Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are developing an artificial intelligence-based “digital mentor” to support the training of clinicians who help newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit breathe.
When babies are born too early, they can have difficulty breathing because their lungs are not fully developed. Some infants need doctors to place a breathing tube in their windpipe and connect it to a machine that helps them breathe.
Approximately 3 million people in the United States are living with a condition called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF. The number of people with this form of heart failure, which is more common in women than men, is growing alongside a rise in risk factors like aging, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Additionally, more than 80% of HFpEF patients also face pulmonary hypertension, or increased blood pressure in the vasculature of the lungs.
Kenosha residents have three upcoming chances to donate blood and help the University of Wisconsin–Madison defend its title in the Abbott and Big Ten Conference We Give Blood Drive competition — and each city-sponsored drive comes with a free UW hat and a Culver’s coupon for a pint of custard.
“She is the smallest surviving baby by weight at 355 grams to graduate from our NICU. She makes history,” Dr. Claudette Onyelobi said.
Dr. Onyelobi, who is affectionately known as “Dr. O,” is UW Health Kids Neonatologist and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Onyelobi is also the Director of Small Baby Care at American Family Children’s Hospital and UnityPoint Health-Meriter.
Hospital costs in Wisconsin are about 26% higher than in Illinois, according to a new study comparing the two states, but a hospital trade association questions the report’s methods and disputes its conclusions.
The reason for the difference isn’t certain, says the report’s co-author, University of Wisconsin economist Anthony Lo Sasso. But he says it could be because most metro areas in the state have one dominant hospital and healthcare system.
Violent outbursts are so common that they’ve been dramatized on the popular medical TV series The Pitt. “Emergency rooms right now are like a powder keg,” said Rachel Odes, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing.
A pacemaker that never needs a battery replacement could soon become reality, thanks to a device that generates its own electricity from the very heartbeat it regulates. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers built a nanogenerator small enough to slip inside an existing leadless pacemaker, potentially letting a single implant last a patient’s entire lifetime.
Led by postdoctoral scholar Pengfei Chen under professor Xudong Wang, the team designed the device to fit inside the Medtronic Micra, the most widely used leadless intracardiac pacemaker on the market today.
Nearly a decade ago, University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Barbara Bendlin and Federico Rey led research showing that people with Alzheimer’s disease have different communities of intestinal microbes than healthy individuals.
“Since then, we’ve been trying to figure out how this difference in the gut perhaps leads to changes in the brain,” says Bendlin, a professor of gerontology in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Now is the perfect time for students to start adjusting their sleep schedules before heading back to the classroom.
Dr. Casey Freymiller with UW Health Kids recommends slowly moving up a child’s bedtime and wake-up time rather than making big changes all at once.
The Universities of Wisconsin wants to train 35,000 new health care professionals over the next decade.
The $90 million proposal will be included in the 2027-29 budget that is presented to the Wisconsin state Legislature and governor in the fall.
The total budget proposal for the state’s public university system will be released next week prior to the Board of Regents meeting, said spokesperson Mark Pitsch.
Sarah Shulze was a star athlete on the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s track and field and cross country teams. She was also a political science major with a passion for women’s rights. She loved travel and adventure, and was a role model to her two younger sisters. On April 13, 2022, Sarah died by suicide. From the outside, she was always smiling and looked like she had it all together, her mother Brigitte Shulze said. But inside, the 22-year-old from California’s Ventura County was dealing with anxiety exacerbated by an unhealthy team environment.
The protein boom may be pushing many people to consume far more than their bodies need, and new research suggests that excess could come at a hidden cost.
Protein has become one of the food industry’s favorite selling points. It is added to cereal, coffee, snack bars, desserts, and even water, often with the suggestion that more is automatically healthier.
UW Health has been ranked the top hospital in Wisconsin for the 15th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report.
The health system also earned national rankings in nine adult specialties and received the highest ratings for 20 adult procedures and conditions. Dr. Peter Newcomer, chief operating officer at UW Health, said the recognition reflects the dedication and expertise demonstrated across the health system every day.
