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Co-authors of the study include Steve Morin and Hong-Ha Troung, UCSF; Robert H. Remien, Jacqueline Correale, and Anke E. Ehrhardt, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University; Ronald A. Brooks, UCLA; Robert Dubrow, Yale University; Peter R. Kerndt, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services; Stephen D. Pinkerton, Medical College of Wisconsin; Kathleen J. Sikkema, Duke University; Corinna Young, UC- San Diego. Funding from the National Institute for Mental Health supported... (Science Daily)
Food pantries offering health care to needy Dec 26, 2007
Consequently, "they only come when they're out of medicines or have symptoms. It's so frustrating," says Dr. Jim Sanders of the Medical College of Wisconsin. So specialists increasingly are seeking other ways to address glaring disparities in U.S. health care, by taking care directly to where the people who need it most hang out. (CNN)
Hallucinogenic plant joins list of banned substances in Ill. Dec 26, 2007
The herbs long-term effects are still unknown, said Dr. Neil Farber, an associate professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin who has researched the herb. But it can be as potent as LSD, causing visions and improved moods in some people, Farber said. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
The power of a single neuron Dec 20, 2007
Brecht says that when he did experiments with blind and sighted rats, "You really had to label the cage with the blind rats because they moved so perfectly with their whiskers. Light touch Both teams used techniques that allowed them to stimulate specific sets of neurons. Svoboda and his colleagues created transgenic mice that express a light-responsive protein specifically within the region of the barrel cortex associated with learning. The protein, naturally found in algae, responds to blue... (Nature News Service)
Fragile X fixed in mice Dec 20, 2007
Animal studies suggest a way to treat the devastating mental retardation disorder. Researchers have reversed almost all symptoms of fragile-X syndrome in a mouse model for the disease. (Nature News Service)
Science appoints Bruce Alberts as editor-in-chief Dec 20, 2007
Science appoints Bruce Alberts as editor-in-chief : Nature News (Nature News Service)
Dr. Robert Keller, MD, Named Head of Scientific Advisory Board for Galea Life Sciences' BioSource Therapeutics, Inc. Subsidiary Dec 18, 2007
He has served on the faculties of the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Marquette University). Dr. Keller was elected to The Board of Governors of the American Academy of HIV medicine, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of several Biotech companies. (Primezone Releases)
Adult ADHD significantly impacts on social, financial and personal aspects of life Dec 18, 2007
Two studies, one conducted at the University of Massachusetts (the UMASS study) and one conducted at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee (the Milwaukee study), were recently published in a book by Dr. Barkley ... He worked in the Child Neurology Division at Milwaukee Childrens Hospital and founded the Neuropsychology Service at Medical College of Wisconsin. (EurekAlert!)
Change, growth at Zen Center Dec 15, 2007
I have a list, so long, of things I want to get to, said Tony, whose other job is that of professor of psychiatry and behaviorial medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. One of them is a class he d like to teach about relationships from a Buddhist perspective. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Hospital suspends surgeries after Creutzfeldt-Jakob scare Dec 14, 2007
The hospital learned Thursday morning that test results from another facility indicated she could have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, G. Richard Olds of the Medical College of Wisconsin said. The degenerative brain ailment can be passed on by surgical instruments even after they have been sterilized by normal means. (Winona Daily News)
Wisconsin considers banning new drug plant Dec 5, 2007
The herb s long-term effects are still unknown, said Dr. Neil Farber, an associate professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin who has researched the herb. But it can be as potent as LSD, causing visions and improved moods in some people, Farber said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Outside Snapshots Nov 29, 2007
Source: Medical College of Wisconsin; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma. Don t forget. (Montana Standard, MT)
Howe changed health care landscape Nov 26, 2007
Michael Bolger, president of the Medical College of Wisconsin, praised Howe for his vision of how a health care system should function. Pages: 1. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Drug May Limit Radiation Kidney Damage In Bone Marrow Transplantation Patients Nov 20, 2007
19, 2007) Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have found that the risk of radiation injury in normal tissue after exposure may be reduced by a drug in common use. See also. (Science Daily)
Medical College of Wisconsin study finds drug may limit radiation kidney damage in BMT patients Nov 15, 2007
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have found that the risk of radiation injury in normal tissue after exposure may be reduced by a drug in common use. Their study in press appears in the on line issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. (EurekAlert!)
