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By visiting nursing homes throughout Wisconsin, volunteer Ombudsmen ensure that those that are in need of care are well aware of their rights, resources and options to help preserve their dignity and well-being.
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Serving 385 hospitals across the Midwest with units of blood and conducting cutting edge research, Versiti strives to save lives and improve health in Wisconsin.
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Across the U.S., and especially here in Milwaukee, pregnant people and newborn infants are more at risk for dying from complications compared to other developed countries. AkkeNeel Talsma, an associate professor at the college of nursing at UW-Milwaukee, developed the MaternityMetrix app to help change that.
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For many LGBTQ couples like Jake and Nick, the path to parenthood is different compared to heterosexual parents. To help start their family, Jake’s best friend volunteered to be their gestational carrier, and the three of them worked with Dr. Kate Schoyer, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist at Froedtert, to bring their daughter Eleanor into their world.
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Despite all of the research into ALS, it remains a difficult disease to diagnose. An organization called Everything ALS is working to change that.
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Mifepristone is commonly used to treat miscarriages in Wisconsin. But federal cases could suddenly end its availability for pregnant patients.
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Filmaker Justinsuperstar talks about his film that highlight's his parents' prosthetic nipple business that they run out of their home in Eau Claire, Wis.
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Tammy Makhlouf, manager of the Craig Yabuki Mental Health Walk-In Clinic in Milwaukee, talks about the services and the impact of the clinic after having just completed its first year of operation.
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Patty Starr, President and CEO of the Health Action Council, and Craig Kurtzweil, vice president of the UnitedHealthcare Center for Advanced Analytics, detail an article they co-authored analyzing millennial generation health trends.
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Dr. Kelly Piascek, Vice President of Research for Rogers Behavioral Health and research scientist Dr. Sheldon Garrison, discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and how a new research study can help doctors understand it better.