"U.S. News & World Report" ranks 26 University of Iowa graduate programs and colleges among the 25 best in the country among all public and private schools. Story
2013.03.08 | By University of Iowa Health Care | 10:49 AM
Jeffrey Murray has been awarded a $450,000, three-year grant that will allow him to build on his past discoveries in the area of premature birth with the goal of improving health care providers’ ability to predict which women are at high risk of delivering their baby too soon. Story
H.S. Udaykumar and Meena Khandelwal will discuss their efforts to trace the linkages among forests, energy, gender relations, health, consumption, and culture, and between the local and global processes at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, 111 Church St. Story
Eli Perencevich, a UI professor and infectious-disease doctor, says he is concerned that there aren't a lot of methods in the tool kit that are significantly effective in curbing the spread of certain bacteria-resistant infections.
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2013.03.06 | By UI Health Care Marketing and Communications | 09:40 AM
As part of a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of patient safety, leaders of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City today announced the winner of the hospital’s 2013 Great Catch Award, which honors health care providers who take action to prevent harm to patients. Story
Researchers in the UI Center for Computer aided Design's Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group are refining equipment and techniques that may result in the 3D printing of human organs and tissue some five or 10 years from now. In this screen shot Howard Chen, doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and developer of the multi-arm bioprinter, builds multicellular structures using the device. Credit: David Gamradt.
The Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group at the University of Iowa is engaged in a variety of novel manufacturing activities that include the goal of creating a functioning human organ some 10 or 15 years from now. Video
A University of Iowa study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation proves a phenomenon that has long been observed—that pregnant women's feet really do grow along with their tummies.
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Donald Black, UI professor of psychiatry, says that the behaviors displayed by people on the reality TV show Extreme Couponing could be considered variants of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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A University of Iowa study shows women's feet do indeed change from pregnancy. Why? Arch height and rigidity decrease in early pregnancy, causing increases in foot length that appear to be permanent. Results appear in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Story
