Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on October 30, 2001
Babcock Dairy Joins Other Plants In Handling Of BST Milk
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Babcock dairy plant will no longer certify that its fluid milk supplies come from herds that avoid use of supplemental bovine somatotropin (BST).
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Posted on August 3, 2001
Forest Selected As W.M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar In Medical Research For 2001
Katrina Forest has been selected as one of five W.M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research for 2001. Forest, an assistant professor of bacteriology at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, will receive $1 million over a five-year period to study proteins involved in the common early steps of bacterial infection in humans.
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Posted on July 27, 2001
UW-Madison Study Seeks Rural Women With Breast Cancer
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are looking for rural Wisconsin women newly diagnosed with breast cancer for a study. The study will evaluate how successfully computers and the internet can be used to help women face this life-threatening disease.
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Posted on July 19, 2001
Medical Foods From Milk
Milk is more than a good source of protein, calcium, and vitamin D. It can be a good source of valuable medical foods, says a University of Wisconsin-Madison food scientist.
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Posted on April 12, 2001
Historical Markers Highlight Accomplishments At UW-Madison AG College
A short stroll along Linden Drive and down Henry Mall takes visitors past the sites of some of the biggest scientific achievements of the past century. Those locations are no longer anonymous, thanks to a series of 19 plaques that highlights accomplishments at the UW-Madison”s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
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Posted on January 22, 2001
High-Phosphorus Dairy Diets Yield Pollution-Prone Manure, UW-Madison Study Shows
If you’re supplementing phosphorus in a typical Wisconsin dairy diet, you’re probably feeding too much of the mineral. Cutting back on supplementation won’t hurt production or herd health, and you’ll be doing a favor for water quality, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center.
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Posted on January 11, 2001
Will Fires In Northern Forests Worsen Carbon Dioxide Release And Global Warming?
University of Wisconsin-Madison forest scientists are heading into Canada to determine how fires in the great boreal forest alter its uptake and release of carbon dioxide. Their findings will help policymakers understand the region’s role in global warming.
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Posted on December 27, 2000
Studies Of Baby Pigs May Help Baby People With Breathing Problems
Research on baby pigs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may soon help doctors improve the way they care for premature infants.
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Posted on October 1, 2000
UW-Madison Successful In Federal Competition For Agricultural And Natural Resource Funding
Applied agricultural and natural resources research in Wisconsin will get a big boost in the next four years because College of Agricultural and Life Sciences researchers and extension specialists at University of Wisconsin-Madison scored high in a new U.S. Department of Agriculture grants competition.
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Bacterium That Can Live On Carbon Monoxide Gives Clues On How Bacteria Switch Specific Genes
A “bug” called Rhodospirillum rubrum has the unusual ability to dine on carbon monoxide, the odorless gas that’s lethal to animals.