Carver College of Medicine
Kids to help break ground on new UI Children's Hospital
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Former pediatric patients will play a leading role in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UI Children’s Hospital, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21, on the patio of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Iowa family fights disease that has blinded 61 relatives
Monday, June 17, 2013
Jerry Jackson, a Burlington bicycle mechanic and avid cyclist, has shown his family how to live without sight while helping UI researchers, the only institution studying the rare eye disease experienced by Jackson and 60 other members of his extended family.
A look inside the Iowa Ladies Football Academy
Friday, June 14, 2013
Solon's Anne Edwards learned about the Hawkeye football game day experience from a player's perspective by participating in this year's Iowa Ladies Football Academy, which raised $230,000 for Iowa Children's Hospital.
UI study to evaluate how footwear might affect foot changes during pregnancy
Friday, June 14, 2013
Women ages 18 to 40 who are in the first trimester of pregnancy may be eligible to participate in a clinical research study to examine changes in the feet during pregnancy.
UI biomedical researcher named a 2013 Pew Scholar
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Qi Wu, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
Be gone, bacteria
Thursday, June 13, 2013
A team of researchers led by the University of Iowa is recommending clinical guidelines that will cut post-surgical infection rate for staph bacteria (including MRSA) by 71 percent and by 59 percent for a broader class of infectious agents known as gram-positive bacteria.
University of Iowa ranks high in best children's hospital categories
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital ranked in seven specialty categories in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings.
UI Children's Hospital nationally ranked
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital has been ranked in seven specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
Brain circuits link obsessive-compulsive behavior and obesity
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests the brain circuits that control obsessive-compulsive behavior are intertwined with circuits that control food intake and body weight. The findings have implications for treating compulsive behavior, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, and eating disorders.
Brain circuit links obsessive-compulsive behavior and obesity
Monday, June 10, 2013
A genetic breeding experiment to probe brain circuits involved in compulsive behavior has revealed a surprising connection with obesity. Loss of an obesity-causing gene restored normal grooming behavior in OCD mice. Surprisingly, the OCD mutation also restored normal body weight in obese mice.
Carver College of Medicine to honor seven with Distinguished Alumni Awards
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor seven individuals at its Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony and luncheon Friday, June 7.
Supplements don't slow AMD progression: NEI study
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Some dietary supplements once thought to slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have been proven to either show no effect or may even be harmful to some segments of the population.
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