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Proof Of Concept Study Sets Stage For Human Trial

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/19/2015) – Combining an experimental DNA vaccine against prostate cancer, with a new type of immunotherapy drug, increased vaccine effectiveness in mice with prostate cancer, according to a new study by UW Carbone Cancer Center scientists. Dr. Douglas McNeel, the study’s lead author, said the “proof of concept study” sets the stage for a human trial of the combination therapy, which began this week when the first patient received the vaccine.

Women Worried About Well Woman Program Downsize

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/30/2015) – Under the leadership of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and fellow Republican lawmakers, Wisconsin is downsizing a program affecting thousands of women in the state. The Wisconsin Well Woman Program (WWWP) funding has been reduced, resulting in loss of jobs and healthcare locations to which women have access. The change is effective July 1, 2015.

Legislators Trying To Bring BadgerCare Back For 81,000

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/17/2015) – Wisconsin Assembly Representative Daniel Riemer (D), Milwaukee, and Senator Jon Erpenbach (D), Middleton, are circulating a bill that will guarantee health coverage to more than 80,000 uninsured Wisconsinites while saving Wisconsin hundreds of millions of dollars, greatly reducing the threatening budget deficit.

Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period Is Here Now

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/15/2014) [HEALTH] – While it may seem to some like summer never arrived, it is now fall and that means open enrollment for Medicare is here. Medicare open enrollment allows seniors to look at their existing drug and medical plans and decide whether or not to keep the coverage they have or switch to a new drug or Medicare Advantage plan.

Prevent This Halloween From Becoming A Spooky Nightmare

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/12/2014) [HOLIDAYS] – The risk of a child being hit by a car is roughly four times higher on Halloween than on any other night of the year. That’s when more than 40 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 hit the trick-or-treat trails. The nation’s emergency physicians have some advice to help parents prevent their child, from ending up in the emergency department, because of an injury that could have been easily prevented. “Halloween is a special night that should be shared with family and friends,” said Dr. Michael Gerardi, president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). “You don’t want to remember it as

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