“It’s absolutely crystal clear that there are benefits of protein to muscle growth and exercise response of active individuals,” says study co-author Dudley Lamming, professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
Violet LaClair was ready to leave her job.
As a certified nursing assistant at UW Health in Madison, she used the skills she developed while caring for her dying grandmother for nine years. Her co-workers had supported her through her gender transition. She’d even won an award for providing “extraordinary” care.
The final month of summer is here, which means many families will be getting into the back-to-school lists and shopping for supplies.
While we are providing physical tools to help kids with the new school year, are we spending enough time equipping our kids with strategies for their well-being so they can thrive this academic year?
Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, distinguished psychologist with UW Health, joined WMTV 15 to talk about the three “P’s” that families should try for the school year.
People generally assume that getting too much fat or carbohydrates is bad for health. But with protein, the general thinking is too much doesn’t matter. That may not be true, says aging biologist Dudley Lamming of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“The exposome doesn’t work alone, but rather, it works in tandem with our genome,” Eleanna Melcher, an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said during her presentation. “Our genetic influences plus our environmental influences form the basis of our health.”
A major scientific review is challenging the idea that more protein is always better.
The review, led by pathologist and biomedical researcher Dudley Lamming and published in the journal Cell Press Blue, examined more than 350 studies involving humans, mice, insects, yeast, and other organisms.
Michelle Harnisch, a clinical dietitian at UW Health, joined News 3 Now at Noon on Tuesday to offer guidance for navigating produce purchases and food preparation during cyclospora concerns.
UW Health began offering proton therapy at Eastpark Medical Center today.
The new treatment gives patients with cancer access to a highly precise form of radiation therapy designed to target tumors while limiting radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissue.
Madison doctors want to stem a sharp increase in emergency room visits for young people crashing on electric bikes, e-scooters and other battery-powered devices.
Parents and elected officials must heed their warning.
UW Health is making radiology treatments easier for kids, using a new imaging machine that’s only available at a few hospitals worldwide.
It’s part of the new pediatric interventional radiology suite at the American Family Children’s Hospital, which began taking patients in June.
Interventional radiology is a growing subspecialty that uses medical imaging, such as MRI, ultrasound, CT scans and fluoroscopy (X-rays), to perform minimally invasive surgeries.
Today, UW Health officially began offering proton therapy at Eastpark Medical Center.
The new treatment gives patients with cancer access to a highly precise form of radiation therapy designed to target tumors while limiting radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissue.
This milestone is meaningful to patients and team members alike at UW Health, according to Dr. Zachary Morris, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and radiation oncologist at the UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center.
The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000, a grim sign that the country may be headed toward a new era in which the disease regularly sickens thousands every year.
UW-Madison’s research on artificial intelligence to improve the experience for children and their families was “the poster child” in a federal Health and Human Services presentation on innovations in pediatric care, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said.
A month later, its federal funding evaporated, as the department rescinded the grant for being “inconsistent with agency priorities,” a catch-all phrase often used in President Donald Trump’s second term to terminate funding the government had already approved.
Violet LaClair was ready to leave her job.
As a certified nursing assistant at UW Health in Madison, she used the skills she developed while caring for her dying grandmother for nine years. Her co-workers had supported her through her gender transition. She’d even won an award for providing “extraordinary” care.
She loved her workplace, but after four years, she wanted a change.
Dr. Michelle Kelly, a pediatric hospitalist at UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, was disappointed, but not surprised, when she received a notice last week spelling the end of a five-year, roughly $2 million grant from the agency.
Dr. Jessica Caldwell, multi-principal investigator of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention at UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, said the results carry implications for both research and patient care.
“This finding is exciting for the research community as well as the medical community,” Caldwell said. “It isn’t just a marker of the protein, it’s a marker of people who are potentially likely to go on to have cognitive problems.”
As a certified nursing assistant at UW Health in Madison, she used the skills she developed while caring for her dying grandmother for nine years. Her co-workers had supported her through her gender transition. She’d even won an award for providing “extraordinary” care.
