MADISON – MD-to-be Trista Stankowski-Drengler smiled after she opened the envelope on Match Day and saw she’ll be serving her residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.
Quoted: “But since then, there has been a spate of studies showing no benefit,” said Dr. James Stein, the director of preventive cardiology at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Among them was a clinical trial of 12,000 people, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2013, that found that a gram of fish oil daily did not reduce the rate of death from heart attacks and strokes in people with evidence of atherosclerosis.
A study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute examined a series of risk factors that help explain the health or sickness of counties in the United States. In addition to the suspects you might expect — a high smoking rate, a lot of violent crime — the researchers found that people in unequal communities were more likely to die before the age of 75 than people in more equal communities, even if the average incomes were the same.
A $6 million grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency will fund a Human Models for Analysis of Pathways Center at University of Wisconsin, to analyze how these chemical materials are affecting human physiology, according to a UW statement.
The vaccine was created in the lab of campus virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka. It protected monkeys from Ebola virus infection in experiments conducted at a high-level containment facility in Montana, Kawaoka reported in the journal Science.
A group led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor developed an Ebola whole virus vaccine that has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the virus, according to a release from UW-Madison.
Five years ago, RWJF partnered with the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute to try to measure the health of every county in the nation in two ways: current and future.
The idea was local leaders would compare their rankings with others’ and be galvanized into action.
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Doctors at UW Health Digestive Health Center are utilizing the procedure to treat patients who suffer from C. diff, which is an infection that can cause severe diarrhea and abdominal pain. Quoted: Nasia Safdar, associate professor of medicine.
Dane County ranks among the healthier counties in Wisconsin, according to an annual ranking released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Even though there’s snow on the ground, Susan Paskewitz, a professor of entomology, says parents should already start checking the kids for ticks this week.
The mutation, known as BRCA, can increase a woman’s risk for both ovarian and breast cancer by 20 to 60 percent, according to UW Health doctor Stephen Rose, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology.
Building on its ambitious goal to create a “culture of health” in America, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is adding coaches and competitions to help local communities take up the challenge.
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its annual County Health Rankings — but this time it added a little something extra. For the first time in the project’s six-year history, it’s taking into account income inequality.
The foundation started issuing the rankings in 2010 in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings use a variety of sources to glean data on everything from premature death rates to insurance coverage to commute lengths. As project co-director Bridget Catlin explains, “There’s more to health than just medical care.”
UW Health has one of only three in the world. The machine provides oncologists with real-time information to better target radiation. Quoted: Michael Bassetti, assistant professor of human oncology.
In January, UW medical student Matt Hoffman began six months of chemotherapy treatment at UW Hospital. It also made UW Hospital his one and only choice for residency.
University of Wisconsin Police had six reports of sex assault in 2014, up from three reports in 2013. But spokesman Marc Lovicott says despite the increase in reports, he knows sex assaults are under-reported according to national statistics.
Borland’s announcement that he was leaving the game after one very successful season playing professional football could have a profound impact if we look at is an example of a young man making an educated, principled decision about his life and his future.
The news of Chris Borland’s retirement from the NFL after playing just one year in the league has sparked a nationwide discussion about concussions in pro sports. Borland played linebacker four years at UW-Madison and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round of the NFL draft. Quoted: Greg Landry, professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation.
Chris Borland’s former Badgers teammate, who served as his backup inside linebacker for three seasons, said based on the person he knew off the field, he understands Borland’s concussion-based decision to retire from the NFL at age 24. Quoted: Greg Landry, professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation.
UW Director of Athletics, Barry Alvarez, is making a statement on the retirement of former Badger Chris Borland.
Paula Cody, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UW Health, says there needs to be much more in-depth research done on orthorexia in order to define it. “All eating disorders have been growing especially since the 1950s. Even though orthorexia isn’t a specific eating disorder, it is following the same trends as the diagnosed eating disorders.”
After a promising rookie season in the NFL, one of the University of Wisconsin’s most beloved former athletes is retiring from football. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland informed his team Friday and told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Monday that he’s calling it quits because of concerns about the long-term effects of repetitive head trauma.
Former University of Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland has shocked the football world by announcing his retirement from the NFL after one season.
Cycle for Sight is an indoor cycling event that raises money for vision research at the McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison. Quoted: David Gamm, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences.
MVI-816 is aimed at men who have been treated for prostate cancer and show a high risk that it will spread. The trial is underway at UW-Madison; now, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of California-San Francisco will participate, too.
Noted: Karen Walsh and her husband, Dr. Jim Berbee, $10 million to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to increase the size of the UW Hospital emergency facility from 34 treatment areas to 50. Dr. Berbee, a Madison native, founded Berbee Information Networks Corp., went on to medical school and now works in emergency medicine in Madison and rural Wisconsin. Walsh, a UW-Madison graduate, spent 23 years with the university.
There is much more to the story, but Youlo’s long ago dream has come true. He will finish his medical residency in orthopedic surgery at the UW Hospital and Clinics in June.
A committee working on the integration of UW Hospital and UW Medical Foundation plans to release a reorganization proposal by April, with the goal of approving it by July, said David Walsh, chairman of the UW Hospital board.
Experts across disciplines collaborated Thursday to explore neurodegenerative diseases and how to treat them as part of UW’s Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Research Day.
On Thursday at the UW Institute for Discovery, more than 250 of the greatest minds in research joined forces in the hopes of finding a cure to these degenerative diseases. Quoted: Marina Emborg, director of the Preclinical Parkinson Research Program and assistant professor of medical physics; Dorothy Farrar-Edwards, professor and chair of kinesiology.
