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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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Drugs may shut down several Epstein-Barr virus-induced diseases
Using a class of drugs being clinically tested to treat other kinds of cancer, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health found that the drugs were the first to stop the latent form of EBV infection from causing disease. Read More
Wisconsin Partnership to fund study on causes of obesity in Latino youth
From insulin resistance to urban planning policy, a new project funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program will apply the widest possible lens to barriers to health and physical activity among Latino youth in Milwaukee. Read More
Flu shot clinics to be held Jan. 22
Two flu shot clinics will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, for students and employees. Read More
Baby boomers survived rock and roll with hearing intact, study finds
Despite dire predictions about listening to loud music, members of the rock 'n' roll generation are aging with much better hearing than their parents had at the same age. Read More
UW Health transplant surgeon joins national transplant advisory group
Dr. Yolanda Becker has spent her medical career transplanting organs. Now she’ll be a key part of the governmental body that helps to keep organ transplantation safe and effective. Read More
Nitrous oxide eases pain, stress of children’s treatment
The pleasing aroma of bubble gum, orange or vanilla is changing the way many young patients are sedated for certain medical procedures. Read More
Novel anti-epilepsy drug developed at Wisconsin to begin clinical trials
A sugar-like substance used for years in medical imaging is about to be tested in clinical trials to see if it can protect people who suffer from frequent epileptic seizures. Read More
Slide show: An Icy Melody
Gentle waves from Lake Mendota shift and fracture ice cover beginning to form along the campus shoreline on Dec. 18. The motion of the floating sheets of ice produced a wind-chime-like musical melody that could be heard by those walking along much of the Temin Lakeshore Path. Read More
Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t take a holiday
The bright lights, big crowds and bustle that make the holidays fun for most of us often do just the opposite for people with Alzheimer's and those who care for them. Read More
Moments in Time: 2009 Photographers’ Choice Slide Show
As another year on this thriving campus wraps up — and a new decade is about to begin — University Communications photographers have chosen a sampling of images from 2009. Read More