Being Mom or Dad's health care advocate Nov 9, 2007
"One of the things we need to do as geriatricians is work with (the health care industry) and start to think of systems we can put into place and make it easier for advocates," said Edmund Duthie, chief of geriatrics and gerontology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of the Froedtert & Medical College Senior Health Program. Most experts warn that when aging parents descend to the next level of dependence on their children, the signs are not always obvious. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Lives Are Saved When Defibrillators Are Placed In Public Spaces Nov 7, 2007
7, 2007) Heart experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have evidence that at least 522 lives can be saved annually in the United States and Canada by the widespread placement of automated external defibrillators, the paddle-fitted, electrical devices used to shock and revive people whose hearts have suddenly stopped beating. Their latest findings support broad deployment of battery-powered defibrillators, known as AEDs for short, in public spaces where large gatherings occur, such as senior care... (Science Daily)
New study doubles survival to hospital discharge after cardiac arrest Nov 7, 2007
Lead author, Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Director of the Resuscitation Research Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, presented the data showing a doubling of hospital discharge rates when the AHAs new CPR guidelines were consistently and effectively applied to 893 patients ... The sites participating in the study were the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee; Madison Fire Department in Madison, WI;... (EurekAlert!)
Cardiovascular Diseases: New Hemoglobin Function Discovered Nov 6, 2007
Also contributing to the study were Swati Basu, research assistant professor of physics at Wake Forest; Rozalina Grubina, a Howard Hughes Scholar in Gladwin's NIH laboratory; S. Bruce King, professor of chemistry at Wake Forest; Jinming Huang, research assistant professor of chemistry at Wake Forest; Xiaojun He, postdoctoral fellow in physics at Wake Forest; Wake Forest graduate students Ivan Azarov and Anne Jeffers; Wake Forest undergraduate students Atul Mehta and Ryan Seibert; Wake Forest... (Science Daily)
Winona Health adds three to medical staff Nov 5, 2007 Doyle: New budget benefits Milwaukee Oct 27, 2007 Are Children Sicker Today? Oct 25, 2007 High Numbers Of Men And Women Are Overweight, Obese And Have Abdominal Fat, Worldwide Oct 25, 2007 Music- making, math in perfect harmony Oct 19, 2007 New cervix test improves finding of pre-cancer cells Oct 18, 2007 Hospitals merge corporate wellness programs Oct 8, 2007 A new kind of rat model Sep 14, 2007 Palliative care program gets national nod Sep 13, 2007 Overweight toddlers and those not in day care at risk for iron deficiency Sep 4, 2007 College Starts For Rare Rabies Survivor Aug 30, 2007 Safe La Crosse urges students to be responsible about drinking Aug 28, 2007 Missing man found in Merrill Aug 23, 2007 Area police hunt for missing Delafield man Aug 21, 2007 Medical College lands NIH grant for research center Aug 15, 2007 Does the desire to consume alcohol and tobacco come from our genetic makeup? Aug 11, 2007 Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia Aug 9, 2007 Limited English Proficiency Barrier To Safe Prescription Use Aug 8, 2007 Action in stillness Aug 8, 2007 New medical college study finds limited English proficiency, barrier to safe prescription use Aug 6, 2007 How do kids stay busy all summer? Jul 24, 2007 Family asks court for right to die: Relatives, hospital want to end La Crosse woman’s suffering Jul 15, 2007 Discoveries bolster hope of blocking Alzheimer's progress Jul 6, 2007 Living with cancer: Doctor keeps working, lives life to fullest Jul 6, 2007 From cancer survivor to Ironwoman Jun 13, 2007 Dr. Kleinberg To Work In Sisseton Jun 10, 2007 I may never wash my hands again Jun 10, 2007 Cord Blood Comparable To Matched Bone Marrow, According To Research Jun 9, 2007 Umbilical cord best treatment for childhood leukaemia Jun 9, 2007 Umbilical Cord Donor Blood Helps Children With Acute Leukemia, Study Shows Jun 8, 2007 Detecting Cold, Feeling Pain: Study Reveals Why Menthol Feels Fresh Jun 1, 2007 Mimicking Body's Natural 'Waste Disposal' Chemistry Saves Children With Urea Cycle Disorders Jun 1, 2007 Once-fatal Metabolic Disorders Treatable, Says Researcher Jun 1, 2007 Despite