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Podcast: Bilingual Tool to Spot Signs of MS Earlier

UConn Health Multiple Sclerosis Center director: Overcoming cultural barriers can greatly improve patients' trajectory

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Seeing a Path to Nerve Regeneration

'This opens a whole new novel realm of research. It could help glaucoma and other types of nerve damage'

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Heat Mitigation Improves Worker Safety and the Bottom Line

Climate change is a major factor in laborer safety. A new study from UConn's Korey Stringer Institute shows how heat mitigation can help keep workers safe and productive

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Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence in Connecticut Designated at UConn Health

UConn Health is now one of only 57 Centers of Excellence nationwide designated by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America to help patients and their families living with this rare genetic disease

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One Health Conference Explores Pressing Global Health Issues

CAHNR is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to build connections and take actionable steps to improve global human, animal, plant, and environmental health

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Storing Firearms at Home: What UConn Experts Say

Guns are the leading cause of death of children in the United States

UConn Health’s Chief Neurosurgeon Helps Rewrite Stroke Care Guidelines

Dr. Ketan Bulsara says more stroke patients qualify for life-saving thrombectomy

Infographic: VISIBLY representing vision, balance, limb, young people as a framework for early multiple sclerosis awareness

Making Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis ‘VISIBL’

UConn Health’s MS director works with medical students to create 1st bilingual tool to help overcome cultural barriers

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World Champs: UConn’s Teaching Hospital Ranked a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek Three Years in a Row

UConn John Dempsey Hospital is the only Connecticut hospital recognized by Newsweek for its excellent patient experience

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Spraying Away Treatment-Resistant Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

UConn Health launches new esketamine service to save more lives from severe depression and prevent suicide