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3 weeks ago | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Deanna Gorman knows very well about the white hot pain, nausea and exhaustion that come with migraine headaches. She has been living with them since she was about 12. Until now. Gorman, who works at Hartford Healthcare, is part of new research, said to be the first-of-its-kind, that is studying migraines in the workplace.
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1 month ago | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
As a CEO of a health care system, Jeffrey Flaks has worked to bring access to health care across the state of Connecticut.
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2 months ago | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
At this Connecticut store, you can smell but not taste. Take products home and you can smoke, vape, inhale or munch on them, depending on what you decide to buy. But back to the part about the smell. At this cannabis store, the smell part is brand new, and to date, it’s unique in Connecticut.
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2 months ago | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Some CT legislators call for more taxes on the rich. Will Lamont agree?
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Helen Bennett
As president and CEO of the Hartford Foundation, Jay Williams knows full well that there is an issue on the minds of people across the state and the nation: the negative impact that enormous student loans can have on college graduates. “Students who graduate college with crushing student loans, the ability to make life choices, buy a house, start a family, give back to the community, is limited,” Williams said.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Mike Lauria says he was just “sick and tired of something controlling my life” when he decided to seek help. He had been drinking about 12 (sometimes more) shots of 100-proof alcohol a day at that point. Then he reached out to The Ridge, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in eastern Connecticut. It wasn’t open yet, so Lauria, now 50, waited. It was worth the wait, he said. He turned out to be a patient on its first day of operation in January 2024.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Licensed Professional Counselor Yvette Bunting-Watts puts it simply: “No one enjoys feeling the lack of joy.”Bunting-Watts, knows the topic of mental health well, as she is the founder and CEO of Centerpiece Behavioral Health Services in Wallingford. It is a mental health practice with multiple types of services and has clients age 5 and older, as well as families.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Dr. Ulysses Wu is worried. The chief epidemiologist and system director for infectious diseases at Hartford HealthCare has been worried before but this worry comes as the state, nation and world mark five years since the global pandemic that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said killed 1,222,603 people in the United States.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
There’s something illegal going on in a CT river. Why there’s a balancing act for DEEP in ending it.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
courant.com | Helen Bennett
Linus is a 7-year-old orange tabby available for adoption with Our Companions Animal Rescue. Volunteers and staff agree: he is so much fun to play with. He is very enthusiastic about chasing toys, doing flips in the air, and scaling his cat tree in seconds. Linus is that real “orange tabby” energy; he won’t be lounging around looking for lasagna, he likes to stay active and be silly. His brain is active too and likes to learn new skills and behaviors.
