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Christina Lightbourn knows drinking is a touchy subject for many people. Her job is to push them to discuss it, which requires a fair amount of tact.
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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine A brief history of UW Fox Valley Family Medicine Residency Program in pictures...

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Dave Rakel, MD and Hagit Vardi discuss the use of the Feldenkrais method to treat low back pain.
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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Mixing Music & Medicine...featuring DFM's own James Shropshire, MD

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It could be argued that there is no higher calling than to practice medicine. After all, there aren't many careers where saving lives is part of the job description.
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Consider this: people who volunteer at a charity or non-profit organization get a "twofer": they help others while boosting their own health.
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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Visiting professor David Loxterkamp, MD here for QI Week - Oct. 22, 2009

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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Badger Poll looks at Wisconsin residents views of health care reform

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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Featured story about UW medical students and the MEDiC Program.

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Every Tuesday evening, in a space that usually houses a Sunday school, UW medical students care for those who have nowhere else to turn.
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Employers and hospitals don't have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste.
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David
1. Tort reform can save billions up front and decrease the prevalence of defensive medicine.
2. Make it illegal to deny coverage for a pre-existing condition
3. Take insurance plans one step forward. By offering disease-specific plans we can also create competition among these plans in order to reduce premiums.
4. Eliminate easy access to unhealthy foods by getting rid of fast food in low income neighborhoods.
5. Make unhealthy food more expensive than healthy food. ... See More
6. Offer tax deductions for people who have normal BMIs or have shown improvement towards disease specific goals.
7. Distribute pay among physicians more evenly.
November 23, 2009 at 10:07am
Patrick McKenna
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nice list. specifically related with #4,5: what about a calorie tax on processed foods? It could finance a public option!
November 23, 2009 at 4:47pm
David
David
Patrick, I support a calorie tax over gutting Medicare, which is what the bill is proposing to do!
November 23, 2009 at 11:12pm
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John Lorimer sits in an examination room in the Wichman Clinical Teaching and Assessment Center (CTAC) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), waiting for the first of the 25 nervous third-year medical students to enter. ...
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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Congrats Dr. Kimberly Lansing, an instructor in our Primary Care Clerkship

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The Dean's Teaching Awards honor outstanding contributions to student education in medical school programs. Awardees are selected by a committee of faculty previously honored for their excellence in teaching, making the awards the medical school's only peer-selected teaching awards.
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MADISON - Before you go over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house this holiday season, consider what a University of Wisconsin-Madison infectious-disease specialist calls key myths about travel and illness.
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“On, Wisconsin!” was first performed 100 years ago Tuesday when a glee club warbled the ditty for the first time in practice followed by the first known public performance at a pep rally the next day.
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University of Wisconsin - Department of Family Medicine Details are taking shape for our 40th Anniversary Celebration. We hope to see you there and encourage you to tell others.

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Celebrate the accomplishments of the Department of Family Medicine over its 40 year history at the University of Wisconsin.