Author: jplucas

Fast food fiends hungry for a bargain should skip the super-sizing – those extra calories arenââ?¬â?¢t as cheap as they seem.
New research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered that as a person�s waistline expands, so do the bills.

University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators have accused a former genetics professor of distorting research findings in grant applications and her published papers.

Elizabeth B. Goodwin improperly relabeled charts and graphs in the applications for three grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health, investigators found. The investigators’ findings became public Wednesday.

Madison: An internal probe finds a UW scientist lied when applying for federal grants.

The scientist in question is Dr. Elizabeth Goodwinââ?¬â??a genetics researcher described by colleagues as ‘extremely talented.’

A genetics professor resigned in March after a UW committee investigated student claims that she won grants with incorrect scientific data.

Interim Dean of Research Irwin Goldman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences said there was little chance of catching the errors before Goodwin won three grants totalling nearly two million dollars.

A UW-Madison genetics professor who resigned this year fabricated data in three grant applications – misconduct unearthed by graduate students whose careers suffered in the process – says a university investigative report released Wednesday.

Researchers at the UW have uncovered a new way to detect potential health problems in smokers.
Scientists are using helium to track respiratory organ movement.

Itââ?¬â?¢s smooth and spreadable ââ?¬â?? but itââ?¬â?¢s got researchers whipped up. How a Wisconsin lab is hacking the chemical code of cream cheese.

Fewer but larger doses of radiotherapy may be a safe and effective way to treat breast cancer, research suggests.

A team of UK and US researchers found giving 13 larger doses was as effective at preventing cancer from returning as the standard regime of 25 small doses.

The research was a collaboration between the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the Gloucestershire Oncology Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research and the University of Wisconsin.

Every time you super size your lunch at a fast food joint, it’s going to cost you a lot more than just additional calories, according to UW-Madison nutritional scientists.

RACINE ââ?¬â?Ã? Health advocates have preached for years about the effects which too much food and too much weight have on your health, and now a pair of Wisconsin researchers has calculated how that jumbo-sized restaurant ââ?¬Å?bargainââ?¬Â meal deflates your wallet while it inflates your stomach.

Whether it’s an order of French fries or a juicy steak, our portion sizes are becoming as large as our waistlines.It’s hard to resist, when many restaurants let you upsize your meal for mere pennies.

The words Gov. Jim Doyle used this week to defend state support for embryonic stem-cell research deserve to be repeated:
The research, the governor wrote, “holds the potential to save countless lives and bring thousands of jobs to our state.”

That powerful potential for good is why there should be no retreat from state funding and policies supporting stem-cell research at UW-Madison.

When I read that Gov. Doyle and the state’s Roman Catholic bishops were arguing over stem-cell research, my first thought was, “Do we really need this kind of a carnival side show?”

My second thought was “This is exactly the kind of debate we ought to be having about important moral issues in our society.”

A: That question is harder to answer than you might expect, says Frank Myers, professor emeritus of ophthalmology at UW-Madison, since the experiments necessary to pinpoint the cause would be unethical. You can’t hit people in the head to see why they see stars.