{"id":90071,"date":"2014-03-06T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=90071"},"modified":"2014-03-07T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T21:01:31","slug":"uconn-health-in-the-news-february-early-march-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/03\/uconn-health-in-the-news-february-early-march-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health in the News:  February \u2013 Early March 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Teams with Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center<\/h2>\n<p><i>Fox CT, March 6, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Dunkin\u2019 Donuts franchises in Connecticut are teaming up with the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health to support its efforts to offer comprehensive and advanced heart care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxct.com\/2014\/03\/05\/dunkin-teams-with-pat-and-jim-calhoun-cardiology-center\/#ixzz2vHaejJIl\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Video icon\" 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;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Personalized Medicine at UConn Health<\/h2>\n<p><i>WDRC-FM, \u201cSaturday Morning Spotlight<i>,<\/i>\u201d March 1, 2014<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\/about\/vicepresident\/index.html\">Dr. Frank Torti<\/a>, UConn Health EVP for health affairs and medical school dean, discusses personalized medicine with Kim Zacary.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/uconnhealth\/wdrc-personalized-medicine-at\" 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=\"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>New Proposal Allows Medical Care in the Community for Connecticut Parolees<\/h2>\n<p><i>WNPR News, Feb. 26, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The single biggest issue is: What is your status when you are released from a jail or prison, and you go to a halfway house?&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Trestman-Robert\">Dr. Robert Trestman<\/a>, executive director of <a href=\"http:\/\/cmhc.uchc.edu\/\">UConn&#8217;s\u00a0Correctional Managed Health Care<\/a>, which oversees medical services\u00a0in the state prison systems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnpr.org\/post\/new-proposal-allows-medical-care-community-connecticut-parolees\" 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=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Athletics, the Heart, and Go Red<\/h2>\n<p><i>WTIC SportsTalk, Feb. 21, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Schulman-Peter\">Dr. Peter Schulman<\/a> from the UConn Health Calhoun Cardiology Center joins WTIC&#8217;s &#8220;Sports Talk&#8221; with Joe D&#8217;Ambrosio to discuss the Go Red for Women luncheon, athletics and the heart, and overall heart health.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/uconnhealth\/wtic-athletics-and-the-heart\">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=\"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>Gender Balance and the Culture of Women in Science<\/h2>\n<p><i>WNPR \u201cWhere We Live,\u201d <\/i><i>Feb. 20, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=weller-sandra\">Sandra Weller<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics at UConn Health, was part of a panel of guests talking about the challenges women face in pursuing STEM careers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnpr.org\/post\/gender-balance-and-culture-women-science\" 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=\"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>Diaper Wipe Dangers<\/h2>\n<p><i>The Doctors, Fox 61 Connecticut and Fox Network TV, Feb. 18, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Chang-Mary\">Dr. Mary Chang<\/a>, UConn Health dermatologist, is interviewed about allergic reactions to baby wipes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedoctorstv.com\/videolib\/init\/10947\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Video icon\" 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>\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Probiotics Love Your Guts<\/h2>\n<p><i>Hartford Magazine, March 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Probiotics can impact just about everything in the body,\u201d says <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=McCusker-Meagen\">Dr. Meagan McCusker<\/a>, a UConn Health dermatologist who uses probiotics to treat a wide variety of conditions including acne and psoriasis. \u201cThey really can\u2019t and shouldn\u2019t be overlooked when it comes to overall health maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/npaper-wehaa.com\/hartford-magazine#2014\/02\/?article=2150874\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Fetal Cells Remain in Moms for Years, Affecting Health<\/h2>\n<p><i>USA Today, Feb. 13, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Studies now show that fetal cells remain behind, long after pregnancy, in 40 percent to 70 percent of women studied. &#8220;You live on in them, and they live on in you,&#8221; says <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=3645\">Dr. Louise McCullough<\/a>, director of stroke research at UConn Health. Yet the fetal cells left behind in women&#8217;s bodies are more than mementos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/02\/12\/fetal-cells-repair-strokes\/5412383\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Using the Mind to Help with Healing<\/h2>\n<p><i>Orlando Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Feb. 8, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A cardiac support group at the UConn Health has helped remind Bement that she\u2019s not alone \u2014 support is critical not just for a patient\u2019s emotional well-being, but for the heart\u2019s prognosis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fw.to\/uXGSfGD\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health<\/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>UConn Health experts discuss a variety of topics including personalized medicine; athletes and their hearts; women in science; and the benefits of probiotics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":90083,"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":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-90071","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":"2026-05-09 06:33:55","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\/90071","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=90071"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90117,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90071\/revisions\/90117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/90083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90071"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=90071"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=90071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}