A crowd of about 100 civilians, Air Force and Army ROTC cadets, as well as veterans, showed up at Hawley Armory through the rain to witness a Veterans Day ceremony for all major branches of the military. Observers at the event gathered in remembrance and recognition of military service men from past to present.
Researchers at UConn Health Center have discovered the cause of a rare form of cancer developed in the parathyroid gland. In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers performed several studies observing 15 patients who suffered from problems with their parathyroid glands, in hopes of finding a link between the gene HRPT2.