When Madison Vaccines Inc. (MVI) announced this week it has raised $8 million in financing, it marked the official debut of the UW-Madison spinoff.
Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, reintroduced a bill this month to remove the prayer exception. That would help clarify that the state won?t permit parents to let children die through faith healing, said Alta Charo, a UW-Madison bioethicist.
When Dr. Katherine O?Rourke started her residency at UW Hospital, one of her first patients was an uninsured woman in her early 50s. The woman, who had advanced cervical cancer, died within weeks.
After Susan Derse Phillips had chemotherapy for leukemia, she received a stem cell transplant, getting blood-forming cells from a donor to restore her immune system and attack any remaining leukemia cells.
Is Sleep The Price We Pay for Learning?Two sleep scientists from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have introduced a hypothesis that challenges the theory that sleep strengthens brain connections.
Noted: To increase the likelihood of being formally admitted, ?get yourself in the door before midnight,? advised Dr. Ann Sheehy, division head of hospital medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, Wisc. A new Medicare regulation ? the so-called ?pumpkin rule? ? requires doctors to admit people they anticipate staying for longer than two midnights, but to list those expected to stay for less time as observation patients.
Noted: UW doctor Janis Tupesis knows what happens to your body when it gets dangerously cold, and it isn?t good.
The ordeal came as Dr. Nick Haun worked long shifts as an internal medicine resident at Meriter, UW Hospital and Madison?s Veterans Hospital. He?ll be chief resident next year, imparting lessons to less experienced doctors.
UW-Madison?s medical school has awarded $3.65 million to 16 communities for projects designed to improve the health of the citizenry.
Princeton University is letting students receive a meningitis vaccine not approved in the U.S., following an outbreak of a meningococcal bacteria strain that killed a UW-Madison student this year.
A Verona woman has appealed a Dane County judge?s ruling upholding a $250,000 malpractice cap against UW-Madison doctors in a case the judge urged the state Supreme Court to take.
Two new reports on the health of the people of Wisconsin show the state is doing OK overall but moving backward when it comes to issues like obesity, binge drinking, exercise and the health of vulnerable populations.
Unions representing nurses, x-ray technicians, custodians, food service workers and other UW Hospital and Clinics employees aren?t any happier with hospital leadership than they were last week, when they held a large rally outside the hospital and walked into a meeting of the hospital board to voice their concerns about the pending expiration of their collective bargaining agreements.
Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, according to newly published research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
With final exams starting on Sunday at UW-Madison, the last thing a student wants right now is pneumonia. But that?s just what?s hitting the campus.
The student health center at UW-Madison says it has seen a large increase in the number of students diagnosed with pneumonia over the last month.
Noted: And then came Dr. William Clancy. Clancy had been recruited in 1974 to head a sports medicine program at the University of Wisconsin. While attending a lecture on ACL reconstruction by a Swedish physician, he had his Eureka! moment
Noted: The subject of the story is particularly excited now about a study published in August by an international team of researchers based at the University of São Paulo and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Each semester, a number of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison visit the Dean of Students Office to talk about withdrawing from the term for reasons related to mental health or substance abuse.
A treatment being studied at UW-Madison could change the prognosis. Ellie is among nine patients who have taken dopamine, a drug for Parkinson?s disease, to see if it improves their vision.
Two developments in Madison highlight a national debate about prescription painkillers: the formation of the Wisconsin Pain Coalition in October and a U.S. Senate investigation of organizations including UW-Madison?s Pain and Policy Studies Group.
This week?s dense fog isn?t just affecting the airlines. The pilots who transport victims of bad crashes also can?t take off.
We?ve recently seen rehabilitative systems in which stroke victims use their thoughts either to move animated images of their paralyzed limbs, or to activate robotic devices that guide their limbs through the desired movements. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, however, have just announced an alternative approach. Their device acts as an intermediary between the brain and a non-responsive hand, receiving signals from the one and transmitting them to the other.
Keen on finding a better way to awaken those dormant connections, he teamed up with Gordon Mitchell at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and his colleagues, who were studying the effects of sleep apnoea ? or interrupted breathing ? in mice.
Aurora Health Care and UW Health may become business partners on multiple fronts but the two organizations are unlikely to fully merge, says Dr. John Raymond, the president and CEO of Wisconsin?s other medical school ? the Medical College of Wisconsin.
UW Health in Madison and Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee are exploring a partnership.
UW Health in Madison and Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee are exploring a partnership.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted a statewide, multicampus forum Monday discussing insurance options for young people under the Affordable Care Act.
When University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Cal Melberg attended a bone marrow registry drive at his girlfriend?s request, he had no idea he would soon be making a donation that could hopefully save a woman?s life.
An Affordable Care Act ?teach-in? Monday at UW School of Medicine and Public Health will be simulcast to more than 20 UW System campuses, technical colleges and private schools.