Associations, Disease's Origins Remain Unknown May 31, 2007 Cold receptor confirmed May 31, 2007 Survival after Treatment for Urea-Cycle Disorders May 31, 2007 Sixth-grader wins state contest May 30, 2007 Medical experiments to be done without patients' consent... May 28, 2007 Less sexy benefit might arise from Viagra use, study finds May 28, 2007 Legislative panel OKs funds for Medical College May 26, 2007 People-powered mowers make a difference May 23, 2007 Clock Gene Plays Role In Weight Gain, Study Finds May 19, 2007 Extended offer brings more heat on Midwest Airlines May 18, 2007 Study links alcohol to brain shrinkage May 4, 2007 Young boozing linked to heart danger May 3, 2007 Anti-reflux Stent Relieves GI Upper Cancer Distress May 1, 2007 Delayed treatment of childhood-onset bipolar disorder results in negative outcome in adults May 1, 2007 Flu Gene Database Speeds ID And Tracking Of Emerging Influenza Strains Apr 29, 2007 FDA Panel Recommends Approval of New AIDS Drug Apr 25, 2007 Rabies Treatment Team Urges Veterinary Schools To Scientifically Define Life-Saving Protocol Apr 11, 2007 Shilling advanced medical research Apr 8, 2007 Cell antennas fuel debate Apr 8, 2007 How To Maximize Effective Responses After Terrorism Incidents Apr 5, 2007 Risky drinking study is welcome Apr 4, 2007 Our View: Let's make sure the kids stay alright Apr 4, 2007 Pediatricians Want 'Kid-Friendly' HIV Drugs Apr 3, 2007 Pediatricians rarely provide translation services for patients with little English proficiency Apr 2, 2007 Consortium aims to change drinking culture Mar 28, 2007 The Growth Hormone Myth: Mar 24, 2007 New clues to why we see red Mar 23, 2007 Alternative medicine helps with allergies Mar 22, 2007 • Unchecked in prison hepatitis C threatens the world outside Mar 19, 2007 Volume of Breast Cancer Surgeries Tied to Outcome Mar 14, 2007 Needle exchange programs struggle with funding Mar 12, 2007 Stillwaters focuses on cancer patients and families Mar 6, 2007
Dr. Satya Srinivas Gorty, an anesthesiologist, finished his residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in. Milwaukee. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Countywide effort to reduce alcohol-related injuries begins Oct 31, 2007
La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium, working in tandem with the Medical College of Wisconsin s Injury Research Center, received in July from the college s Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, Ruda said. The grant project, Changing the Culture of Risky Drinking Behavior, has three other main tasks. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
As far as UWM and Milwaukee higher education, he pointed to $9 million in the budget for UWM's planned research park on the Milwaukee County Grounds, $500,000 for UWM starting a School of Public Health and $12 million for research at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Doyle was introduced by UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago, who said he was delighted at the budget the governor signed. (Bizjournals.com)
Dr. Asriani Chiu, professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, states that the environment triggers the allergies to appear. Chiu, professor of allergy and immunology, says, "Because we are not exposing ourselves to all of the dirt and the endotoxins that we would have seen if we lived on a farm, our bodies have nothing else to do. Immune systems kick into overdrive.". (Suite101.com)
4, 2006) A team at the Injury Research Center of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has found that being obese increases male drivers' risk of dying in a car crash, as does being very slim. (Jan. (Science Daily)
In 2000, he joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he worked in the Functional Imaging Research Center for six years. Currently, he is working as a scientific consultant and lecturer and has presented at national and international conferences in North America, Asia and Europe. (Kettle Moraine Index, WI)
"Not every woman who has the virus will necessarily develop the disease," said Fredrik Broekhuizen, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Indeed, studies have shown that most HPV-exposed women never develop cancer because their bodies' immune systems are effective at fighting the virus. (AZCentral -- News)
and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin have merged their corporate wellness programs into one that will serve southeast Wisconsin. Workforce Health provides access to paper and online health risk assessments, healthy screenings, lunch presentations, health fairs, occupational medical services and Small Stones, a nurse-staffed health resource center. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
The models are genetically altered rats, originally created by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) as a way to clone genes related to human diseases. Called consomic rats, they were produced by replacing a single chromosome from the genetic background of a diseased rat with the same chromosome from a normal rat. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wis. Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter in Glenview, Ill. (Birmingham Business Journal)
Other researchers involved in the study were senior author Dr. Glenn Flores, professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern and director of the division of general pediatrics at Childrens Medical Center Dallas, as well as researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and the New York University School of Medicine. This news release is available on our World Wide Web home page at. (EurekAlert!)
Since Giese's case, it has been tried on 10 people worldwide with no success, although most of the others did not receive all of the drugs Giese did or had irreversible complications or other problems, said Dr. Rodney Willoughby Jr. of the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is the infectious disease specialist who devised the approach. (Click2Houston, TX)
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Bub was at work at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa on Thursday when he left for lunch at 11 a.m., according to police. Bub returned home at 2:30 a.m. and told his wife, Shannon, that he woke up in the back seat of his car at 2 a.m. in a parking structure on Bluemound Road in Brookfield, police said. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
Bub had been at work at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa on Thursday when he left for lunch at 11 a.m., according to Officer Katie Kluck. Bub used an automatic teller machine to withdraw money shortly after leaving work, she said. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
Avner is also a professor of pediatrics and associate dean for research at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "In coordination with the mission of Children's Research Institute, this designation and funding will lead to significant improvements in the health care of children, providing us with the resources to understand and effectively treat progressive kidney diseases in children," Avner said. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
It was conducted by Majid Nikpay, O. Seda, Johanne Tremblay and Pavel Hamet, of the Research Centre CHUM, University of Montreal; Ettore Merlo, cole Polytechnique de Montral, Montral; D. Gaudet, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal Community Genomic Medicine Center and Lipid Clinic, Chicoutimi, CN; and Theodore Kotchen and Alan Cowley, of the Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Mr. Nikpay will discuss his teams work at the conference, Sex and Gender... (EurekAlert!)
From the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (R.H.A.), and the Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin (R.H.A., D.W.B.) both in Milwaukee. Address reprint requests to Dr. Aster at the Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, 8727 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226-3548, or at richard. (New England Journal of Medicine)
The study, included in the upcoming edition of Pediatrics, is unusual in that its lead author is a Medical College of Wisconsin 4th-year medical student ... Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Medical College of Wisconsin. (Science Daily)
It was a good review, said Dr. Clarence Grim, clinical professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and also someone exploring meditation as part of his longtime interest in high blood pressure. A team he is leading is nearing the end of a five-year study of meditation and its effects on blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The study, included in the upcoming edition of Pediatrics, is unusual in that its lead author is a Medical College of Wisconsin 4th-year medical student. Michael Bradshaw worked with statistician Sandra Tomany-Korman under the direction of Glenn Flores, M. D., professor of pediatrics. (EurekAlert!)
