Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on April 20, 2018
Turning on the insulin switch in type 2 diabetes
People who eat a high-fat, high-sugar “Western” diet typically exhibit physiological changes associated with type 2 diabetes. However, not everyone responds the same way to […]
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Posted on March 23, 2018
Making healthier meals – Audio
Beth Olson, UW-Extension Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bholson@wisc.edu (608) 265-2108 3:05 – Total time 0:08 – What […]
- Posted on March 20, 2018
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Posted on March 16, 2018
More homes built near wild lands leading to greater wildfire risk, says study led by Volker Radeloff
More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at a cost of more than $2 billion — the […]
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Posted on March 2, 2018
Value of breast feeding – Audio
This podcast was originally published in February 2016. Beth Olson, Extension Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bholson@wisc.edu (608) […]
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Posted on February 5, 2018
An Achilles heel discovered in viruses could fuel new antiviral approaches
Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have discovered a promising new target to fight a class of viruses responsible for health threats such as […]
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Posted on January 16, 2018
New Clues to Healthy Bones for People with PKU
Individuals with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria, or PKU, cannot metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. Without careful dietary management, it can accumulate at high levels in their […]
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Posted on January 2, 2018
Beyond antibiotics: How slumping performance is spurring treatment innovations
Since the beginning of their widespread adoption in the 1940s, antibiotics — the antimicrobial drugs we use to treat bacterial infections — have saved millions […]
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Posted on December 27, 2017
New hope for stopping an understudied heart disease in its tracks
The diminutive size of our aortic valve — just shy of a quarter — belies its essential role in pushing oxygen-rich blood from the heart […]
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Posted on December 18, 2017
Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation. That’s why scientists, investigating an outbreak of respiratory […]