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UW researchers develop new model for macular degeneration
Exposing albino rats to moderately intense light has produced a new animal model for the most common cause of severe vision loss in humans.
Words, wit and wild hearts: A conversation with author, professor Lorrie Moore
It’s a writer-to-writer conversation when Jacquelyn Mitchard sits down for a chat with Lorrie Moore, acclaimed fiction author and UW faculty member.
Slide show: Lost—The Winter Episode
Is it any wonder that Wisconsinites lose possessions during our seemingly endless winter? Pay attention when walking on campus, as senior university photographer Jeff Miller did recently, and you’ll spot all sorts of lost items.
Spring 2010 issue of On Wisconsin
Remarkable new images show a 4-D view of the heart
What does the racing heart of someone in love – or on a fast treadmill – really look like? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) now have pictures that are better than anything that’s come before.
Students care for the community at MEDiC clinics
Nine Badgers pick up silver and gold
UW psychiatrist offers parents tips to help kids cope with agony of defeat
Watch any of the 2010 Winter Olympics, and you’ll see it-what legendary sportscaster Jim McKay famously called “the agony of defeat.” But while Olympic athletes wrestle with sports disappointment for a brief period of time every four years, young athletes experience the same thing more frequently on a much smaller stage.
Center helps Madison-area residents complete tax paperwork
Knight’s four assists help U.S. women’s hockey team to Olympic win
The U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team scored an Olympic record seven power-play goals en route to a 13-0 victory over Russia in its second game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday. Team USA improved to 2-0-0-0 with the win and secured a spot in the tournament’s semifinal round.
County health rankings expanded from Wisconsin to all 50 states
Where we live matters to our health.
A first-of-its-kind report by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights this fact. The County Health Rankings, a collection of 50 reports – one per state – ranks all counties within each state on their overall health.
Will calorie listings curb our fast-food habits?
Would you turn your back on deep-fried cheese curds if you knew that a single serving packs in 569 calories?
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.
Researchers receive $9.7 million grant for program on sudden cardiac arrest
A multidisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin-Madison physiologists and cardiac specialists have launched a new program to study the mysteries of sudden cardiac arrest, thanks to a grant from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute.
Med students make an impact on patients through research
Medical students don’t have to wait until they become practicing physicians to make a positive impact on the community. There are numerous opportunities for students in the MD Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to get involved, from community service programs to student organizations.
Slide Show: In Loving Memory
Slideshow of Neha Suri memorial tribute.
Exhibition honoring women in medicine comes to UW-Madison
“Changing the Face of Medicine,” a national traveling exhibition honoring the lives and achievements of American women in medicine, past and present, will open in the UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) on Wednesday, February 3.
UW-Madison study has implications for understanding ion channel defects
A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health team has made a discovery important to the millions of people who are on common medications for heart and neurological diseases.
Brain responses during anesthesia mimic those during natural deep sleep
The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep – lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma.