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Colleen Trevino, a nurse practitioner and director of the Trauma Quality of Life Clinic, says thinking about and prioritizing trauma as a public health priority has enabled more impactful outcomes in the community.

The primary care provider (PCP) shortage is prevalent not only in the Milwaukee-area, but nationwide. With PCPs leaving the medical field, it forces clinicians to treat more patients in less time.

Research into sickle cell disease is underway across the country, but some of the most important work is being done here in Milwaukee with Dr. Prithu Sundd and the Versiti Blood Research Institute.

Despite the prevalence of heart disease in women, most don’t know how to recognize the symptoms, especially since they often present differently from men’s.

Dr. Kajana Satkunendrarajah recently discovered that certain neurons in the brain can respond to music, which could help patients recover and restore basic body movements after spinal cord injury.

“Do For Self: the story of Milwaukee’s Black Cross Nurses” is a new exhibit at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society that chronicles the foundation of the Black Cross Nurses in Milwaukee.

Unfortunately, not much has changed for patient care since we last checked in the state of Ascension Hospitals in Wisconsin. If anything, it may have gotten worse.

Changing how coaches, parents, trainers, or spectators comprehend concussions will hopefully lead to more cohesive treatment. New, virtual technology could make that a reality.

A local medical transport unit in Milwaukee strives to ensure that anyone who's in need of immediate, critical medical attention can receive it.

CCmás is a program though Planned Parenthood that focuses on giving Wisconsin’s Latino community the tools to advocate for reproductive justice, their right to control their sexuality and reproduction.