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Biomedical Engineer Justin Williams Receives Ramirez Award

Biomedical Engineer Justin Williams Receives Ramirez Award

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Justin Williams is the first recipient of the Lincoln F. Ramirez Award for Restorative Neurosciences, awarded by the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. ...
5/21/2013 | Biomedical Engineer Justin Williams Receives Ramirez Award

Class on Climate-Change Ethics to Spur Questions, Not Provide Answers

Class on Climate-Change Ethics to Spur Questions, Not Provide Answers

Madison, Wisconsin - Climate change will cause a lot of deaths around the world: natural disasters, increases in infectious diseases and drought-related famine will all become more frequent as the global climate warms. That’s one reason wh...
5/21/2013 | Class on Climate-Change Ethics to Spur Questions, Not Provide Answers

Sugar-Water Injections Relieve Knee Pain More Than Exercise

Sugar-Water Injections Relieve Knee Pain More Than Exercise

Madison, Wisconsin - Injections with a form of sugar known as dextroseprovide significant pain relief and improved knee-related quality of life compared to exercise among people who suffer from knee osteoarthritis. That’s according to rese...
5/21/2013 | Sugar-Water Injections Relieve Knee Pain More Than Exercise

UW Study: Asthma Boosts Apnea Risk

UW Study: Asthma Boosts Apnea Risk

Madison, Wisconsin - People who have asthma as children are more than twice as likely to develop sleep apnea as adults, according to new results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort. The study – which also shows that people with adult-onset ast...
5/19/2013 | UW Study: Asthma Boosts Apnea Risk

Tory Miller: The Farmers' Market Chef Offers a Different Slice

Tory Miller: The Farmers

Madison, Wisconsin - Madison Chef Tory Miller is a staple at Dane County farmers' markets. Each weekend, the chef fills his oversized hand cart with only the freshest ingredients to serve at his restaurants Graze and L'Etoile. On June 3, the Jam...
5/18/2013 | Tory Miller: The Farmers' Market Chef Offers a Different Slice

Can What You Think Affect How You Feel?

Can What You Think Affect How You Feel?

Madison, Wisconsin – There may be a reason optimists are happier – research suggests that how we think affects how we feel and act. But, is the key to being happy as simple as thinking of the glass as half-full rather than half-empty?&nbs...
5/17/2013 | Can What You Think Affect How You Feel?

 

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