"This is part of a curriculum I wrote while I was with the Medical College of Wisconsin," Williams said. She worked in the department for science education, and the curriculum is aimed at seventh- and eighth-graders. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
It could, but we all agree it is a terribly important case, said Shapiro, who also is director of the Center for the Studies of Bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. We need to modify the restriction imposed by the court, and create more sophisticated and intelligent law. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
One such drug, Flurizan, now is being tested nationwide, including on about a dozen patients in the Milwaukee area, said Piero Antuono, a professor of neurology and pharmacology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. It is believed the Flurizan works by inhibiting the formation of toxic oligomers. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
After graduating from St. Olaf in 1981, Metzler received his master s degree in microbiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee before going to medical school there. His microbiology research project was working on a pathway to stop the replication of a cancer gene, similar to what his own cancer drug now does, Metzler said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
In addition to the Relay For Life, Siewert is involved in the Great Cancer Shoot Out, is on the marketing committee for Stillwaters Cancer Support Center and is a member of Team 4, an all-female triathlon team that raises money to fund research at the Medical College of Wisconsin for the four female cancers: breast, uterine, ovarian and cervical. "I truly believe that I was chosen this time, because I feel things happen in our lives to us as a learning tool to help others later one," she said. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
Dr. Kleinberg completed residency in Family Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1988. LCDR Kleinberg began his military career in the Navy at NTC Great Lakes in 1968, completed Hospital Corps school and Field Medical Technician School after which he served in Viet Nam. (Marshall County Journal, SD)
The hygiene hypothesis suggests that the more hygienic one becomes, the more susceptible one is to various autoimmune diseases, Dr. Subra Kugathasan from the Medical College of Wisconsin told the Web site Healthlink. The autoimmune diseases, the diseases that result from all the activation of your immune system, are increasing. (Winona Daily News, MN)
University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ... Mary Eapen, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Associate Scientific Director of the CIBMTR, is the first author ... The... (Science Daily)
In the first large-scale study to compare the two leukaemia treatments, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin looked at the five-year survival rate in a group of 785 children under 16 with the cancer. The researchers found that cord blood yielded good results whether or not the donor's blood was a close match to the patients. (Guardian Unlimited)
Larger umbilical cord blood banks and a greater number of donors would offer a greater choice of samples, ensuring better matches and survival, wrote the lead author, Doctor Mary Eapen of the Medical College of Wisconsin. The study also supports simultaneous searches for umbilical cord blood as well as bone marrow, she wrote. (Bloomberg -- UK)
The current study, he says -- led by Diana M. Bautista, PhD, and Jan Siemens, PhD, of the Julius lab and Joshua M. Glazer, PhD, of the lab of co-senior author Cheryl Stucky, PhD, of the Medical College of Wisconsin -- puts that question to rest. As the mice lacking the gene were not completely insensitive to cold -- they avoided contact with surfaces below 10 degrees C, though with reduced efficiency -- the next step, says Julius, will be to illuminate this residual aspect of cold sensation. (Science Daily)
Brusilow, Hamosh, and colleagues at Stanford University, University of Minnesota, Thomas Jefferson University and the Medical College of Wisconsin looked back at 299 urea cycle disorder patients with a total of 1,181 hyperammonemia "episodes" from 118 hospitals around the United States from August 1980 until March 2005 ... Authors on the paper are Gregory Enns of Stanford University, Susan Berry of the University of Minnesota, Gerald Berry of Thomas Jefferson University, William Rhead of the... (Science Daily)
Enns, who is also associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford's School of Medicine, collaborated with researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Minnesota, Thomas Jefferson University and the Medical College of Wisconsin on the study, which will be published in the May 31 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Enns is the lead author of the study, and Hopkins researcher Ada Hamosh, MD, is the senior author. (Science Daily)
