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April 8, 2025

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AI screening tool can streamline care for opioid use disorder, reduce hospital readmissions

Channel 3000

Doctors and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have developed an artificial intelligence tool to ensure some of our most vulnerable patients, those battling opioid use disorder, don’t fall through the cracks.

“The medical chart is full of information and it’s overwhelming, and our human brains just can’t process everything,” Dr. Majid Afshar said.

A mother’s love and one family’s journey toward a rare diagnosis, 14 years in the making

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Doctors theorized Treyson could have cerebral palsy or Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome that causes intellectual disabilities, difficulty walking and talking and seizures, many of the symptoms he possessed. Genetic testing was done. Nothing matched.

That changed in 2021 when the UW-Madison’s Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine began the Undiagnosed Disease Program, making it the second of its kind in the state. Part of the University’s School of Medicine and Public Health, it is often the last stop for patients who are looking for answers.

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Faculty Senate condemns police violence against last spring’s encampment, calls for restoration of shared governance involvement

The Daily Cardinal

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate condemned the police violence against protesters at last May’s pro-Palestine encampment during a packed meeting Monday, with proponents arguing the demonstration was non-violent and the police disproportionately harmed students and faculty of color.

Deported over a speeding ticket? Dozens of US students’ visas abruptly revoked

The Guardian

Lisa is an international student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, just one month away from graduation. She asked to use a pseudonym due to concerns about retaliation and an ongoing legal case. She is one of several students across states who found their legal status revoked by the US government on 4 April, without prior notice or clear explanation. University statements show that at least 39 students have been affected, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, Stanford, Ohio State, the University of Tennessee, the University of Kentucky, Minnesota State University and the University of Oregon.

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