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Wisconsin Dance Marathon: Standing for those who can’t

March 5, 2014

University of Wisconsin students and members of the Madison community will put on their dancing shoes on Mar. 8 to raise money for American Family Children's Hospital.

Military dads have to re-learn parenting after deployment

March 4, 2014

Fathers who returned after military service report having difficulty connecting with young children who sometimes don’t remember them, according to a study released this week.

Stem cell advance yields mature heart muscle cells

March 3, 2014

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers has induced human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to differentiate toward pure-population, mature heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.

Wisconsin Partnership funds five new studies

February 17, 2014

Five researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) have received grants through the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s New Investigator Program.

Cycle for Sight raises money for research on blinding diseases

February 10, 2014

To continue research on blinding diseases that affect millions of Americans, including 100,000 Wisconsin residents, the McPherson Eye Research Institute (MERI) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will sponsor Cycle for Sight, an annual indoor-cycling fundraiser.

Emeritus professor, physician and social activist Jeffrey Patterson dies

January 25, 2014

Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, a family medicine physician, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and an activist for health and environmental causes, died Jan. 23.

Education, surgery try “speed dating” for research

January 23, 2014

Dr. Craig Kent, chairman of surgery, said he hopes that it is at least as successful as a 2010 “speed dating” event with engineering faculty. That one resulted in several research partnerships between surgeons and engineers.

UW-Madison scientists to use high-density EEGs to benefit epilepsy patients

January 21, 2014

University of Wisconsin researchers pioneered the use of high-density electro-encephalograph (HD-EEG) technology to study sleep patterns and the effects of meditation. With support from a local grassroots organization, Lily's Fund for Epilepsy Research, UW–Madison researchers will now evaluate how this advanced technology might benefit people with epilepsy.

Sleep is the price the brain pays for learning

January 12, 2014

Two leading sleep scientists from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health say that their synaptic homeostasis hypothesis of sleep or “SHY” challenges the theory that sleep strengthens brain connections.

Article by UW–Madison expert highlights 50th anniversary of surgeon general’s smoking report

January 7, 2014

An article co-authored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Dr. Michael Fiore marking the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Surgeon General's report on smoking was published Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

UW researchers link protein with breast cancer’s spread to the brain

January 6, 2014

A cancer-research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a protein that may be a major culprit when breast cancer metastasizes to the brain.

Wisconsin Partnership awards $3.6 million in community grants

December 23, 2013

The Wisconsin Partnership Program has pledged $3.65 million to 16 projects aimed at making Wisconsin communities healthier.

Researchers discover early step in blood stem cell development

December 2, 2013

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) researchers have discovered a very early regulatory event that controls the production of blood stem cells and the adult blood system.

Teach-in to help “Young Invincibles” select health insurance options

November 15, 2013

A teach-in on new health insurance options is designed to send students home for Thanksgiving with important information to discuss with their families.

Lead exposure dooms some Wisconsin kids to struggle in school

November 9, 2013

Two studies funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program paint a grim reality for Wisconsin children exposed to lead before age 3.

Hitchhiking virus confirms saga of ancient human migration

October 21, 2013

A study of the full genetic code of a common human virus offers a dramatic confirmation of the "out-of-Africa" pattern of human migration, which had previously been documented by anthropologists and studies of the human genome.