"I'm a little lost to understand why they believe that is related to his head injuries," said Thomas Hammeke, co-chief of the neuropsychology division at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He said that the rate of Parkinson's disease for boxers has not been shown to be any higher than for other professions. (ABC News)
To isolate TRPM8's role in cold detection, the authors, led by Diana Bautista and Jan Siemens of UCSF and Joshua Glazer of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, analyzed TRPM8-deficient mice. Neurons from these mice were completely unresponsive to menthol as well as to another cooling agent. (The Scientist)
From the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (G.M.E.); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (S.A.B.); the Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (G.T.B.); the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (W.J.R.); and the Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (S.W.B., A.H.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Enns at the... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Clue 3: The Medical College of Wisconsin, one of the top medical schools in the nation, is in this week s city. Answer: Wauwatosa. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
"I understand why there might be concerns, but I think ethically this is permissible," said Arthur Derse, a bioethicist at the Medical College of Wisconsin, which refused to participate in the PolyHeme study. "The treatments we currently have are unsatisfactory.". (The Drudge Report)
"It certainly has potential," said Joseph Besharse, professor and chairman of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "It has the advantage of already being a prescribed drug.". (AZCentral -- News)
"It is important that Wisconsin remains at the cutting edge of biomedical research and that we support institutions like the Medical College of Wisconsin," Kanavas said in a statement. The proposed scanner will significantly enhance the scope of the Medical College's neuroscience research, according to a statement from the college. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
According to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, a person burns 100 calories or more in 12 minutes of reel mowing. (Thats more than raking leaves or washing and waxing a car. (Quad-Cities Online)
Scientists at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Wisconsin have discovered that a gene that participates in the regulation of the body s biological rhythms may also be a major control in regulating metabolism ... post-doctoral fellow Shihoko Kojima, and Joseph Besharse of the Medical College of Wisconsin. (Science Daily)
The Newsmaker Luncheon panel will include: Martha Rasmus, president of the Mental Health Association of Milwaukee; Robert Rawski, M.D., psychiatrist and clinical instructor at the Medical College of Wisconsin; and Jim Hill, administrator of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Division. The newsmakers will be interviewed by a panel of local professional journalists to be named later. (Milwaukee Small Business Times)
While, in general, decreased brain volume is associated with decreased cognitive function, the study did not measure that, said Ann Helms, an assistant professor of neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. MOST READ STORIES. (AZCentral)
The study extends to younger adults what research already has found with older people, that heavy drinking increases cardiovascular risk and moderate drinking is associated with reduced risk, said David Rutlen, professor and chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The study also hints at a possible reason higher levels of inflammation why longtime heavy drinkers have more heart attacks and strokes, said Rutlen, who practices at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa,... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
An anti-reflux valve developed to help esophageal cancer patients also has been shown to help those with bile duct obstruction, according to Kulwinder S. Dua, M.D., a research physician at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee ... Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Medical College of Wisconsin. (Science Daily)
As stated by Dr. Russell Scheffer from the Medical College of Wisconsin in an editorial that accompanies the study, The information contained in this report and additional mounting evidence suggest that early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are essential for determining effective treatment outcomes and, subsequently, quality of life for those affected with bipolar disorder ... The editorial is titled Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder: A Role for Early Recognition and Treatment by Russell... (EurekAlert!)
