Grants aim to provide dental care to the under-served
The Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation is awarding $700,000 in grants 28 community organizations and programs in New Jersey and Connecticut. The Foundation is the charitable arm of Delta Dental of...
View ArticleReport: New Haven least healthy county in CT
New Haven County is the least healthy county in Connecticut, according to the annual County Health Rankings, released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin...
View ArticleYale researchers find out how new arteries form after a heart attack
Scientific collaborators from Yale School of Medicine and University College London (UCL) have uncovered the molecular pathway by which new arteries may form after heart attacks, strokes and other...
View ArticleDocs: Asthma, other health problems rise in heat wave
In the second day of this week’s heat waves, hospitals throughout the region reported some rises in respiratory illness and other heat-related problems. One of the more unusual was reported at Yale-New...
View ArticleAg station director dies
Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, died Thursday morning at home after a long illness. According to a statement posted Monday on the ag station’s...
View ArticleBridgeport named among worst cities for allergies
Do you greet each autumn morning with a sneeze, a sniffle and some watery eyes? Part of it might be the city you live in. Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford are three of the 100 worst places in the...
View ArticleIcy weather sends many to emergency rooms
If you slipped and fell on your sidewalk or front steps during Sunday’s blasts of freezing rain, you are not alone. Emergency rooms throughout the state saw an influx of traffic throughout the icy...
View ArticleHospitals add phone-charging stations
If you’re stuck at the hospital for a long period of time, losing the charge on your cell phone probably isn’t the biggest problem you’re facing. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t inconvenient. So, some...
View ArticleComputer glitch at Yale New Haven Health System
A computer “connectivity issue” that affected the internal network of facilities in the Yale New Haven Health System for several hours Friday didn’t impact patient care, said system spokeswoman Dana...
View ArticleHospitals want input on websites
Members of Yale New Haven Health System (Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital and Greenwich Hospital) will be making modifications to several of their websites in the near future. The company...
View ArticleDeLauro: Beware of enterovirus D68, but don’t panic
During an informational briefing in New Haven, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) and New Haven schools Superintendent Garth Harries urged families not to panic about enterovirus D68, a respiratory...
View ArticleYale study links strong neighborhood bonds to lower gun violence
The bonds that tie a neighborhood together can help shield community members from gun violence, according to new findings by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
View ArticleDelta Delta awards grants to facilities in Norwalk, Bridgeport, New Haven
Thousands of at-risk children, seniors and developmentally disabled individuals will have access to free and low-cost dental care and dental education in 2015, a result of over $990,000 in grants...
View ArticleYale New Haven hospitals named ‘fit-friendly’
All three Yale New Haven Health System hospitals are now recognized as Gold-Level Fit-Friendly Worksites by the American Heart Association for encouraging employees to consume healthier foods and...
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