“I feel bad saying this because it’s summer and everybody wants to eat fresh produce, but there isn’t really a safe way to wash it,” said Laura Knoll, a professor of medical microbiology at UW-Madison.
While the current outbreak has not been linked to produce sold by local farmers in Wisconsin, it’s still top of mind for farmers in the state.
Wildfire smoke moving into Wisconsin is bringing a surge of tiny particles that can travel deep into the lungs and cause irritation and inflammation, according to a UW Health allergist.
Dr. Mark Moss said the particles are a concern for anyone spending time outdoors, but pose a greater risk to certain populations.
People become infected with cyclospora by consuming contaminated fresh produce or untreated water. Cases pick up in warmer months, because more people are eating fresh fruits and vegetables, said Dr. Jim Conway, a UW Health Kids pediatric infectious disease doctor.
When Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, an associate professor in emergency medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, saw that the N.I.A. was interested in video research on lucid episodes, she knew one way to approach the problem. Her past work had involved filming people with dementia during interactions with nursing staff and then meticulously analyzing the videos, second by second, to assess which types of care affected patients’ behavioral symptoms. She proposed retooling those video methods to study lucidity.
Early findings indicate Sen. Lindsey Graham died from an aortic dissection— a condition that UW Health researchers in Madison are actively studying.
An aortic dissection occurs when a layer of the body’s main artery separates, disrupting blood flow to vital organs.
Dr. Paul DiMusto, a UW Health vascular surgeon and co-director of the UW Health Aortic Center, said many patients have no symptoms until the event occurs, and it is often life-threatening.
The explosive popularity of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound is transforming the way Americans treat obesity, with demand soaring beyond doctors’ offices and into online marketplaces, med spas and unregulated gray-market vendors. And while the medications are helping many people lose significant weight and improve their health, one Madison doctor warns the trend is outpacing the science.
Dr. James H. Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said a patient who listened to a podcast episode about cardiology now might arrive at his clinic and announce, “I have advanced heart disease and I need a coronary CT angiogram and I need you to measure my homocysteine level.”
Within the next five years, Wisconsin should have more workers who can help run clinical trials for important research.
That’s the aim of a new program that Madison Area Technical College and the UW-Madison School of Medicine are launching in 2027.
During a panel discussion at the U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow conference today in Washington, D.C., Antman; Dr. Sanjay Desai, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland; Dr. Robert N. Golden, professor and dean emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Dr. Alison J. Whelan, chief academic officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, discussed ways to reduce the financial burden for aspiring doctors.
A Madison man was arrested Wednesday morning after police say he attempted to sexually assault a hospital employee at UW Health University Hospital while armed with a knife.
Rural areas of Wisconsin typically rely on volunteers to staff their EMS and fire departments. While the courage of those individuals is necessary, it can translate to longer wait times for patients in critical condition.
The towns of Manitowish Waters, Boulder Junction, Presque Isle and Winchester in Vilas County used to rely on volunteers, and have collaborated in a first-of-its-kind way to solve that problem.
“You’re hoping on people that are working full time jobs and they have families, and are they available?” said Jason Joling, Chief of the Northwoods EMS District.
Participating in physical activity, particularly while surrounded by “elements of nature,” can improve classroom focus and concentration for young students, said Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a UW professor of pediatrics and human development and family studies. Yet environmental and economic disparities can prove significant barriers to many, he said.
Q: I eat frozen yogurt regularly, assuming it’s better for me than ice cream. Is it?
Since frozen yogurt took off in the 1970s, it has been pitched as a healthier alternative to ice cream. In TCBY advertisements from the 1990s, their low-calorie, nonfat version was said to have “all of the pleasure, none of the guilt.” Today, some Greek yogurt shops tout gut-friendly probiotic benefits.
A new federal rule aimed at increasing access to nutritious foods for SNAP recipients is raising questions for some small grocery stores in rural communities.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in May that retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be required to carry a wider variety of staple foods beginning in November.
UW Health has delivered prescriptions to their patients’ homes since 2012, but now those deliveries will come much faster.
For patients in Dane County, UW Health can now deliver prescriptions to the patient’s home the day after the order is placed – for free, Aaron Webb, the director of ambulatory care pharmacy services at UW Health said Tuesday.
