Category Health & Wellness

Wisconsin Partnership to fund study on causes of obesity in Latino youth

From insulin resistance to urban planning policy, a new project funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program will apply the widest possible lens to barriers to health and physical activity among Latino youth in Milwaukee.

Baby boomers survived rock and roll with hearing intact, study finds

Despite dire predictions about listening to loud music, members of the rock 'n' roll generation are aging with much better hearing than their parents had at the same age.

Nitrous oxide eases pain, stress of children’s treatment

The pleasing aroma of bubble gum, orange or vanilla is changing the way many young patients are sedated for certain medical procedures.

Novel anti-epilepsy drug developed at Wisconsin to begin clinical trials

A sugar-like substance used for years in medical imaging is about to be tested in clinical trials to see if it can protect people who suffer from frequent epileptic seizures.

Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t take a holiday

The bright lights, big crowds and bustle that make the holidays fun for most of us often do just the opposite for people with Alzheimer's and those who care for them.

Study focuses on “balanced parenting” as weight control strategy

From the waiting room to the birthing room

Years ago, dads-to-be nervously paced the floor of hospital waiting rooms as they waited to hear that their child had been born. But during those countless hours of waiting, many wrote down their feelings in journals known as "father's books" or "stork room jottings." Frequently left in waiting rooms in the 1940s and '50s, the journals provided an outlet for the apprehensive, often exasperated men.