Category: Health & Fitness
Sen. Fasano Introduces Bipartisan Bill Seeking Newborn Screening for Life Threatening Disorder
Hartford, CT – “If they are identified and treated early, the majority can remain asymptomatic.” These are the words of Dr. Jack Kelley, whose son Brian (24) has been quietly but doggedly fighting a rare …
School Raises Money for 6-year-old In Need of New Heart
[box]by Jeff Valin / WTNH[/box] As the old saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword, but the students at a North Haven elementary school hope the penny is even mightier as they go …
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Launching a Body Donation Program
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University is launching a body donation program. Bodies donated to the program at Connecticut’s newest medical school will be used to supplement the supply that is being used to …
Quinnipiac University’s New Anesthesiologist Assistant Program Receives State Approval
[box]William Paulsen, director of the anesthesiologist assistant program and professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac.[/box] Quinnipiac University has launched an anesthesiologist assistant program, which will begin this summer. The new master of health science program was …
Yale Professor of Psychology Offers Ways to Help Your Child Cope with the Recent Tragedy in Newtown, CT
Alan E. Kazdin is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology at Yale University and Director of Yale’s Parenting Center. This is raw, unedited footage from an interview in which Dr. Kazdin offers ways to …
North Haven Resident Re-Elected Secretary-Treasurer of Physician Assistant Education Association
William Kohlhepp, of North Haven, associate dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, has been re-elected to a three-year term as secretary-treasurer of the Physician Assistant Education Association. The PAEA is the only national organization …
QU Physical Therapy Students Use Wheelchairs to Deepen Understanding of Disabled Patients
[box]Hannah Wood, a fourth-year physical therapy student at Quinnipiac University, was among the physical therapy students who recently spent 24 hours in wheelchairs to deepen their understanding of disabled patients.[/box] For Meaghan Lynch, a third-year …
North Haven Residents Learn of Methadone Clinic
[box]By Michael Bellmore, Register Staff[/box] Conversations about opiates do not usually take place in kindergarten classrooms, but on Monday nigh, First Selectman Michael J. Freda arranged such a room be used in the North Haven …
Public Meeting Scheduled To Address Concerns About Methadone Clinic Coming to North Haven
North Haven’s Planning & Zoning Committee has granted the APT Foundation the site on 352 State Street (at the intersection of State Street and Sackett Point Road) for one of their treatment facilities. APT is …
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at QU Earns Important Approvals from LCME and State Board of Education
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University earned two important endorsements this week as it moves closer to offering its first classes to students who aspire to become primary care physicians. The Liaison Committee on …
North Haven Resident Appointed to the Founding Faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at QU
Richard A. Gonzalez, of North Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an assistant professor of medical sciences, Gonzalez is responsible for teaching human …
2nd Annual Festival to ACE ALS at the High Lane Club
Come see local tennis pros and coaches compete with their students to raise money to benefit the ALS Association. The High Lane Club at 40 High Lane in North Haven hosts the event on Saturday, August …