychology at the University of Connecticut. “We have disparities, not just racial and income, but where there are trained clinicians.”<\/p>\n

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\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Cheryl Oncken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Pregnancy, What\u2019s Worse? Cigarettes or the Nicotine Patch?<\/h2>\n

WNPR Radio, Nov. 25, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

For example, the study of pregnant smokers in the U.K. is hard to interpret because only 7 percent of the women who got nicotine patches actually used them correctly, says Dr. Cheryl Oncken<\/a>, a researcher at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The rest simply stopped using the patches after a few weeks. In her own research<\/a>, Oncken has found that nicotine gum does help.<\/p>\n

Listen to the broadcast ><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Julian Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Treating Trauma Before Anger Gets Teens in Trouble<\/h2>\n

CTLatinoNews.com, Nov. 21, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

The Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice, which is based at the University of Connecticut Health Center, provides training for people \u2013 including judges, probation officers, teachers and parents \u2013 who work with teens who have been arrested or are at risk for arrest.<\/p>\n

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