“If you close your eyes, and I say ’Seattle,’ you’ll probably be able to come up with a few words to describe the business community there, and the quality of life there,” said Brandon, the president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce.
A transgender researcher has filed a complaint against the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin and an insurance company for denying her coverage of gender confirmation surgery.
A transgender researcher at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has filed a complaint against the state, the medical school and an insurance company, saying she was unfairly denied coverage of gender reassignment surgery.
Editorial from WISC-TV’s Neil Heinen.
While I suspect we will never fully take for granted the miracle of organ transplants, the life-saving operation is certainly viewed today as commonplace and increasingly successful.
Having a job that requires complex social interactions — like mentoring and negotiating — might protect the brain from developing symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease by building up what researchers call cognitive reserves.
A familiar expression, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” can explain the infinite spectrum of artwork in the world. “Catching the Eye [of McPherson Eye Research Institute Members]” is an exhibit that brings together art whose beauty caught the eye of UW-Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute (ERI) members. Some of the artwork is on loan from members’ collections, while other pieces were created by the members themselves.
Quoted: Dr. Apple Bodemer, with UW Health, said most of the diseases mosquitoes carry are specific to certain areas. In Wisconsin, there has been West Nile Virus as well as some of the Encephalitis viruses caused by mosquitoes.
Quoted: “How do you figure out what’s coming next?” said David O’Connor, professor at UW-Madison and chair of the Global Infectious Disease Division at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. “That’s the million-dollar question.”
Many people are guilty of talking more than we listen.UW Health Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, explains the art of listening and the power of presence.
There is a unique clinic in Madison that is helping moms stay active after baby arrives.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used DNA sequencing to unravel an 85-year-old mystery, pinpointing the genetic cause for Mauriac syndrome, a rare condition that affects children with poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes.
A melanoma researcher at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center is moving forward on a novel way to treat malignant melanoma.
University Health Services at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Walgreens are partnering to offer opioid overdose medication to students, according to a release.
Quoted: Though hepatitis C is highly treatable in its early stages, most people don’t know they’re infected because the disease is highly asymptomatic, said Rob Striker, a researcher and associate professor of infectious diseases in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
The obsession was born over Chinese food with a Tibetan monk.Dr. Charles Raison was working as an emergency room psychiatrist in Los Angeles, where he’d fallen in with a monk-turned-psychologist. Every Monday, they would have dinner at Panda Inn and talk Tibet.
UW Health Dermatologist, Dr. Apple Bodemer, talks about the importance of wearing sunscreen and HOW to wear sunscreen.
The stories appear on a new website, developed in part by UW-Madison, designed to help patients and doctors around the country learn about the range of patient experiences with various diseases.
Noted: Increasingly, patients are coming to see Dr. Christopher Healy in distress. “They’re not happy when they come in to see me, they’re really worried, they’re anxious,” said Healy, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a practicing allergist.
The Zika Virus has been a major concern among public health officials and world leaders in recent months, especially now that the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil are just a few short weeks away.
Oregon State University’s College of Public Health and Human Services has a new dean. Dr. F. Javier Nieto will begin his new duties on Oct. 31. He succeeds Tammy Bray, who had been dean of the college since 2002 and recently stepped down.
Noted: UW basketball coach Greg Gard and his family joined in to honor of his father.
Quoted: “These are sometimes sold in convenience stores where kids can just buy them, basically behind the counter,” UW Health emergency room physician Dr. Aaron Kraut says.
Research has shown that approximately two-thirds of the population have experienced some form of childhood adversity by the age of 18. So why do so many people emerge from difficult childhoods seemingly unscathed, while others develop various forms of mental illness? And are there any evident brain differences between the two types?
Caregivers should find support before becoming overwhelmed by the burdens associated with taking care of a patient with a chronic illness, according to a human development and family studies expert. “You have to take care of yourself to take of others,” said Kristin Litzelman, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “If you’re not taking care of yourself, there’s no way you can provide help to someone else. You won’t have the physical strength or the emotional strength.”
Five-year-old Naja Tunney’s home is filled with books. Sometimes, she’ll pull them from a bookshelf to read during meals. At bedtime, Naja reads to her 2-year-old sister, Hannah.
Five-year-old Naja Tunney’s home is filled with books. Sometimes she will pull them from a bookshelf to read during meals. At bedtime, Naja reads to her 2-year-old sister, Hannah.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed a type of bacteria can completely block the transmission of the Zika virus.
Officials with five local health care organizations are considering joining forces after leaders signed two non-binding letters of intent to explore potential collaboration. One involves UnityPoint Health – Meriter and UW Health, while the other involves Physicians Plus, Unity Health Insurance, and Gundersen Health Plan.
Leaders at UnityPoint Health-Meriter, UnityPoint Health, UW Health, Physicians Plus Insurance Corp., Unity Health Plans Insurance Corp. and Gundersen Health Plan have signed two non-binding letters of intent to explore a potential collaboration among the organizations.
UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter are pursuing a joint operating agreement and a merger of their health insurance plans, which could shift some patients from UW Hospital to Meriter, alleviate the need for new construction and help the longtime rivals adapt to payment changes in health care, officials said Thursday.
