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Health Calculators

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Body Mass Index (BMI) Health Calculator. The results you receive from this tool are for informational purposes only and should not be the basis of your medical decision making. Consult your physician to determine the medical implications of any tests you take.

Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Health Calculator. The results you receive from this tool are for informational purposes only and should not be the basis of your medical decision making. Consult your physician to determine the medical implications of any tests you take.

Creatinine Calculator

Creatinine Clearance Health Calculator. The results you receive from this tool are for informational purposes only and should not be the basis of your medical decision making. Consult your physician to determine the medical implications of any tests you take.

LDL Cholesterol Goal Level

LDL Cholesterol Goal Level Health Calculator. The results you receive from this tool are for informational purposes only and should not be the basis of your medical decision making. Consult your physician to determine the medical implications of any tests you take.

Pregnancy Date Calculator

Pregnancy Date Calculator. The results you receive from this tool are for informational purposes only and should not be the basis of your medical decision making. Consult your physician to determine the medical implications of any tests you take. Medical College of WIsconsin


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New Test Identifies Immune Deficiency in Newborns

Dr. John Routes, professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute, developed a screening test for newborns for the broad family of diseases known as T-cell lymphopenia, a development that could change detection and treatment of these illnesses around the world. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec 11

Graduated Drivers Licensing Would Save Lives

Timothy Corden, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and researchers at the Medical College’s Injury Research Center found that teen driver injuries and deaths could be reduced by stronger graduated driver’s licensing program. The Medical News, Nov. 17

Five Medical College Faculty Named "Health Care Heroes"

The BizTimes Milwaukee profiles five Medical College of Wisconsin physicians (Drs. Stephen Duncan, Robert Truitt, John Fangman, Bruce Camitta and John Gordon) who are recipients of the this year’s “Health Care Heroes” awards from the magazine. Biztimes, Dec. 11

Looking for Health Info Online

Dr. Rick Gillis, associate dean for clinical informatics and chief medical information officer, and Mary Blackwelder, director of libraries at the Medical College comment on the quality of medical information available on the Web. Journal Times, Jan. 20

ALS slowly drains Racine lawyer

Paul Barkhaus, MD, professor of neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of the ALS programs at Froedtert Hospital and the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, indicates that there could be many causes of ALS. Chicago Tribune, Dec. 13

Can Meditation Curb Heart Attacks?

Heart disease patients who practice Transcendental Meditation have a 47% reduction in deaths, heart attacks and strokes. New York Times Blog, Nov. 20

Link between Obesity and Genetics

Description Sentence: Michael Olivier, Ph.D, professor of physiology and the director of the Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science at the Medical College. His research examines the genetic factors contributing to the risk of weight gain and obesity. WUWM Radio, Dec. 22

2009 Top 10 Innovators

Medical College of Wisconsin researchers’ creation of the first targeted knockout rats, was voted 5th of the ten most exciting tools to hit the life sciences this year. Some of the rats glowed green with the expression of a fluorescent protein, such as GFP. Now rodents beyond mice can be developed into models of specific human diseases. The Scientist Magazine of Life Sciences, Dec. 1

Effect of Meditation on Heart Disease

Dr. Theodore Kotchen discusses a Transcendental Meditation study that showed that heart disease patients who practice TM have nearly 50% lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death. WUWM Radio, Lake Effect, Jan. 8

These calculators were first developed by Charles Hu, Ron Kneusel & Gary Barnas, M.D. in 1999 for use in the Division of General Internal Medicine.

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