A Medical College of Wisconsin and Children s Research Institute team in Milwaukee has created a free, searchable genetic database that will significantly improve diagnostic testing and genetic tracking of human and animal influenza viruses ... Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Medical College of Wisconsin. (Science Daily)
"The drug is needed by a certain portion of the population, and I think the benefits and risks clearly support its approval as soon as possible,'' Peter Havens, a panel member and a professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, told Bloomberg."This is a new class of drug," added Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, director of the Laboratory for AIDS Virus Research at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, in New York City. "It attacks part of the way HIV binds to a cell," he explained.... (Forbes)
The Medical College of Wisconsin pediatrician and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin staff member who led a team that saved the world's first unimmunized rabies patient has issued a call for veterinary collaborators to help define which aspects of their treatment accounted for her miraculous survival ... Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Medical College of Wisconsin. (Science Daily)
We at the Medical College of Wisconsin commend state Rep ... Shilling voted in support of 10 million in state funding to purchase cutting-edge brain imaging equipment to be housed at the Medical College of Wisconsin ... With this equipment, the Medical College of Wisconsin will continue to be a world leader in the field of brain imaging. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
D., professor and director of radiation biology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has researched cell phones and cancer and found any relationship weak and unconvincing. (Scranton Times, PA)
Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Medical College of Wisconsin. New. (Science Daily)
Under a 49,944 grant from the Medical College of Wisconsin s Healthier Wisconsin Partnership program, the consortium will form an alcohol and injury risk reduction committee. Members of the consortium include all three higher education institutions and both medical facilities in La Crosse. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
It's a good idea to make sure alcohol and prescription drugs are stored in a location inaccessible that the younger children can't get into, the Medical College of Wisconsin recommends. The same should be done with firearms, with the addition of trigger locks. (Daily Triplicate)
That poses a problem in rural countries, where some families travel for days by foot to get several months' supply of bottled medicine that weighs as much as the infected child, said Havens, an infectious disease specialist at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Pills pose a separate problem. (Newsmax)
The study was a collaborative effort of Johns Hopkins University, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Pediatricians Use of Language Services for Families With Limited English Proficiency was written by Dennis Z. Kuo, Karen G. OConner, Glenn Flores and Cynthia Minkovitz. (EurekAlert!)
The project is a partnership between the Health Science Consortium and the Medical College of Wisconsin Injury Research Center; the grant is from the medical college s Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. The consortium also unveiled Tuesday an early version of an electronic Health Scorecard that will compile basic health indicator data from various state and national databases. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
A research team led by Daniel Rudman of the Medical College of Wisconsin gave regular growth hormone injections to a dozen men over the age of 60. At the end of the six-month treatment period, the test subjects had denser bones, thicker skin, less fat, and more lean body tissue. (Slate)
"Given that the nervous system has kind of a tough job, the fact that you would just change something at the receptors and then get a whole new sense out of it is pretty amazing," said of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, who was not involved in the work. Not all of the heterozygous mice were equally successful at the color discrimination task, however -- two heterozygous mice failed to discriminate between red and green. (The Scientist)
"There is not good, rigorous scientific research showing that they are effective and safe for allergies and asthma," says Michael Zacharisen, associate professor at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Natural practitioners and physicians alike recommend consulting with a board-certified doctor before embarking on an alternative regimen. (USA Today)
Dr. Jose Franco, associate professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, said the prevalence of hepatitis C in the general population is about 1. 8 percent. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Dr. Mary Ann Gilligan and colleagues at the Medical College of Wisconsin note that studies of breast cancer patients treated in New York State and California suggest that treatment in a high-volume hospital was associated with better survival rates at five years. To investigate further, the researchers studied data on 11,225 Medicare patients who had undergone surgery for early-stage breast cancer between 1994 and 1996 at 457 different hospitals, nationwide. (MEDLINEplus)
"Funding for needle exchange programs in the United States has always been difficult because the governmental bodies have never wanted to support what they see as a morally slippery intervention," said Dr. Peter Havens of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Physicians for Human Rights held congressional briefings last week to build support for needle exchange and other programs to prevent the spread of AIDS among drug users. (USA Today)
"A cancer diagnosis for the patient and the family is a disaster," said Majed Abu-hajir, a cancer specialist, who was an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin for nine years. "It is a catastrophe that is going to overwhelm them. It consumes their life," he added. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
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