Tag Health care
U.S. News & World Report ranks UW Hospital and Clinics in seven specialties
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ranked in the top 50 US hospitals in seven medical specialties, according to the 2010 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide. Read More
Major gift, choice of architect propel Nursing Science Center campaign
A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel ('62 MS PHM, '66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin–Madison Nursing Science Center. Read More
UW Hospital and Clinics earns “Best Companies for Hourly Workers” recognition
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is one of the nation's six "Best Companies for Hourly Workers," according to Working Mother magazine. Read More
Symposium set on the ethics of health care reform
"Reforming Health Care Ethically: Waste, Trade-offs and Rationing" will be held from 1 to 5:30pm April 8 at the Health Sciences Learning Center in lecture auditorium 1306. Seating is open and admission is free. Read More
New heart pump could benefit thousands
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. Read More
New seasonal, H1N1 flu shot clinics added for faculty, staff
There are several new opportunities for UW–Madison faculty and staff to receive both seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations in January. All employees can receive seasonal and… Read More
First employee seasonal flu clinics begin
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. Read More
Collaboration to enhance patient safety during blood collection, transfusion
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. Read More
New approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria
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. Read More
Early Alzheimer’s screenings could cut health care costs
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. Read More
Sick children affect parents’ mental health
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. Read More
U.S. News and World Report Ranks UW Hospital and Clinics in Top Three Percent
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. Read More
Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys
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. Read More
New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women
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. Read More
Experts: Big Tobacco dead by 2047, possibly sooner
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). Read More
Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target
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. Read More