Number Of Wisconsin Teens Giving Birth Declines
The number of teenage girls giving birth is declining in Wisconsin.
The number of teenage girls giving birth is declining in Wisconsin.
New research says obesity during pregnancy might increase chances for having a child with autism.
Kwik Trip Inc. is recalling some doughnuts sold at its convenience stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa because they may contain undeclared traces of egg.
Dane County ranks in the top 25 percent of Wisconsin counties for health factors (3rd) and health outcomes (11th).
New research suggests that finding breast cancer early isn't always better.
A new government report says autism is more common than previously thought, burdening as many as 1 in 88 children.
1 out of every 9 high school seniors has tried K2 and more and more are ending up in the emergency room.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel says dissolvable tobacco products could reduce health risks compared with smoking cigarettes but also have the potential to increase the number of tobacco users.
California scientists are hunting ways to predict who's about to have a heart attack, and they say they've found a key clue.
The first long-term study of the effects of methamphetamine on children whose mothers used it during pregnancy has produced results the lead researcher calls "very worrisome."
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would require women seeking abortions to undergo a physical exam.
UPDATE: The state Senate has passed a plan to lift an enrollment cap on the Family Care program.
UPDATE: The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a bill that would require schools to teach abstinence as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday.
A new study could be very bad news for efforts to customize cancer treatment based on each person's genes.
New research shows children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year later.
The American Heart Association is urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedures to open clogged arteries.
Health officials say a late start to the Influenza season requires renewed attention to prevention.
There's some good news from the AIDS front: Fewer needle drug users are testing positive for HIV.
A scientist who created an easier-to-spread version of bird flu said his work isn't as risky as people fear. The U.S. is asking its biosecurity advisers to reconsider if the research should be made public.
Research is under way to determine why minority children are more likely to receive diagnoses for autism later than white children.
Bowlers from across Wisconsin will strike to benefit colon cancer research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center’s eleventh annual Bowlin’ for Colons on Sunday, March 4.
Health officials are investigating a possible norovirus outbreak at Jefferson Middle School in Madison.
A major study offers the first clear evidence that colonoscopies may help save lives.
