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• New heart pump could benefit thousands Feb. 10, 2010 Although they have neither a pulse nor a measurable blood pressure, people with advanced heart failure lived longer and felt better when implanted with a new small pump that circulates their blood, according to UW Health heart experts whose patients took part in a recent clinical trial.
• New seasonal, H1N1 flu shot clinics added for faculty, staff Jan. 5, 2010
• UW Hospital and Clinics in top 100 in cardiovascular care Nov. 25, 2009
• First employee seasonal flu clinics begin Nov. 4, 2009 UW-Madison is offering a series of seasonal influenza vaccine clinics for faculty and staff. In a change from previous years, only the nasal spray version of the vaccine is available at a series of November clinics, with delivery of the injectable version now expected in early December.
• Collaboration to enhance patient safety during blood collection, transfusion Oct. 26, 2009 The National Institute of Health (NIH), Health and Human Services has awarded a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to SysLogic Inc., the UW RFID Laboratory and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin.
• UW-Madison students, faculty part of community news project Oct. 26, 2009 The debate over health care reform has dominated national headlines for most of the summer and fall.
• New approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria Aug. 19, 2009 In a presentation today (Aug. 19) to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take advantage of silver's anti-bacterial properties, while sidestepping the damage silver can cause to cells needed for healing.
• Early Alzheimer's screenings could cut health care costs Aug. 4, 2009 As the nation debates how to control costs as part of health care reform, an Alzheimer's disease researcher says early diagnosis and treatment of the disease could save the nation billions of dollars in costs down the road.
• Sick children affect parents' mental health July 16, 2009 Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine and Public Health.
• U.S. News and World Report Ranks UW Hospital and Clinics in Top Three Percent July 16, 2009 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ranked in the top three percent of U.S. hospitals in five medical specialties, according to the 2009 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide.
• Grant helps physician assistant program reach underserved areas July 15, 2009
• Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys July 9, 2009 The bottom-line message from a decades-long study of monkeys on a restricted diet is simple: Consuming fewer calories leads to a longer, healthier life.
• New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women June 29, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having to endure a biopsy of a questionable lump or lesion.
• Experts: Big Tobacco dead by 2047, possibly sooner June 25, 2009 President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said today (June 25).
• Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target June 22, 2009 A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis.
• Treating Wisconsin's cancer patients, in Madison or just down the street May 28, 2009 When Meg Gaines accompanied a patient to a recent appointment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, she gauged the center's impact right away.
• Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits May 18, 2009 Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
• National Children's Study set to roll out in Waukesha May 7, 2009 The National Children's Study's Waukesha County Vanguard Center begins recruiting volunteers on Monday, May 11, to take part in the largest long-term study of children's health and development ever conducted in the U.S.
• Foundation increases grant to continue personal health records work May 4, 2009 Project HealthDesign, a national program designed to support health and information technology pioneers to create a new generation of personal health records (PHR) systems, has been awarded a $5.3 million addition to its grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, bringing the project's total funding to $10 million.
• Law School, Thompson to host health care summit April 1, 2009 On Tuesday, April 7, the Law School and one of its prominent alumni — former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson — will host “Summit Conversations on American Health Care for the 21st Century” at the Edgewater Hotel.