The Doctor Is In – And Out
The same day the remarkable Dr. Anthony Alessi checked out MMA fighters at Mohegan Sun began with him seeing patients at UConn Health in Storrs Center, including my mom
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The Fight for Physical Literacy
Elementary schools are associate professor Lindsay DiStefano’s Battleground. “Move” is her rally cry!
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.”