UW Health and UnityPoint Health said Thursday that they had agreed to explore combining their operations in Madison.
Fred Lee is not afraid to put himself out there. Lee is a radiologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where his primary area of interest is the ablation, or elimination, of cancerous tumors. He says that around the year 2000, he decided that the radio frequency ablation devices he and his colleagues were using “were just not good enough.” But since Lee’s background wasn’t in engineering, he had to reach out for help.
Noted: On Monday, Dr. Matthew Tattersall, UW Health Cardiologist stopped by Wake Up Wisconsin to talk about the importance of having a healthy heart.
Katie Brenner knows how exasperating it can be for women who are struggling to get pregnant.
UW scientists develop app that could help women get pregnant.
Ohio State University has hired its medical school dean from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after a two-year search.
Noted: Paul Moberg, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin’s Public Health Institute, said the best funding model for such schools draws from sources in education and health care. He said there hasn’t been much health insurance funding, but some schools, such as Horizon High School in Madison, are partnering with county human services programs or nonprofits focused on improving mental health.
The team celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its championship in Madison this weekend, highlighted by participating in the Blake Geoffrion Classic.All proceeds from the charity game, now in its third year, benefit the UW Hospital’s Burn Center.
For the third year in a row, the puck was dropped at LaBahn Arena for the third annual Blake Geoffrion Hockey Classic.
Bike to the Library began in 2015 as part of the UW-Madison Global Health Institute’s “Climate Change Policy and Public Health” Massive Open Online Course. Bike to the Library Director, Terry Ross said he conceived of the idea as part of a larger effort to engage libraries with the important content of these MOOCs, beginning with “Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region.”
UW-Madison’s Waisman Center, which has long had a clinic that can diagnose children with autism, started offering behavioral treatment for the condition in May.
Northwestern Medicine and University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) scientists have identified a gene that causes severe glaucoma in children. The finding, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, validates a similar discovery made by the scientists in mice two years ago and suggests a target for future therapies to treat the devastating eye disease that currently has no cure.
Two former University of Chicago medical researchers faked and falsified data in two federally funded studies into heart failure, according to federal records.
Professional golfer Andy North and his friends raised $1,002,000 million for the UW Carbone Cancer Center at a dinner and golf tournament this week.
Quoted: Because so many factors are driving this mortality, it’s hard for policy makers to know what to do, said Dave Kindig, professor emeritus of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
At first Giselle wasn’t sure what to put on her medical school application. She wanted to be a doctor, but she also wanted people to know about her own health: years of depression, anxiety and a suicide attempt. (We’re using only her first name in this story, out of concern for her future career.)
world’s fastest stretchable, wearable circuit that could become the foundation for the next generation of wearable gadgets.This ‘smart skin’ could do everything from monitor your vitals, control your music, track your runs or even let you control your own home – all wirelessly.
Make no mistake, today’s wearables are clever pieces of kit. But they can be bulky and restricted by the devices they must be tethered to. This has led engineers to create thinner and more powerful pieces of wearable technology that can be applied directly to the skin. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by Zhenqiang “Jack” Ma, have developed “the world’s fastest stretchable, wearable integrated circuits,” that could let hospitals apply a temporary tattoo and remove the need for wires and clips.
In the age of the Internet, you can do almost anything wirelessly. This is especially intriguing in the health care field where professionals can monitor the data of patients without having to be in the room.
School is almost out for summer, but that’s not stopping a Madison non-profit from raising awareness about wellness in education communities. Breathe for Change started as a passion project for UW Madison Ph.D. student, Ilana Nankin. Now it’s helping educators in Madison and around the world.
Medical science has had difficulty developing flu vaccines that accurately match circulating seasonal influenza strains.
Former Badger and Hobey Baker Memorial Award-winner Blake Geoffrion will host the third annual Blake Geoffrion Hockey Classic on Saturday, June 18 at LaBahn Arena. The event will raise money to benefit the UW Health Burn Center.
A new experimental therapy is trying to determine if stimulating the tongue can retrain the brain and offer some relief to those with neurological issues.
Studies show that being overweight or obese is associated with a higher risk of cancer. One woman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to figure out why that is, specifically in cases of breast cancer.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Susan Paskewitz said similar efforts in Wisconsin would be futile, because there are no Zika virus-carrying mosquito breeds in the Badger state.
“We’ve never seen them here all,” Paskewitz said of the breeds. “All of the people who do any kind of mosquito surveillance work have never seen them here.”
Noted: Doctors diagnosed her with acute myeloid leukemia. Initially she was treated with chemotherapy, but in March, doctors at the UW Carbone Cancer Center performed a stem cell transplant on Denise.
Noted: A second species of mosquito that health officials say may also carry the virus, has never been found further north of the state of Illinois.
“They’ve never been found here, but we are working with the UW to enhance surveillance this year, just to make sure that is still true,” McKeown says.
Department of Health Services officials announced Wednesday a Wisconsin resident has a confirmed case of Zika virus infection. DHS has been working on this issue with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local health departments, health care professionals, the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Entomology Department, according to the release.
Memory loss impacts the lives of more than 5 million Americans according to the Alzheimer’s Association. To address the growing need for care, the University Of Wisconsin School Of Nursing has begun teaching students how to utilize music and memory.
