Health researchers have compiled a searchable map of obesity in America’s Dairyland by ZIP code, and the picture is alarming.

Wisconsin is the first state with a detailed ZIP code-level obesity map based on electronic health record data, meaning it is based on height and weight measurements taken when people...

The intensity of residency training is marked by three years of extraordinarily long hours, with trainees immersed in attaining clinical skills and caring for patients. In the midst of this intensity, dedicating time to the underserved population of Madison – those who face a shortage of primary care health services...

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is teaming up with its statewide partners to enroll people in a new precision medicine research program, which opened nationally in early May.

The school is an enrollment site for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program. 

The program...

Eighteen members of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, along with colleagues, presented a total of 14 posters, oral presentations, panel discussions or workshops at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2018,  a conference billed as the largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal...

As an English major, Amanda Wemmer performed literary analysis on written works, looking closely at elements such as plot and characters to see how they affect the whole. As a medical coding professional, Wemmer does something quite similar: she looks closely at records of medical procedures, breaking down the story...

A solved mystery is a thing of beauty. And once solved, it can become a powerful teaching tool. So when an infectious disease team in the Department of Medicine encountered a patient who turned out to have a disease that is common globally but rarely seen in the United States,...