Stories indexed under: Medicine

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• RFID advance to improve safety of nation’s blood supply June 3, 2013 A six-year collaboration between industry and the University of Wisconsin-Madison RFID Lab has achieved a major milestone with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearing the first RFID-enabled solution to improve the safety and efficiency of the nation's blood supply.
• Stem cell symposium to address heart, vascular disease April 8, 2013 World leaders in the use of stem cells will gather Wednesday, April 10 at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Fitchburg, Wis., for the eighth annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, "Cell-Based Therapy for Heart & Vascular Disease: Pathways to Clinic."
• UW Hospital hits major milestone with 2,000th liver transplant Feb. 13, 2013 Scott A. Vanderloop of Appleton, Wis. received a second chance at life recently after becoming the 2,000th patient to receive a liver transplant at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison.
• Finding challenges accepted view of MS: Unexpectedly, damaged nerve fibers survive Feb. 5, 2013 Multiple sclerosis, a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: The nerves that direct muscular movement lose their electrical insulation (the myelin sheath) and cannot transmit signals as effectively. And many of the long nerve fibers, called axons, degenerate.
• Study advances treatment of respiratory failure in ALS patients Jan. 8, 2013 A new study, published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and conducted largely at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows the potential for two complimentary treatments - stem cell therapy and intermittent exposure to low oxygen - to preserve and even restore breathing capacity in rats with a condition similar to ALS in humans.
• Meditation expertise changes experience of pain Nov. 15, 2012 Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW-Madison neuroscientists.
• Neuro reunion shows off progress Aug. 28, 2012 They were brought together by some of the worst moments of their lives – but you’d never know, if you witnessed the hugs and snapshots and, yes, laughter, at the first-ever reunion of patients from UW Hospital’s Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit.
• Bioethics symposium set for April 12 March 29, 2012 "Doctors, Politics and Conscience" will be held April 12 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1306, at 750 Highland Ave. Four featured talks will be followed by a panel featuring practicing physicians.
• 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.