A type of abnormal heart rhythm caused by what is called long QT syndrome — which is present in roughly one in every 2,500 newborns — is also linked to stillbirths and sudden infant death syndrome.Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison say they have been able to both diagnose and treat the condition while the baby is still in the womb.
With the future uncertain for a medical imaging center in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, all 60 center employees received layoff notices last month.
A new report claims that special mouth guards and helmets marketed to reduce concussions may not actually provide any additional protection for football players. The findings are from a 2012 study that followed 1,332 high school athletes during a season.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health laid off 60 employees from its nationally recognized eye research center after learning the facility had accumulated $4.6 million in debt, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
UW Marching Band members showed support for a local cancer research center at Saturday?s game.
Farley was an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and served as chair of the Department of Family Medicine from 1982 until 1992.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison medical school has laid off all 60 employees from a nationally recognized eye research center that had run up a deficit of $4.6 million.
The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has laid off all 60 employees from a nationally known eye research center after learning the center had run up a deficit of $4.6 million.
Noted: More than a decade after Pugh?s emergency-room heroics at Howard University, I?m in her lab at the University of Wisconsin hospital finishing up a hernia operation. Just about done?all I need to do is put in the last few stitches. The miniature camera attached to the end of the two long needles I?m clumsily manipulating doesn?t lie: I?m a lousy surgeon. Fortunately, the patient isn?t alive. In fact, he never lived?he?s actually a cloth box with different layers of mesh?which look like the internal organs of a human?and laparoscopic tools, all of which sit on a base consisting of two Frisbees.
Noted: One of the sisters, Madelyne, is a UW-Madison junior.
David Hookstead appears to be at the top of his game. And his game is ticking people off.
Harmful social norms regarding sexual violence discourage University of Wisconsin-Madison sexual assault victims from reporting incidents and seeking support, according to a University Health Services statement Tuesday.
The dairy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has unveiled its first two lactose-free ice cream flavors, catering to customers who may have a hard time digesting milk sugar.
With concussions among athletes remaining a hotly-debated issue, researchers found there is no difference between brands and models of helmets in their effectiveness in preventing head injuries.
For high school football players, neither specific helmet brands nor custom mouth guards correlate with a reduction in sport-related concussions (SRCs), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, held from Oct. 26?29 in Orlando, FL.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the rhinovirus C pathogen, which will help increase the likelihood drugs can be designed to effectively prevent colds, according to a news release.
Following the presence of flamingos, penis-shaped objects sprung up on Bascom Hill last week. Similarly cheeky flyers have also graced campus buildings and caught students? attentions.
The UW-Madison Police Department says officers came across extremely dangerous drinking behavior over the Halloween weekend.
Campus police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have issued a warning about excessive drinking after two students were found passed out with life-threatening levels of blood alcohol.
Before she became pregnant, Theresa Edelman, a little person from a St. Paul-Minneapolis suburb, consulted UW-Madison?s Dr. Richard Pauli about potential risks.
A GPS-enabled asthma inhaler, an online music marketplace and locally crafted and crowd-sourced beer are the products of new Madison companies that could fuel the city?s future. The people behind these innovative ideas, along with 50 others, are being recognized this week in Madison Magazine?s November issue as well as at a series of public events and festivities taking place on Thursday, Oct. 24.
Today?s parents have to deal with the Internet, cyberbullying, sexting and social media. Now there?s a new book based on research at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health called “Sex, Drugs an Facebook: A parent?s toolkit,” by Sara Klunk.
UW-Madison?s School of Nursing will increase enrollment when it opens a new building next year. Nursing programs at Edgewood College, Madison Area Technical College and Herzing University also have been expanding.
“There used to be a wide gap in terms of binge drinking,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW-Madison?s University Health Services. “That?s narrowing. We are seeing more women engaging in more high-risk drinking than before. The gap is smaller than it used to be.”
Research to treat colon cancer is turning towards tailoring treatments to individual patients, according to a doctor at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
A team of UW-Madison researchers may be one step closer to finding better ways to combat concussions and they?re doing it by studying the brains of fruit flies.
Long before going to the doctor, people who feel sick may go to Google and tell the search engine of their health woes. This year UW-Madison is hoping to capitalize on the same dynamic to get ahead of its own flu outbreaks on campus, using students and smartphones.
A state panel is meeting to decide whether to continue exploring the idea of creating a self-insured plan for state employees.
“We certainly have a better idea of what the concussion rate is than we did 10 or 15 years ago, but I think it?s still a moving target. To really know in our area, it?s tough,” said Dr. Alison Brooks, a UW-Madison assistant professor in the sports medicine program.
This flu season, a new smartphone application will help students know when the flu is hitting campus based on data gathered from self-reported symptoms.
