The Fight for Physical Literacy
Elementary schools are associate professor Lindsay DiStefano’s Battleground. “Move” is her rally cry!
Category: Health
Who’s in the News
On medical marijuana, me too moments, Mick Mulvaney, and more.
It May Take only a Little Exercise to Make You a Lot Happier
Story from UConn Today In Good Health It May Take Only a Little Exercise to Make You a Lot Happier You don’t have to spend hours at the gym or work up a dripping sweat to improve your mood and feel better about yourself, researchers at the University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital say in […]
Are E-Cigs Just as Bad as Tobacco?
Story from UConn Today This Just In Are E-Cigs Just as Bad as Tobacco? Kadimisetty with the 3-D printed sample chamber of his genetic toxicity testing device. A study by chemists at the University of Connecticut offers new evidence that electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes. Using a new low-cost, […]
Bottled Up
The lobby of UConn’s Pharmacy/Biology building is lined with beautiful and mysterious bottles from the 1600s to mid-1900s. They held remedies in the form of liquids, salves, and powders.
PHAR 1001: Toxic Chemicals and Health
This UConn professor teaches his students that “everything is toxic.”