Noted: If the Supreme Court rules that tax subsidies only apply to states that operate their own health insurance exchange, more than 180,000 people in the state would lose financial assistance. And Donna Friedsam, the health policy programs director at the UW Population Health Institute, says that would, in all likelihood, mean people would not afford their health insurance plans.
UW Hospital performs surgery for chronic pancreatitis by blending up organs and reintroducing cells into the body. It is one of a few facilities in the country that is known for performing the eight-hour procedure. Noted: Luis Fernandez, associate professor of surgery; Nancy Radke, senior transplant coordinator for UW Health.
Dr. Geoffrey Baer, a shoulder surgeon at UW Health, sees a problem in Wisconsin: too much shoulder surgery — specifically, a particular kind of shoulder surgery.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that increased expression of a particular gene may enable cancer cells to form tumors in dogs.
The UW Hospital emergency clinic in Madison will double in size to meet patient demand, with the expansion possible thanks to gifts totaling over $13 million from four prominent supporters of UW-Madison.
In a research lab at the McPherson Eye Research Institute, Dr. David Gamm and a team of researchers are looking for a cure and treatment for blinding diseases.
American Family Children’s Hospital is using a new Epic application that is also expected to be offered at UW Health at The American Center, the new hospital and wellness campus to open this summer on Madison’s east side.
Quoted: David Vanness, a health economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, calculated that if the average payments for the procedures were purely random across metro areas, the odds of one metro areas being among the seven most expensive for all three were about one in 1,400.
A University of Wisconsin research center has received a $3.7 million federal grant to study e-cigarette use patterns and health-related issues, as e-cigarette popularity continues surging but their health effects remain largely unknown.
Gov. Scott Walker wants the treasurer of his new political committee to serve on the board that oversees the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics even though Democrats say the appointment is inappropriate.
The Wisconsin state Senate Health Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Andrew Hitt’s appointment to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Board.
MADISON, Wis. AP – Gov. Scott Walker wants the treasurer of his new political committee formed in advance of a likely presidential run to serve on the board that oversees the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, a move Democrats denounced Tuesday as inappropriate and “odd.”
In the wake of a national measles outbreak, Madison public health officials are concerned about the health of students and residents who are not immunized.
Obesity, a major risk factor for diabetes, heart disease and other conditions, costs $1.5 billion in medical expenses in the state each year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. It seems appropriate, then, that the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Wisconsin Partnership Program is committing $8.6 million over five years to the Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Initiative.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison led by Dr. Bruce Barrett found that people who exercise or mindfully meditate suffer from acute respiratory infections less often than people who don’t.
“Over the last two years in Colorado, that number has jumped to about 10 percent,” said Dr. Patrick Fehling, an author of the study and a graduate of the University Of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
Quoted: “If men notice problems with urination after taking certain medicines, they may need to weigh the risks and benefits,” Dr. Dan R. Gralnek, a urologist with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, told Reuters Health. Nearly 15 percent of his patients have complications associated with BPH.
One of the most extraordinary stories in Norman Doidge’s new book, The Brain’s Way of Healing, is that of the Broadway singer, Ron Husmann. Husmann developed multiple sclerosis MS and, over a 30-year period, the disease robbed him of his rich baritone voice and most of the function of his limbs. A friend of Husmann’s, who had also developed MS, told him about a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where they were testing an electronic device that seemed to be effective at treating a range of neurological disorders, including MS.
Measles had been all but eradicated, but now we’re seeing an uptick in cases nationwide. One expert says people are opting against vaccinations because they seem to have forgotten just how dangerous the disease can be. Alta Charo is a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students are taking the place of Santa’s elves by building a toy car tailored to Liam Fuhrman, who was born with spina bifida and is paralyzed from the waist down. The project Go Baby Go takes toy motor cars and adapts them to help kids get rolling.
Noted: “This is absolutely a concern for campuses,” Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and president of the American College Health Association, said via e-mail. The association sent an alert to members last week urging campuses to prepare for the possible spread of measles. The latest briefing from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be found here.
Noted: “The condom and pleasure variable didn’t surprise me, it’s intuitive, it makes sense, but I think the strength of its association surprised me,” said study coauthor Jenny Higgins, a public health researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Skiers and snowboarders should wear helmets if they want to reduce their chances for a traumatic brain injury, but the practice isn’t very widespread, UW Health officials say.
For Guppy and thousands of others like her, research from the University of Wisconsin- Madison generated little surprise – findings that mothers of autistic children frequently suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at levels similar to those of soldiers who’ve engaged in extended combat.
Like never before, egg freezing is being boasted in the headlines as the latest cure for declining fertility.
Quoted: “Where you live, learn, work and play matters to your health,” said Anne Roubal, a doctoral student in population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin, who wrote the paper in Preventing Chronic Disease, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s truly a neighborhood measure.”
Dr. Jonathan Temte, professor of family medicine, helps make vaccine recommendations that affect nearly all Americans.
Quoted: There’s nothing wrong with Turner’s nine approaches “provided none are taken to extreme,” said Toby Campbell, assistant professor of medicine, oncology, palliative care medicine. “My concern is when people with definite advanced cancer shift entirely away from modern medicine in exchange for strategies like these,” he said.
Kari Wisinski, assistant professor of medicine and hematology/oncology, said the term “radical remission” presents challenges because expected responses can vary among cancer types and from different treatments. Also, for patients with incurable cancer, hope shouldn’t be associated only with “beating cancer,” Wisinski said.
It was disconcerting to read that when it comes to the care of medically fragile newborns, hospital officials might be keeping an eye on factors other than their patients’ health — namely, the health of their employers’ bottom lines.
Byars-Winston, a UW–Madison professor and counseling psychologist, and her colleagues, Christine Pfund and Janet Branchaw, were recently awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assess how mentors and mentees define diversity awareness and how important it is to the mentoring relationship.
