Research News
How does Milwaukee stand out?
This month's M Magazine features an article about stand-out health care programs in the Milwaukee area. Mentioned first in the article is Dr. Mike McCrea, executive director of ProHealth Care's Neuroscience Center and the Research Institute regarding ProHealth Care's TBI research and his work with the federal government on traumatic brain injury. The article also includes the MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing surgery that is being done at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, the only hospital in southeast Wisconsin with the technology.
Read More: M Magazine "How does Milwaukee stand out?
Date of post: August 5, 2010
Minorities in Research
The Building Trust research project, led by faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with PRIM&R, has recently completed a 30-minute film about minority participation in research. The chief message of the film is that more minorities are needed to participate in medical trials to find cures for diseases and conditions affecting them, but to make that happen, both researchers and potential participants need to change their way of thinking. The film "Medical Research, Bioethics and Race: Where Do We Go From Here" was funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health.
Read More: Post Gazette Article
Date of post: August 5, 2010
Area study suggests more caution with athletes' concussions
The Journal-Sentinel featured an article about a clinical research study regarding concussion which was conducted by researchers at the ProHealth Care Neuroscience Center & Research Institute at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in collaboration with researchers at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Mike McCrea, lead researcher for the study and executive director of ProHealth Care's Neuroscience Center & Research Institute was interviewed for the article.
An article is also on the Green Bay NBC television station's web site.
Read more:
Journal Sentinel Article: http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/98352224.html
NBC Article: http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=12802152
Date of post: July 14, 2010
CISCRP, Pfizer pilot program to provide volunteers with study results
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) partnered with Pfizer to pilot a project to provide participants in clinical research with summaries of research results presented in scholarly journals. The summaries were written in "plain English" and both participants and research staff responded favorably to the project. CISCRP and Pfizer are now conducting a larger-scale study to incorporate the feedback they received in the pilot.
Read more: http://www.ciscrp.org/professional/participant/newsletters/may10/ParticipantMay2010-p1.pdf
Date of post: July 1, 2010
MMR doctor struck off medical register
"The doctor who first suggested a link between MMR vaccinations and autism has been struck off the medical register. The General Medical Council found Dr Andrew Wakefield guilty of serious professional misconduct over the way he carried out his controversial research. It follows a GMC ruling earlier this year that he had acted unethically."
Rease More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8700611.stm
Date of Post: July 1, 2010
WMH Regional Cancer Center Receives $2.7 Million National Cancer Institute Grant
Funding Will Expand Cancer Research and Care For Underserved
The ProHealth Care Regional Cancer Center at Waukesha Memorial Hospital is among 14 hospitals to receive a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to expand its cancer research program, supportive care services and provide state-of-the-art cancer care to underserved populations.
http://www.prohealthcare.org/whats-new/regional-cancer-center-receives-.aspx
Date of Post: 4/23/2010