Medical Directions March 2010
This issue of Medical Directions continues our hybrid communication approach – offering a limited number of brief stories in printed form and taking advantage of Internet technology to bring you lots of additional information about UW Health services and providers.
Our new format includes:
- More stories – about three times as many articles as in previous issues
- Broad variety – articles and content cover the full range of medical services available
at UW Health - Opportunities for feedback – online response forms allow you to share your thoughts
on current articles or requests for future topics
Medical Directions Headlines
- Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Pediatrics
- Transplant
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Care
- Cancer
- Other Stories: Ulcerative Colitis and Bariatric Surgery
- Continuing Medical Education
- Clinical Trials
Featured News
New Statewide Initiative Asks "Will You Save More Lives?"
A new campaign, "Yes, I Will Wisconsin," ties an online donor registry and the Transplant Games together to promote organ donation.
Neurosurgery Offers Hope For Excruciating Facial Pain
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) has been called the most painful disorder known to neurology, and those who have suffered the lightning-flash of facial nerve pain say it's no exaggeration.
More Neurology and Neurosurgery Stories
- Expanded State-of-the-Art EMG Testing Offered at East Clinic
- Now That's Healthy Recycling: Donated Fat Could Play Key Role in Neurosurgery
- UW Health Comprehensive Epilepsy Services
- World Class Stroke Care
Pediatric Heart Program Praised by Pediatricians and Families
Over the past several months, a growing number of families from across Wisconsin and beyond have been turning to American Family Children's Hospital in Madison for their child's comprehensive pediatric heart care.
More Pediatric Stories
- Specialized Treatment for One of the Deadliest Forms of Childhood Cancer
- Sedation Reduces Distress for Children Needing Invasive VCUG Procedure
- Pediatric Champions: Advocating for Kids in the Emergency Department
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program: Offering More Than Exceptional Outcomes
The UW Health pediatric kidney transplant program provides consistency for the patient and the same transplant surgical team, practices and clinic location. The team strives to provide a familiar and comfortable experience for patients from the time of their initial evaluation through their lifetime of care.
More Transplant Stories
- UW Desensitization Program Provides Option for Live Kidney Donors
- Transplant Teams Share Expertise at International Conference
Robotic Assisted Partial Knee Replacement
State-of-the-art robotic technology now allows UW Health joint replacement surgeons to perform partial knee replacements more accurately, more safely, and less invasively than ever before, which translates to an improved patient experience.
More Orthopedics Stories
- Driving With a Cast is on Shaky Footing
- Brace Yourself? Maybe Not
- UW Health OrthoAccess Helps Match Specialists to Patient Needs
UW Heart Stem Cell Study Among AHA's Top Ten
In 2009, a group of cardiovascular researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health proved that functional human heart muscle cells can be produced from genetically reprogrammed skin cells. The study garnered American Heart Association praise.
More Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Care Stories
- Daily Vascular Surgery Rounds via the Web
- Freeze! UW Cardiothoracic Surgeon Uses Cryotherapy to Melt Airway Tumors
- New Heart Pump Could Benefit Thousands of Heart Failure Patients
Wisconsin Study Ties Lower Hormone Use To Fewer Breast Cancer Cases
Decreased use of post-menopausal hormones likely accounts for more than 40 percent of a dramatic, one-year decline in breast cancer incidence, according to a new analysis by University of Wisconsin-Madison cancer researchers.
More Cancer Stories
- UW Researchers Eliminate Cervical Cancer in Mice with FDA-Approved Drugs
- New Study Helps Smokers Quit
- African-American Men at Higher Risk of False Positives in Prostate Testing
(Don't) Feel The Burn: A Non-surgical Treatment for Acid Reflux
Patients whose reflux symptoms continue to be a bother despite medicines and other measures don't necessarily have to resort to surgery to get relief. Instead, they can turn to a little-known procedure with a name that's also a mouthful - transoral incisionless fundoplication, or TIF.
More Stories: Ulcerative Colitis and Bariatric Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery Can Cure Ulcerative Colitis
- Is Bariatric Surgery Appropriate For Your Patient?
- UW Health to Affiliate with SwedishAmerican Health System in Rockford
- UW Health Radiologist and Colleagues Release New Imaging Atlas
- UW Health Specialty Care Now Offered in Johnson Creek
Continuing Medical Education Courses Available at UW Health:
- Upcoming CME Courses
- More CMEs at www.ocpd.wisc.edu
Clinical Trial Information: Learn about clinical trials