“We are trying to make this as convenient as possible for patients, by meeting them where they are,” Webb explained.
Prescription home delivery through UW Health used to take several days, using outside vendors such as USPS and UPS.
Summer is here and with children already or about to be on summer break, many parents are looking for productive ways for their children to spend their break.
UW Health Dr. Shilagh Mirgain shares some budget friendly summer activities for children.
While students may be done with homework for the summer, that doesn’t mean they have to stop reading.
Dr. Mirgain suggests visiting a library for books and fun.
It took something as small as the width of a motorcycle tire to change Jack Brucks’ life forever.
Brucks, then 10 years old, was riding a single-piston motorcycle in a flat-track training session — his specialty — in Texas when his front wheel struck a tire that was on the track as a marker, sending him flying in the air. When he landed, his right hip was virtually shattered.
“I hit a tire, did a front flip, landed, screamed, and I don’t remember much after that,” he said.
Maks Makarenkov couldn’t help but smile on car rides through the capital city. He saw homes with blue and yellow flags pinned in their windows or dangling from flagpoles.
“Seeing the Ukrainian flags here, it touches my heart,” Makarenkov said. “In this war, we feel the American support.”
A group of more than 65 Wisconsin organizations that advocate for gender-affirming care is demanding that the state’s two largest hospitals, including Madison’s UW Health, reestablish the medical treatments for transgender youth.
In January, Wisconsin’s two largest pediatric hospitals, Madison-based UW Health and Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee, confirmed they paused gender-affirming care for patients younger than 18.
UnityPoint Health Meriter and UW Health were recently found to be among the highest-quality healthcare providers in the nation by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The agency gave the hospital and healthcare system a five-star rating for its quality of care including patient experience, safety and clinical outcomes.
UW Health has announced the creation of WorkForward, a new non-profit organization that is designed to bolster the national health care workforce.
“Building on the health system’s nationally recognized leadership in developing innovative career pathways in health care, WorkForward is the first employer-based intermediary in health care, aligning employers, educators, governing bodies and other organizations around shared workforce development goals and outcomes,” UW Health said in a news release.
Mention the “Dream Team” to a longtime sports fan, and they will assume you’re referring to the 1992 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, a powerhouse with a roster that included Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professors, Jane Paulsen and Michael Newton discovered that two proteins decline in the human brain as Huntington disease develops, furthering improvements for treatments of the disease.
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare, genetic disease that causes neurons in the brain to degenerate over time, affecting a person’s movement, cognition and overall quality of life.
A federal disaster recovery program is reimbursing some Wisconsin hospitals for costs related to COVID-19 response, years after the start of the pandemic.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced $5.4 billion in funding awarded from its Public Assistance program to states, local governments and health care systems across the country.
Hundreds of anglers took to south central Wisconsin lakes Saturday for the annual Casting for Kids tournament, raising money for children fighting cancer at the UW Carbone Cancer Center and American Family Children’s Hospital
As more than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water, new research from the La Follette School of Public Affairs investigates the effects of early-life exposure to citywide water filtration on longevity in the early 20th-century.
Patients hospitalized with nonsevere COVID-19 infections who received empiric antibiotics targeting community-acquired pneumonia may not experience clinically meaningful improvement in outcomes and could have a slightly increased risk of clinical deterioration or in-hospital mortality.
A deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has alarmed health officials worldwide, but Madison infectious disease specialists say the risk to Wisconsin residents is extremely low, as long as residents haven’t been exposed to a passenger of the cruise ship.
Signs of neurodegeneration in individuals with Down syndrome may start as early as birth, a critical stage of brain development, a new study shows. The research, from investigators at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an atlas of early brain development in Down syndrome that could inform potential targeted treatments to address the developmental and degenerative aspects of the condition.
Health experts say Wisconsinites should not panic over recent international hantavirus headlines, despite concerns the outbreak could mirror the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Nasia Safdar, a professor of Infectious Disease at UW Madison, said the situation with the hantavirus outbreak is exceedingly rare.
