No matter what kind of cancer, finding it early can be the key to surviving the disease. As researchers at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center work to develop groundbreaking tests for early detection of some of the most common cancers, they also stress that no test can work if patients don't come in to be screened. Read more

 

 

 

The National Center for Health Statistics continues to list coronary heart disease as the number one killer of men and women. But Mary Zasadil, MD a UW Health preventive cardiologist, says that women are often at greater risk because the symptoms of heart disease are different for women than men. Read more

 

UW Health's Go Red for Women partnership with the American Heart Association helps to raise awareness about women's risk for heart disease. Read more

 

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Children are not merely small adults. They require medical care catered to their individual needs and development. The new pediatric emergency medicine program at American Family Children's Hospital provides comprehensive and appropriate care to children. Read more

 

 

Doctors at UW Health offer a permanent, less invasive birth control choice for women called Essure, an outpatient procedure that can take as little as 20 minutes to complete. Read more

 

 

 

A groundbreaking spinal surgical technique is now generally available to patients at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin called the PRESTIGE artificial cervical disc system. Read more 

 

 

 

Botox—also known by its scientific name, botulinum toxin—has a host of other medical uses that might not be so familiar. To these patients, Botox provides needed relief for some very serious conditions. Read more

 

 

Tracking that genetic component and diagnosing arrhythmias before tragedy strikes is the main reason UW Health cardiologists Craig January, MD, PhD and Kathleen Maginot, MD have created the Inherited Arrhythmias Clinic at UW Hospital and Clinics. Read more