The Wisconsin Partnership Program with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health announced four $1 million grants Thursday, one of which was awarded to Nehemiah Community Development Corp., a Madison organization focused on reducing racial inequities, and its Justified Anger initiative.
In April 2017, two transgender women, one a UW-Madison cancer researcher, the other a UW-Madison teaching assistant, brought suit, contending that the ban was unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists studying the cells of patients with the rare nervous system disorder Alexander disease have made a breakthrough that could shed new light on a host of more common diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
An oral emergency contraceptive is now available for purchase in both student unions at UW-Madison, and at a lower cost than name-brand equivalents.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW Health have a number physicians from anywhere in the state can call to consult with addiction specialists.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying placentas from births at a local hospital to identify structural changes in fetal membranes that could help determine when a premature birth is likely to occur.
As Big Ten rivals battle it out on the field this fall, researchers from the schools are coming together to fight cancer. The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium is a clinical cancer trial network. University of Wisconsin-Madison is a proud participant.
Each year they accept about 25 applicants who already work for them into the program, hoping they come out the other side on the inside track to success at the hospital.
After eight years of searching, UW-Madison scientists found the cause of a rare genetic blood disorder.
Quoted: Dr Julianne Zweifel, a clinical psychologist at University of Wisconsin, Madison said: “Surveys show the drive to be a mother is so strong they don’t think about the problems their child will face until after the child is born.”
Quoted: “Surveys show the drive to be a mother is so strong they don’t think about the problems their child will face until after the child is born,” Julianne Zweifel, a clinical psychologist at University of Wisconsin, Madison, told the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Denver.
New research at the University of Wisconsin surrounding the effects of alcohol access found no evidence to corroborate parental supervision arguments supporting a lowered drinking age.
UW Dr. Joe McBride reminds everyone six months and older to get their flu shot.
UW Health receved the 2018 National Disability Exemplary Employer Award on Thursday for their program called “Project Search.”
UW Health has been awarded a 2018 National Disability Exemplary Employer Award for its commitment to employing disabled persons.
Quoted: “Once you get to that kind of industry concentration, it’s not about differentiation, it’s about pricing power,” said Hart E. Posen, an associate professor of management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business. “With two or three big competitors dominating the industry, it’s not about rivalry because one firm knows that if they lower prices, the other firm will have to lower prices. If one firm invests in substantial differentiation, then the other firm will — and no one will necessarily be better off.”
Quoted: “Currently 26 of our counties in Wisconsin do not have an Ob-Gyn and other counties might only have one or two,” said Jody Silva, program director of UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Rural Residency Program. “It’s a huge problem and maternity mortality is on the rise so it’s something we just can’t ignore.”
MADISON, Wis. – Living with Alzheimer’s or a dementia-related disease can be isolating, so church leaders and families are discussing how to make communities more welcoming and accessible.
MADISON, Wis. – A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has found that when legal drinking starts at age 21, men are far more likely to drive drunk, get in fights or engage in risky sexual practices.
Tobacco-free campus would likely involve campus-wide ban of tobacco products.
Noted: “This study was a heroic effort. But there is no question that these kinds of patients are at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest and death,” said Richard Page. He is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health.
A majority of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff members are in support of the campus going entirely tobacco-free, according to a recent survey.
About three dozen patients have taken ketamine for depression at UW Hospital since last year. A campus study of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” found the drug to be safe in healthy volunteers. Researchers are planning trials of psilocybin for people with depression or addiction to opioids or methamphetamine.
FluGen, founded in 2007, has been working on a universal flu vaccine designed to cover whatever strain of influenza is circulating, based on research from the laboratory of noted UW-Madison professor of virology Yoshihiro Kawaoka.
About three dozen patients have taken ketamine for depression at UW Hospital since last year. A campus study of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” found the drug to be safe in healthy volunteers.
In a new Twitter moment highlighted this week, users shared the hangover remedies they swear by.And as it happens? Some of ’em actually make sense, according to Kevin Strang, Ph.D., a distinguished faculty associate at University of Wisconsin Madison who has been teaching a course on how alcohol affects the body for 18 years.
A federal judge has ordered the state and its insurers to cover transgender employees’ transition surgeries.
For some Badgers fans, a surprise loss to Brigham Young University was made worse by an emergency stint in an onsite medical cooling facility, after they spent an afternoon watching the second hottest game ever played at Camp Randall Stadium.
Foxconn says it will also work with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center to promote the study of American ginseng’s health benefits, including in cancer prevention and treatment.
“This particular aspect of vision is really important because it affects your ability to see the end of a curb or put a key into a lock in low light,” said lead author Adam Paulson of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Medicine. “It’s something that at this point in time there’s no way to correct, unlike visual acuity, which you can easily correct with glasses or contact lenses.”
Foxconn says it will also work with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center to promote the study of American ginseng’s health benefits, including in cancer prevention and treatment.
