Health & Wellness News from the University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ritalin drives greater connection between brain areas key to memory, attention

New research is a first step toward understanding the way Ritalin affects the organization of the pathways that build brain networks used in attention and learning.

Aaron Perry is changing how his community perceives and experiences health

Through the Black Men’s Wellness Sustainable Initiative, Aaron Perry is using a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to change how his community perceives and experiences health.

New gene editing tool drives stem cell services and discovery

At just two-and-a-half years old, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Human Stem Cell Gene Editing Service is already contemplating expansion, partly because of demand for a new gene editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9.