Category: Health

A brand-new, first of its kind program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health is aiming to fill a shortage of doctors in rural areas.

Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, researchers reported Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London.

A Republican bill that would block University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty from training resident physicians in abortions would worsen a shortage of obstetrics/gynecological providers in the state, school officials say.

The immune system is a network of different cell types such as T cells and dendritic cells.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say a Republican bill to block resident physicians from being trained to perform abortions would lead to fewer OB-GYNs in the state.

People who experience hearing loss could be at greater risk of memory and thinking problems later in life than those without auditory issues, research suggests.

Stressful events in life, such as the death of a child, divorce or being fired, can age the brain by at least four years, US researchers suggests.

Your speech may, um, help reveal if you’re uh … developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests.

The clinic at at 6041 Basswood Drive is part of a partnership with UW Health and Unity Health Insurance, the company’s health insurer. The clinic will be staffed by medical assistants and nurse practitioners, serving as an extension of UW Health. The clinic will be open Monday through Friday.

UW Health and UnityPoint Health Meriter, two of the largest healthcare providers in state, have established a new business relationship.

UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter, which have long collaborated on some services but became more competitive in recent years — leading to lawsuits and duplicate clinics — have become partners.

Mother names child after neurosurgeon.

Exercise is just as good for the brain as it is for the body, a growing body of research is showing. And one kind in particular—aerobic exercise—appears to be king.

Noted: Chef Julie Andrews RD at UW Health at the American Center explains three-quarters of your plate should be compromised of items that are grown like vegetables, fruit, beans, grain and legumes.

The camp sponsored by UW Health gives survivors and caregivers a chance to see beyond the limitations, where they can rock climb, zip line and most importantly, heal.

Dementia cases are set to soar by nearly two thirds within the next 25 years, a major new study predicts.

Poor sleep may increase the chances of people at risk of Alzheimer’s developing the disease, a study has shown.

Poor sleep may be an indication of increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study of older people suggests.

Healthcare expert Donna Friedsam said it isn’t a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

UW Health says that 2,036 patients had information compromised after an employee’s email account was used by an unauthorized user.

“It doesn’t matter how much you know if it’s not going to be put in service to help somebody, and the only way you can do that is if you communicate it well,” said Dr. Amy Zelenski, Asst. Professor at UW School of Medicine.

Noted: A report in March, the 2017 County Health Rankings, produced by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, also highlighted a rise between 2014 and 2015 in premature deaths among people ages 15 to 44 and the broad geographic and demographic spread of those deaths.

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin announced Thursday they are joining a national initiative to change how medical students are educated.

UW Health, which has joined other Madison-area health care providers in screening children for food insecurity, will become the first to ask patients of all ages about hunger next week.

Mindfulness is defined as paying attention to the present moment in a purposeful, non-judgmental way. This study, as with previous ones, was small. It included 30 women in the third trimester of pregnancy who were randomly assigned to either mindfulness training or traditional childbirth classes. The lead author, Dr Larissa Duncan, associate professor of human development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that, given the fairly large body of research showing that mindfulness can reduce depression and anxiety, she hypothesised it would protect the mental health of mothers and fathers.

An unauthorized person gained access to information about 2,036 UW Hospital patients in March, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Noted: “The excessive drinking rate among adults in Green Bay is the highest of any metro area in the country,” according to a study released Wednesday. The group analyzed self-reported data from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The data was collected across nearly 400 metro areas.

Dr. Michael Thom of UW Health resigned and surrendered his license in February, amid an allegation of sexual misconduct with a patient, in a manner that allowed the case to remain secret.

MADISON — A doctor is accused of sexual misconduct, but his case was kept secret. Until now.