A path for safer opioid prescribing
An approach to prescribing opioids that pairs clinician education with patient-centered monitoring and feedback could help primary care doctors minimize prescribing opioid medications to manage patients’ chronic pain, according to a University of Wisconsin–Madison research team.
Maternal blood pressure program expands to help women facing health risks
A UW Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter program designed to monitor blood pressure during pregnancy and after birth to decrease health complications and hospital readmissions is expanding outside the hospital walls.
Noninvasive ventilation better for patients
Recently published results from a clinical trial showed that for critically ill adults needing tracheal intubation for emergency airway support, the method health care providers choose to use for providing supplemental oxygen before the intubation procedure affects the patient’s risk of hypoxemia, or potentially life-threatening low levels of blood oxygen.
Humid heat impacts dialysis patients
A large, population-based study shows that people receiving regular dialysis to treat kidney disease are vulnerable during heat waves, especially those living in cities in the humid southeastern states, resulting in higher death rates.
New study supports recommendation to begin mammogram screening at 40
Breast cancer screening every two years beginning at age 40 has the potential to reduce the number of women who die of breast cancer while minimizing the harms, according to a large study published today.
UW surgery turns 100
The first day of classes must have felt like a leap of faith. It was 1924 and just three faculty members charged with teaching three medical students made up the new surgery academic department in the University of Wisconsin’s new School of Medicine. At the Wisconsin General Hospital, community surgeons were called in to help teach the students how to set bones, treat sepsis, alleviate inflammation and perform minor surgery.
When doctors sit, patients feel better
A new study indicates that the simple act of a doctor sitting in a chair during hospital bedside discussions improved the experience for physicians and patients alike.
Researchers pursue easier, earlier detection of Alzheimer’s disease in Black adults
A blood biomarker and a method of testing cognitive processes such as memory and thinking could hold promise for identifying middle-aged Black people who are at risk for later developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW awards funding to improve maternal, child health throughout Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded four grants to help health systems and community partners in the state improve the health outcomes of mothers and their infants during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on insulin out-of-pocket costs boosts prescription fills
The Inflation Reduction Act $35 cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin led to increases in the total number of filled insulin prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Southern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
UW Carbone Cancer Center receives SPORE designation, federal grant to support prostate cancer research
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center will be designated as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence, or SPORE, by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for research initiatives to advance new prostate cancer treatments.
UW Health, UW School of Medicine and Public Health launch UW Clinical Trials Institute
UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are announcing the formation of the University of Wisconsin Clinical Trials Institute to advance health care innovations via clinical trials at UW–Madison.