Stories indexed under: Medicine

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• The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think? Jan. 30, 2012 Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago.
• Heart cells derived from stem cells used to study heart diseases May 6, 2011 A research team at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is the first to use heart cells derived from stem cells to specifically study certain genetic mechanisms of heart diseases.
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Jonah's story: Overcoming Tourette's Sept. 11, 2010
• Researchers discover possible way to predict Alzheimer’s July 14, 2010 Two new studies, involving a newly identified gene, show that Alzheimer's disease could be diagnosed as much as 20 years before symptoms develop.
• UW Hospital performs biggest-ever paired live-donor kidney exchange July 2, 2010 Eight patients and seven surgeons added up to one big milestone at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics yesterday.
• Remarkable new images show a 4-D view of the heart March 5, 2010 What does the racing heart of someone in love - or on a fast treadmill - really look like? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) now have pictures that are better than anything that's come before.
• Researchers receive $9.7 million grant for program on sudden cardiac arrest Feb. 5, 2010 A multidisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin-Madison physiologists and cardiac specialists have launched a new program to study the mysteries of sudden cardiac arrest, thanks to a grant from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute.
• UW-Madison study ties lower hormone use to fewer breast cancer cases Dec. 8, 2009
• Study focuses on "balanced parenting" as weight control strategy Nov. 20, 2009
• African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing Nov. 13, 2009
• St. Jude CEO to deliver 2009 Rennebohm lecture Aug. 26, 2009 William E. Evans, chief executive officer of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and an expert on the treatment of pediatric cancer, and a research leader in the effect of genetics to the response to drugs, will deliver the 2009 Rennebohm Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 10.
• Team discovers gene for age-related cataracts July 31, 2009 Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's long-running Beaver Dam Eye Study have contributed to the discovery of a gene involved in cataracts in both aging humans and in mice.
• Grant helps physician assistant program reach underserved areas July 15, 2009
• Doctor's compassion may help cure colds faster July 8, 2009 Some cold medicines will shave a day off your suffering from the common cold, but they often produce unpleasant side effects. A new study shows, for the first time, that the doctor's empathy may be an even better way to speed recovery.
• Major study links malaria mosquitoes to Amazon deforestation June 25, 2009 In one of the most field-intensive efforts to explore the connection between malaria and tropical deforestation, a team led by Jonathan Patz, a specialist in the link between environment and health at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, has established a strong correlation between the extent of forest destruction and the incidence of the Amazon's most dangerous malaria vector, the mosquito Anopheles darlingi.
• Curiosities: Why do the blue eyes of babies often turn brown? June 1, 2009
• UW-Madison to create national Alzheimer’s research center May 5, 2009 Gov. Jim Doyle announced today (May 4) that the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) has been awarded a multimillion dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
• Researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes April 2, 2009 David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. He wants to attach a GPS device to their inhalers before they boldly go out into a spring world filled with allergens.
• UW expert speaks out on food-borne illness outbreaks Feb. 12, 2009 Dennis Maki, UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of medicine (infectious disease) is available for interviews Thursday afternoon regarding his opinion piece published Feb. 12, 2009, in the online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).