Health & Wellness
Probiotic ‘backpacks’ show promise for treating inflammatory bowel diseases
UW researchers demonstrate just how much promise some well-equipped bacteria hold for improved inflammatory bowel disease treatments.
Brain-gut connection may reveal way to prevent cocaine addiction
Cocaine disrupts the balance of microbes in the guts of mice, part of a cycle of waxing and waning neurochemicals that can enhance the drug’s effects in the brain. But the same chemicals may also be harnessed to prevent addiction, according to new research.
Sewer sleuthing, air vacuuming scientists keep tabs on COVID-19
Neighboring pathology labs at UW Madison team up to trace viruses in the air and in the sewers.
Health & Wellness Events
December
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10:00 am
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6:30 pm, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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1:00 pm, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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Arboretum Family Nature Program1:00 pm, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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7:00 pm, Nicholas Recreation Center
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All day, Nicholas Recreation Center