Health & Wellness
July 2, 2025

Stronger communities, healthier futures: the Wisconsin Idea at work

Science & Technology
June 30, 2025

Gene analysis helps optimize prostate cancer radiation dose

New results from two randomized clinical trials showed that analyzing a gene expression signature in tumors may help doctors customize radiation treatments for prostate cancer patients, improving outcomes while avoiding unnecessary side effects.

Health & Wellness
June 26, 2025

Newborn genomic testing expands with support from Wisconsin medical schools

Through an effort led by Wisconsin’s two medical schools, newborn genomic testing capacity will expand to more hospitals throughout the state, allowing rapid diagnosis of rare genetic conditions and improved medical management for critically ill newborns.

Health & Wellness
June 9, 2025

Detecting diabetic eye disease early helps prevent vision loss

Jeri Shultis knew something was wrong. He had driven south from Mauston, Wisconsin to Madison to watch his grandson wrestle at the state tournament, but he was struggling to focus on the mat.

Members of Mora Pinzon research lab
Education
June 3, 2025

Medical students prepare to meet rising Latino dementia care needs

Researchers in Madison are partnering with a Milwaukee-based Latino community center on a new, culturally competent elective course for students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The course is focused on training the next generation of doctors in dementia care for the Latino community.

Science & Technology
April 7, 2025

AI screening tool helps refer patients for opioid use disorder treatment

An artificial intelligence-driven screening tool developed by a research team at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists.

Illustration by Elisabeth Balistreri
Health & Wellness
January 30, 2025

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.

A woman using a blood pressure monitor at home.
Health & Wellness
September 30, 2024

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.

The gloved hand of a hospital employee adjusts a patient's ventilation mask
Science & Technology
August 7, 2024

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.

A thermometer showing 102 degrees Fahrenheit with urban traffic and buildings in the background
Health & Wellness
July 31, 2024

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.

Woman standing at a mammography machine
Health & Wellness
April 30, 2024

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.

Black and white photo of University Hospital surgeons from 1939
Health & Wellness
April 15, 2024

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.