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Personal disaster preparedness

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A recent survey by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers of over 1,800 patients seen in the Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department revealed that Metro Milwaukee residents may not personally be as well prepared for disasters ...





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Group: Stop using pigs in medical schools

Biology /

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An animal rights group has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling on U.S. colleges to stop killing pigs for educational purposes.


Brain irradiation in lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee has found that a course of radiation therapy to the brain after treatment ...


Natural protein may halt colorectal cancer's spread

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center researchers in Milwaukee have learned that a protein, CXCL12, that normally controls intestinal cell movement, has the potential to halt colorectal cancer spreading. These studies ...


Child safety seat education needs an extra boost

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children despite the widespread availability of effective child passenger restraint systems (CPRSs) such as child safety seats. However, even when provided with free ...


Bone marrow transplant patients may benefit from new immune research

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bone marrow transplant (BMT) researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center in Milwaukee may have found a mechanism that could preserve the leukemia-killing effects of a transplant graft, while limiting the ...


Ibuprofen is as effective as acetaminophen with codeine to treat pain in children with arm fractures

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with arm fractures fared as well with ibuprofen to control their pain as acetaminophen with codeine, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Children's Research ...


Finding of genetic region controlling cardiovascular sensitivity to anesthetic propofol

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have identified the genetic region in rats responsible for cardiovascular collapse during anesthesia. While it is well known that people have different cardiovascular ...


Study links arm/hand swelling to number of lymph nodes removed during breast cancer surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the ...


Severe retinal hemorrhaging is linked to severe motor vehicle crashes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The severity of retinal hemorrhaging for young children in motor vehicle crashes is closely correlated to the severity of the crash, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. ...


New study finds healthy children of Alzheimer patients show early brain changes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee have reported that children of Alzheimer's patients who are carriers of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease have neurological changes that are detectable long ...



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