Health & Well-Being
UConn Health Screens Firefighters for Skin Cancer
Dermatologists, residents, students offer free screenings for UConn and community firefighters, whose occupational exposures increase their risk of melanoma and other cancers
What if Health Insurance Covered Mindfulness?
A $3.1 million NIH grant supports Professor Blair T. Johnson and collaborators from Brown University in analyzing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Recognized for Elite Patient Experience
Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award puts John Dempsey Hospital among the top 10% nationwide
Running in the UConn Health Half Marathon? Don’t Wait to Train
Take some tips from the UConn Institute for Sports Medicine
HDFS Professor Questions Replacing Human Interactions with Technology in Health Care
Some matters are too important to be left to a patient portal or other non-human source of information
Students’ Access, Satisfaction with UConn Mental Health Services Significantly Improved Since Task Force’s Launch
'A caring community is the foundation for student success'
Psychedelics May Better Treat Depression and Anxiety Symptoms than Prescription Antidepressants for Patients with Advanced Cancer
Psilocybin and other psychedelics could help patients process the challenges of a cancer diagnosis
UConn Health Celebrates Its Lab Staff
This Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, the acknowledgements pour in for Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine personnel
Tools for More Accurate Obesity Risk Assessment Based on Sex, Ethnicity
Jacob Earp, assistant professor of kinesiology, has developed simple measurements and equations that better predict fat distribution than BMI alone
Depressed, and Aging Fast
UConn Center on Aging researchers have found that older adults suffering from depression age faster than their peers