Carver College of Medicine
Media Advisory: UI Health Alliance to help fund rural physicians program
Thursday, December 5, 2013
The University of Iowa Health Alliance will announce a major commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the Medical Education and Research Facility atrium on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Regents approve request to re-name center in honor of founder
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today (Wednesday, Dec. 4) approved a request from the University of Iowa to re-name the UI Cardiovascular Research Center in honor of its founder, Francois Abboud, M.D.
Murray comments on consumer genetic testing services
Monday, December 2, 2013
UI geneticist Jeff Murray warns against direct-to-consumer genetic tests because results might apply to some ethnic groups but not to others, leading consumers to think they have an elevated risk of some illness when in fact they do not.
Iowa freshman lives with rare disease
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Kyle McWilliams lives a life like most other first-year students at the University of Iowa, filled with classes, sports, and friends, despite the fact he has Fibrodysplasiaossificans progressiva, a rare disease that turns his muscles and tendons into bone.
UI's McCray and Price elected 2013 AAAS Fellows
Monday, November 25, 2013
Paul McCray, Jr. and David Price, both faculty in the UI Carver College of Medicine, have been awarded the distinction of 2013 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Cram weighs in on 'medical tourism'
Friday, November 22, 2013
In an article about "medical tourism," the University of Iowa's Peter Cram recommends looking for an accredited hospital that performs large numbers of the procedure you need and a doctor who trained at a major medical school.
Breathing new life
Friday, November 22, 2013
Two years ago, Dennis Nack was receiving hospice care as his family and friends said what they believed were last good-byes. Today, Dennis has a new lease on life—and he’s giving thanks to his care team in the lung transplant program at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Coal Valley, Ill., boy is Kid Captain when Hawkeyes host Michigan Saturday
Friday, November 22, 2013
Zach Zwirlein of Coal Valley, Ill., was diagnosed with medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency through the Iowa Neonatal Metabolic Screening Program, a partnership of the genetics program at UI Children's Hospital, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the State Hygienic Laboratory.
Study finds gene network associated with alcoholism
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Researchers at the University of Iowa and Yale University have identified 39 genes they believe are associated with alcoholism. The genes were identified using a novel approach combining genetic studies on addiction with another study on protein-protein interactions. Results appear in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
UI doctors thinking more about business of health care
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Faced with the rising cost of health care, doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics decided to examine the cost of something they do every day: order lab tests. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
Protein variants alter Alzheimer's progression
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators in collaboration with researchers at the University of Iowa reveals how variant forms of apolipoprotein E (APOE protein) impact risk of Alzheimer's disease by altering the number and density of brain-damaging plaques.
Multiple births costly in many ways, study indicates
Monday, November 18, 2013
A new UI study of costs associated with multiple births found that twins cost five times as much as single births, and higher multiples cost 19 times as much, in part because for both mother and newborns, multiple births mean more deaths and complications, and longer hospital stays.
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