Health Care
UI professor comments on 'Extreme Couponing' participants' behaviors
Friday, March 1, 2013
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.
UI student, Missouri Valley native featured on Big Ten Network
Friday, March 1, 2013
University of Iowa doctoral student and Missouri Valley native Erin O'Gara was featured on The Big Ten Network for a video she created, Putting Babies First, as the first Health Communications Fellow with the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI.
Foot facts
Friday, March 1, 2013
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.
New liver center will improve patient care
Thursday, February 28, 2013
A new partnership with the UI Organ Transplant Center, Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, and the Iowa Digestive Disease Center is improving care for patients with liver disease, especially in central and western Iowa.
Project HOPE helps students explore the health sciences
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Employment opportunities in the health science fields will be the topic of discussion when students from two eastern Iowa middle schools visit the University of Iowa Department of Biology this spring as part of Project HOPE, created by College of Education associate professor Saba Ali.
African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Babies in Brazil of African ancestry, alone or mixed, are more likely to have low birth weights and to be born prematurely than those born to parents of European-only ancestry, according to a new study from the University of Iowa. The reasons may be less use of prenatal care facilities and where non-European-only ethnic groups live. Findings appear in the "American Journal of Public Health."
Study reveals medical schools' impact
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Medical schools and their teaching hospitals have a significant economic impact in the United States, according to an analysis compiled by the firm of Tripp-Umbach.
BTN show turns spotlight on the UI
Monday, February 25, 2013
The BTN's (Big Ten Network's) new series LiveBIG turns its focus on the University of Iowa this week, showcasing an award-winning project that’s helping health care professionals diagnose potentially deadly conditions in infants.
UI to study drinking during pregnancy
Monday, February 25, 2013
A University of Iowa research team has been awarded nearly $2 million to study the effects on unborn babies from mothers who abuse alcohol during pregnancy.
Nowack says untreated dental problems impact student performance
Friday, February 22, 2013
Arthur Nowack, a UI professor emeritus of pediatric dentistry, says untreated dental problems can impact students' school performance. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)
UI staff, public get UI Children's Hospital sneak peek
Friday, February 22, 2013
UI staff and the general public got the first major sneak peek of the designs of the new UI Children's Hospital facility, which opens in 2016.
UI team to study alcohol's effects on unborn babies
Friday, February 22, 2013
A University of Iowa research team has won $1.7 million to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a wide-ranging set of adverse effects that fetuses may face from mothers who abuse alcohol during pregnancy.
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