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The Universities of Wisconsin have announced recipients of the 2023 UW Innovation Grants, including the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Nursing for its proposal, Technology, Education, Access, Communities and Healthcare: TEACH toward a Healthy Rural Wisconsin, related to the use of telehealth technology. “We are very excited to see this proposal’s future development and...
The grant will help develop and integrate curriculum to educate current and future nurses on the use of telehealth to improve health in rural communities.
For the City Times PORTAGE COUNTY – One hundred years ago, Wisconsin was second in the nation for growing hemp. Grown mostly for its fiber and cannabidiol (CBD) oil, hemp is used to make rope, fabrics, plastics, medicines, health products and construction materials. While growing hemp was banned in 1970 under the federal Controlled Substances Act, it has restarted in recent years through Wisconsin’s industrial hemp bill. This allows licensed growers to produce and process hemp that has a concentration of less than .3 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive compound. Resea...