World Breast Cancer Research Day
World Breast Cancer Research Day is celebrated on the 18th day of the eighth month of the year — a reference to the one in eight women and one in 833 men who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes. The day is intended to amplify the urgency of preventing disease and finding cures, as well as shine a light on critical research, including studies supported by federal funding.
Freeing kidney transplant patients from daily anti-rejection medications
Kidney transplant patients are embracing a new chapter of life, thanks to a groundbreaking clinical trial that eliminates the need for a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs, which can cause serious side effects.
Training medical students for rural practice
Stronger communities, healthier futures: the Wisconsin Idea at work
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.