Countering a common theory that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped in modern humans, a new study by UW-Madison researchers examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 years as a time of supercharged evolutionary change.
Donna Katen-Bahensky, CEO at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and senior associate vice president for medical affairs at University of Iowa Health Care since 2002, has been named president and CEO of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. She will join the hospital effective Feb. 4, 2008.
Experts have been warning for years that foods loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and other processed carbohydrates are making us fatter. Now, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study has uncovered the genetic basis for why this is so.
In a paper to be published Nov. 22 in the online edition of the journal Science, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reports the genetic reprogramming of human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
The public health costs of global climate change are likely to be the greatest in those parts of the world that have contributed least to the problem, posing a significant ethical dilemma for the developed world, according to a new study.
Medical terminology identifies the features of a human skull on a teaching skeleton during a gross anatomy class lab in the Medical Sciences Center. Photo: Jeff Miller
Worries about money and losing our health – not to mention fear of death – can all rush in as we age. But with one-third of elderly Americans suffering falls every year, the simple fear of falling again is what often ends up changing lives: Keeping people from going out, isolating them from friends and accelerating their physical decline.
The study of the human mind and how the worlds of science, religion and contemplative practice intersect will be explored during two panel discussions in November.
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.
The BSN@Home program — a joint initiative of five UW System schools, including UW-Madison — provides nurses with associate degress the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree without disrupting work or family life.
A new University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests that pregnant women who take some types of vitamin supplements or eat fortified foods may be passing excess vitamin A to their developing fetuses. Reported in the October issue of the Journal of Comparative Medicine, the finding could guide efforts to develop future formulations of vitamins.
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
A new nonviral gene delivery system using transposons, or “jumping genes,” provides a safer alternative to previous options, according to a publication by a UW-Madison molecular biologist and biological safety expert.
Hallmarks of autism are characteristic behaviors – repetitive motions, problems interacting with others, impaired communication abilities – that occur in widely different combinations and degrees of severity among those who have the condition.
A hormone system linked to reducing food consumption appears to do so by increasing stress-related behaviors, according to a new study.
New research in primates suggests that infants and children who carry a certain gene variant may be more vulnerable to the ill effects of fetal alcohol exposure.
When the University of Wisconsin football Badgers take the field this fall, they will have a secret weapon behind them: Wisconsin’s dairy cows.
Susan Smith, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health, which provides research funding for up to 10 years. Smith is an expert on fetal alcohol exposure, the leading known cause of mental retardation in the world.
A new report finds that, despite frequent claims to the contrary, there is no empirical or statistical evidence to suggest that grief counseling is harmful to clients, or that clients who are “normally” bereaved are at special risk if they receive grief counseling, according to a new look at the scientific literature on grief counseling.
The time has come to “open the gift” for Wisconsin’s children and families. Four years in the making, the state-of-the-art American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison is almost ready to open its doors. With a Community Open House set for 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, July 29, this pediatric health care facility will soon become one …