According to Brian Patterson from UW Health, the chemical makeup of fake weed is not similar to actual marijuana. The synthesized version causes more excitatory effects similar to ecstasy and other lab-made drugs.
Eau Claire, Jefferson, La Crosse and Wood counties received gold designations in the first Wisconsin Healthy Communities awards by the UW Population Health Institute.
An expensive but promising gene therapy approved a year ago for children with leukemia has had mixed results in patients at UW Health, the first place in Wisconsin to offer it.
UW Health, which is in the midst of a plan to trim $80 million from its annual budget of about $3 billion, plans to issue $350 million in bonds this year for building projects and refinancing.
“Definitely the guidelines were needed,” said Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed, medical director of UW Health’s pain clinic. “They had good intentions, to reduce the public health problem.”But some doctors have become overly fearful of prescribing opioids, Abd-Elsayed said.
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is teaming up with Facebook for a study investigating the question parents want answered: How much does social media impact the health of our children?
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is joining with Facebook to study the mental and social health ramifications of teens’ use of digital technologies.
September marks Suicide Prevention Month, a time when one of the most complicated issues facing society is brought more clearly into the public perspective.
Noetd: Obesity data came from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Data on the percentage of adults who consume fruit and vegetables less than once a day came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is for 2015. All data is for the most recent period available.
Noted: Dave Gustafson and a University of Wisconsin in Madison team developed a smartphone app to prevent relapse of opioid abuse. The app, which provides a suite of tools to increase patients’ coping ability, recovery motivation and emotional support, is used in collaboration with treatment agencies.
Researchers from the National Institute on Aging, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently conducted a study, published in Cell Metabolism, to determine the link between fasting and mortality.
Telehealth contraception visits, over the phone consultations with a Woman’s Health provider, became available Wednesday.
In another case, two transgender women employed by the University of Wisconsin and covered by the state insurance program have sued the Group Insurance Board and the university’s board of regents, among others, accusing them of discrimination based on their inability to get coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in October, before the same judge who ruled in favor of the patients on Medicaid.
In another case, two transgender women employed by the University of Wisconsin and covered by the state insurance program have sued the Group Insurance Board and the university’s board of regents, among others, accusing them of discrimination based on their inability to get coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in October, before the same judge who ruled in favor of the patients on Medicaid.
The paper didn’t include healthier nursing home residents who are strong enough to undergo outpatient surgery, said Dr. Heather Neuman, a surgeon and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. These women might fare better than those who are very ill.
UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter soon will do what some other Epic medical record customers have done: let patients see doctor notes summarizing their visits.
Standing water could be a health threat in the wake of the flooding and rising water levels seen over the past week. Standing water in backyards, puddles, and along roads could be contaminated with chemicals such as fertilizers and even waste and debris, leading to the potential of bacteria and other viruses in the water, said UW Health infectious disease doctor Jeannina Smith.
This month, chancellors at UW-Madison and five other UW campuses asked the board to restore the coverage, saying four Big Ten campuses offer it.
The first day of school is just around the corner, which for many also means time to think about vaccines. But one vaccine still isn’t getting the attention it should, says James Conway, associate director for health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute.
Also last month, chancellors from UW-Madison and five other UW campuses asked the insurance board to reconsider the exemption, saying in a letter that the lack of coverage “jeopardizes our ability to attract top academic and research talent and puts us at a serious disadvantage retaining our LGBTQ employees.”
Immunization groups and the mother of a student who died from bacterial meningitis are urging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to require the meningitis B vaccine.
Bone marrow transplants, used routinely for leukemia and other diseases, worked only in identical twins until the first successful transplants involving other siblings as donors took place 50 years ago in Madison and Minneapolis.Dr. Fritz Bach, a UW-Madison geneticist, developed a lab test to see if donor and recipient cells matched. The test allowed Bach and Dr. Robert Good of the University of Minnesota to give two young boys who had serious blood disorders healthy immune systems from their sisters in August and September 1968.
Immunization groups and the mother of a student who died from bacterial meningitis are urging UW-Madison to join two Big Ten campuses in requiring the meningitis B vaccine.
Last September, Byars-Winston made history becoming the first black tenure-track, full professor in the UW-Madison Department of Medicine.
During a coding boot camp run by UW-Madison, Armani and Malakai have both created game applications. Now, the teens say it’s an inevitable part of their futures.
A study will begin this fall on the drug’s impact on pediatric tumors, and in 2019, in a collaboration with the UW-Madison’s Carbone Cancer Center, it will be tested along with radiation for treating recurring head and neck cancer.
He says addiction and behavioral health resources are somewhat limited and addiction specialists are relatively uncommon in Wisconsin and the U.S. That’s why UW-Madison and UW Health are setting up a new hotline that Wisconsin doctors can call to consult with addiction specialists.
Noted: If an adolescent or young adult comes to the doctor with a cough or headache, it might be treated with an antibiotic first before other causes are considered, said Dr. Ryan Mattison, associate professor of medicine with the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Wisconsin’s prison population is growing and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is responding.
