Key Up for Kids Set for February 11
MADISON - More than 300 piano students will use their talents to raise money for American Family Children's Hospital during the 20th annual Key Up For Kids, a piano-playing marathon, from 9am until 5pm Saturday, Feb. 11 at Barnes and Noble near ... National Expert Carla Pugh to Lead UW Health Clinical Simulation Program
Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Carla Pugh, a nationally recognized leader in surgical education, has been named to lead UW Health's new Clinical Simulation Program. Pugh, a surgeon who currently heads the Center for Advanced Surgical Education at Nort... Using the Compassionate Brain to Predict What Occurs in Real Life
Madison, Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are launching a new series of studies to understand how laboratory measures of virtuous qualities such as compassion relate to their behavior in the real world. Dr. Richard J. Davi... Cycle for Sight Raises Funds for Vision Research
If you pedal a bike for an hour, and don't get anywhere, are you making progress? Yes, if you're one of the dozens of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, staff and community members who will be pedaling furiously to raise money for vision ... The Waisman Center: Decades Later, What Would Harry Think?
Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago. The award continues the legacy of the UW-Madison pedi... Share Your Memories of Paul Bertics
Madison, Wisconsin - The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health was stunned and profoundly saddened to lose faculty member Paul J. Bertics on Thursday, December 22, 2011. He died unexpectedly at his home in Madison. The sch... UW Health Doctor Named to Panel to Transform Health Care
Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Jonathan Jaffery, associate professor of medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of 73 individuals from 27 states and the District of Columbia participating in the Innovation Advi... Department of Surgery Among Nation's Best in Research Funding
By just about any measure, the Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison is excelling in research. The department's vision is to be a national leader in surgical innovation by performing... UW Carbone Cancer Center Joins with Adams County to Study Cancer Patterns
Madison, Wisconsin - Surprising facts about cancer deaths in Adams County have sparked a unique, county-wide outreach effort to save lives now and in the future. A UW Carbone Cancer Center project that assessed cancer-related needs in southcentr... SwedishAmerican, UW Health to Build Free-Standing Cancer Center
A new facet of UW Health’s affiliation with SwedishAmerican Health System in Rockford, Ill., was announced at a news conference January 6 in Rockford. SwedishAmerican’s board of directors has approved a business plan to build and ope... Advance Directives Don't Work for High-Risk Surgery
Madison, Wisconsin - Advance directives that limit the use of life-supporting treatments necessary for patient survival are a poor tool for helping patients express their wishes about surgery, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin... Go Red on Feb. 3 to Support Fight Against Heart Disease
MADISON - Did you know...?Heart disease is still the number one killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year?Heart disease claims the lives of more than 422,000 American women each year?That UW Health is the exclusive Madison-area Go Red For Wome... JoAnne Robbins Earns Award from Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association
JoAnne Robbins, PhD, professor of medicine in the gastrenterology division at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, has received the 2012 Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award from the Wisconsin Speec... Save the Dates: Health Equity Leadership Institute is June 10-15
The Collaborative Center for Health Equity's third annual Health Equity Leadership Institute takes place June 10-15 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In partnership with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the School of Public Health... Studies Show Insomnia is a Major Health Problem
Madison, Wisconsin - Insomnia is a serious medical condition that should be treated with evidence-based medicine because it is linked to depression, diabetes, hypertension, drug abuse and even death, according to a review of recent research co-author... |
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