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Vitrolife: New Study Shows Improved Survival With PerfadexWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:12AMA recently published study in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation shows that the patients who are most seriously ill before lung tranplantation have better one-year survival when Perfadex is used as the preservation solution for donor lungs compared with UW solution. Furthermore, the patients who received lungs preserved in Perfadex ran a significantly lower risk of being affected by ...

More Young Athletes Suffering ConcussionsTuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:09AMAs the fall sports season begins, a new study is showing a significant increase in concussions.

At these clinics, income no objectSaturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:45PMThey assembled in a parking lot on a hot afternoon — diabetics, men with toothaches and chest pain, a woman with torn cartilage, workers whose low wages or job losses left them uninsured.Mary Lyons waited for the free clinic to open so she could refill her nine medications.

Transplant Games chairs: Thanks, Madison!Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:53AMDear Editor: You did it again, Madison! We are so proud of how this community embraced the 5,000-plus people from the U.S. who attended the 2010 National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games®. The athletes, living donors and donor family members were overwhelmed by your appreciation and warmth.

Letters to the Editor for Aug. 26Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:22AMFred Newmann: Feingold knows how to help Wisconsin economy

Letters to the Editor for Aug. 26Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:52PMFred Newmann: Feingold knows how to help Wisconsin economy | Dear Editor: Ron Johnson says free trade has been successful for Wisconsin’s economy. He says that in a free market system, there are winners and losers. Russ Feingold has always opposed free trade agreements, because the losers far exceed the winners.

NewsTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:25PMUpdated Tuesday, August 24, 2010 , at 12:26 a.m. Milliard Derbew, dean at Addis Ababa University, lauds the university’s cooperation with UW.

Judge blocks federal stem cell research fundingMonday, August 23, 2010 @ 3:08PMA federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked guidelines set down by the Obama administration expanding human embryonic stem cell research, throwing into doubt studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other major universities.

UW Medicine Retains Cymetrix for Extended Business Office ServicesThursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:17AMSEATTLE and IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymetrix, a leader in providing hospitals and healthcare networks with comprehensive revenue cycle management solutions, announced a collaboration with UW Medicine to provide self-pay accounts receivable management services. Cymetrix's experience with the Epic patient accounting system and its proven ability to increase the collection of self ...