Episodes 59
Avg. Duration 15m
Activity Sporadic
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Aug 2025

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
68%
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

Health-related topics from Connecticut's public academic medical center

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Recent Episodes

What to Watch for With Ticks, and When

Aug 18, 2025 14m

Ticks can be active whenever the temperature is above 40 degrees, meaning the tick-borne illness is more than a seasonal worry limited to a portion of the summer. And Connecticut is seeing more types…

Skin Cancer Risk: Spray Away?

Aug 07, 2025 14m

“There’s no such thing as a healthy tan.” While we may be coming around on that idea, are we getting distracted by potential reasons not to use sunscreen? Are there ingredients in sunscreens that are…

Examining Energy Drinks

Jul 21, 2025 14m

They come in all kinds of colors, flavors, sizes, and prices — products claiming to deliver a burst of energy to wake you up, keep you going, or give you that needed jolt. Are they more than just…

Angst Over Additives in Our Food

Jun 27, 2025 14m

As the push to ban certain food dyes gains momentum, what should we know about them, and about other additives in our food supply? What are the potential consequences of ingredients that are not…

Measles and Vexing Vaccines (Including COVID)

Jun 06, 2025 15m

Vaccines are considered by more than a few scientific experts to be among the most significant developments in modern medicine. Now, it’s hard to know what to believe about vaccinations. The…

Spray Away Severe Depression

May 08, 2025 14m

When severe depression becomes treatment-resistant depression, an unconventional medication is proving to be effective. It’s a specific form of ketamine that is administered by nasal spray in a…

Attacking Endometriosis With Awareness and Research

Mar 28, 2025 14m

Treatable but not curable, endometriosis affects one in 10 women and girls of reproductive age. But it's not all that well understood and recognized, and can go undetected, leading to years of…

Fluoride Flak: Dental Experts Weigh In

Feb 24, 2025 14m

Many of us have been told for most of our lives that fluoride is greatly beneficial to our health. So how did we get from fluoride in the public water supply being one of history’s great public…

Expertise in Treating Advanced Melanoma

Dec 23, 2024 14m

The deadliest form of skin cancer is even deadlier when it spreads beyond the skin. When simply cutting out the cancerous skin is not enough, melanoma goes from a dermatology matter to an oncology…

Retraining the Brain With Neurosurgical Breakthrough

Nov 22, 2024 15m

An emerging approach to stroke recovery involves an outpatient neurosurgical procedure that implants a device capable of stimulating a nerve found to be central to the brain's ability to learn. Dr.…

UConn Health's Excellence in Huntington's Disease Care

Oct 11, 2024 15m

It takes expertise across many specialties to earn a designation as a Center of Excellence from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. UConn Health has earned that designation. From UConn…

Fall and Winter Respiratory Ailments Await

Sep 23, 2024 15m

Whether it's cold or flu, COVID or RSV, get ready for what seems like a growing number of respiratory illnesses this fall and winter. How do we recognize them, how do we react to symptoms, how do we…

What Can We Learn About Vocal Injury From Aerosmith

Sep 04, 2024 15m

A fractured larynx? That's what's done in Steven Tyler and forced Aerosmith to retire from touring. This month we talk to two experts from UConn Health's Voice and Speech Clinic to explain this and…

Listen to Your Limbs

Jun 25, 2024 14m

Dr. Justin D'Addario, vascular and endovascular surgeon at UConn Health, explains the potential health hazards of poor blood flow, and how to recognize problems like peripheral arterial disease, deep…

BEFAST to Save Brain From Stroke

Jun 07, 2024 14m

Whether it's the acute care during the medical emergency or the recovery and rehabilitation that follows, UConn Health continues to earn recognition for its stroke care. Dr. Priya Narwal, interim…

Hacer que la EM sea más 'VISIBLE'

May 10, 2024 12m

Un gran reto en la atención de la esclerosis múltiple es reconocerla lo suficientemente pronto como para iniciar la intervención y cambiar la trayectoria de la enfermedad. Los determinantes sociales…

Keeping Women Moving

Apr 19, 2024 14m

You don't have to be an elite athlete to take advantage of a new care model that offers access to full range of expertise: the Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health is for women…

Making MS More 'VISIBL'

Mar 27, 2024 15m

A great challenge in multiple sclerosis care is recognizing it soon enough to start intervention and change the disease trajectory. Social determinants of health, including cultural barriers, can…

Addressing Barriers to Rx Access

Jan 11, 2024 14m

UConn Health is now part of the Dispensary of Hope Network, which means it can connect qualifying patients with no-cost prescriptions for certain medications that the pharmaceutical companies make…

Season’s Eatings: Tips From an RD

Dec 07, 2023 15m

Temptation surrounds us during the holiday season. How do we navigate those holiday parties, potlucks and happy hours so we can be reasonably healthy and still be festive? Linda York, registered…

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