Science & Technology
June 29, 2015
Study: Cost, lack of insurance coverage are primary predictors of poor oral health
One in five adults in Wisconsin is not receiving needed oral-health care and an estimated 15 percent have cavities.
Health & Wellness
May 26, 2015
Study: Shift workers more likely to be overweight, have problems sleeping
The nine-to-five, Monday through Friday regimen most of us plan our lives around provides certain conveniences that shift work just doesn’t offer. But in addition, according to a study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, shift work could also be bad for your health.
Health & Wellness
December 14, 2009
Handel, Bach were blinded by ’18th century quackery’
The beautiful strains of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” evoke a very different picture from the dark bond the two composers shared: Each was blinded by botched eye surgery at the hands of a flamboyant quack.