DNA sequencing is creating vast amounts of data that promise to unlock the secrets of disease. But the information is being collected faster than the medical world can interpret what it all means. That is raising a question for doctors and scientists who perform the scans: How much should they tell patients?...
New data tools being developed in Wisconsin and elsewhere aim to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. ...
The Medical College of Wisconsin is looking for ways to combat racial disparities in cancer deaths between Hispanic and white residents in Milwaukee with the hope of providing resources to those in the community that are in need....
The 11th annual Black Women Wellness Day drew nearly 700 people to the Alliant Energy Center. Participants came from all over the Midwest, to discuss and celebrate the “Rise of the Well Black Women” theme....
The clinical community has done a better job in recent years of acknowledging the massive array of factors that result in huge HIV-related disparities between communities....
Medical research has had a long history of disproportionately benefiting wealthier countries and white people, rather than ethnic minorities. The "All of Us" Research Program aims to promote diverse and inclusive health research....
The specific guidance health care providers give to a patient—regarding diet, exercise, glucose monitoring, and medication—could be shaped by that person’s genotype, lifestyle, environment, and a wealth of other data points to which they will have access. The ability to apply "precision medicine" care is one of the many outcomes promised by the "All of Us" Research Program....
Time and again, physician-scientists have changed the history of medicine by identifying a problem in the clinic and taking to the lab to address it....
Low vaccination rates in black and American Indian children, poor control of diabetes in Latinos, and decreased screening for cancer and depression in people on Medicaid or without insurance are among the health disparities found in a new Wisconsin report....
"All of Us"-UW staff were proud to take part in the annual UW South Madison Partnership Community Celebration. Check out a photo gallery from the event....