Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on November 14, 2018
Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice
Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from the ravages […]
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Posted on October 19, 2018
Snacks that are good for you – Audio
/RSS FeedBeth Olson, UW-Extension Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bholson@wisc.edu (608) 265-2108 Total time – 2:53 0:11 – Can […]
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Posted on October 16, 2018
How about some granola with that? Study shows yogurt may dampen chronic inflammation linked with multiple diseases
ogurt already has a lot going for it. A fermented dairy food, it is rich in calcium, vitamin D, and protein. Its mildly sour taste […]
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Posted on October 15, 2018
Forgotten molecules: The fruits of an emeritus professor’s 40-year career in biochemistry are contributing to the modern search for new medications
On a rainy day last fall, chemist Scott Wildman left his office on the UW– Madison campus and drove to a retirement community on the city’s west […]
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Posted on October 10, 2018
Recovering from a heart attack? Hold the antibiotics
The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team of […]
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Posted on October 2, 2018
Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming
Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or […]
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Posted on September 28, 2018
The end of mosquito season? – Audio
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PJ Liesch, UW-Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy Total time – 3:03 0:14 – End of […]
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Posted on September 19, 2018
Vaccine opt-outs dropped — barely — when California added more hurdles
In response to spiking rates of parents opting their children out of vaccinations that are required to enroll in school — and just before a […]
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Posted on September 14, 2018
Staying safe on the farm – Audio
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Cheryl Skjolaas, Extension Agricultural Safety Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-0568 skjolaas@wisc.edu Total time – 3:03 0:11 […]
- Posted on August 17, 2018
