Science & Medicine
Doctors say high levels of the mineral may be more of a problem than deficiencies are. Excessive absorption can lead to serious illnesses.
Oct. 7, 2002
Business
Employees at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut spent a day in someone else’s shoes--and they were filled with rocks.
Oct. 4, 1992
An analysis of recent school shootings suggests a way to make them less likely: Mandatory background checks.
Dec. 6, 2016
World & Nation
Only four people are inoculated as the national effort gets underway in Connecticut. Unions resist, worried about side effects and compensation.
Jan. 25, 2003
If starting a new school year isn’t stressful enough for teachers, a University of Connecticut researcher now suggests they may be more at risk for developing autoimmune diseases than people in other occupations.
Aug. 27, 2001
An experimental contraceptive vaccine has blocked fertility without fail in female and male guinea pigs, researchers report, raising prospects that a similar approach might work for women and men.
Oct. 10, 1988
California
Rosemary Park Anastos, whose distinguished career in higher education included the presidencies of Barnard College and Connecticut College as well as a term as vice chancellor of UCLA, has died.
April 25, 2004
Men diagnosed with the least dangerous, localized prostate cancer have a minimal risk of dying from the disease in the following 20 years, one of the largest and longest studies on the issue found Tuesday.
May 4, 2005
To qualify for Medicare funding, the U.S.
July 28, 2006
Obituaries
Philip Pumerantz, a former high school teacher who helped resurrect the once-maligned practice of osteopathic medicine in California by founding what’s now a bustling medical school, has died at his home in Upland.
Jan. 12, 2018