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35 to 40 Percent of Older Adults Lack Bladder Control
Nearly 40 percent of older women and up to 35 percent of older men live with distressing urinary symptoms, including difficulty with bladder control and urinating, which often compromise quality of life and overall health. Learn how the UConn Center on Aging's clinical and research efforts, along with the National Institute on Aging and the American Geriatrics Society, are working to help older adults.
Leading Alzheimer’s Disease Expert Named Chair of Neuroscience at UConn Med School
UConn School of Medicine has named Dr. Riqiang Yan of the Cleveland Clinic its new new chair of the Department of Neuroscience. Yan, a leading Alzheimer's disease researcher, will join UConn in Spring 2018 to establish the medical school's first laboratory dedicated to studying and finding new treatments for Alzheimer's.
UConn Health Doc Gives Back to His Hurricane-Ravaged Homeland
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Hynes Birmingham spent two weeks in his native island of Dominica, providing much-needed medical care after Hurricane Maria.
Don’t Vape Your Health Away
On Great American Smokeout Day, a UConn Health pulmonary specialist discusses the hazards of the growing e-cigarette and vaping trend.
The 411 on the New Blood Pressure Guidelines
UConn Health Calhoun Cardiology Center's Dr. William B. White, past president of the American Society of Hypertension, sounds off on the large impact the AHA/ACC's newly issued blood pressure guidelines may have on you and millions of other Americans.
Sprouting Healthy Food Habits Early in Kids
Little City Sprouts is a year-round gardening and nutrition education program for 2-to 5-year-old preschoolers in Hartford child care centers. The initiative is one of the programs that is helping reduce childhood obesity rates in Hartford.
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Top-Ranked in Patient Safety for Three Years
UConn John Dempsey Hospital has been awarded the highest A-rating in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group three years in a row.
Cooling Off Chemotherapy’s Side Effects
UConn Health’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center now offers its breast cancer patients scalp-cooling therapy to reduce their chances of hair loss from chemotherapy.
UConn Collaborates with Duke for Brain Tumor Care
UConn Health has formed a new clinical collaboration with Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center to bring Connecticut patients access to the most advanced brain tumor care available.
Following in the Footsteps of Physicians for Human Rights
This fall UConn School of Medicine students are starting the UConn Immigration Rights Initiative (UIRI) to assist asylum seekers in their pursuit of safe haven in the U.S. Learn how their advocacy efforts have been guided by the internationally renowned Physicians for Human Rights, winners of the 2017 Dodd Prize who are set to be honored Nov. 2-3 at UConn and UConn Health.