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A blind man's daily journey
Published: 2013.05.09 | By Richard C. Lewis and Tim Schoon | 11:23 AM
Published: 2013.05.09
By Richard C. Lewis and Tim Schoon
11:23 AM
The University of Iowa has produced a multimedia package chronicling a day in the life of Jerry Jackson, a 66-year-old Burlington man whose family suffers from a rare, inherited eye disease called ADNIV. Specialists at the UI's ophthalmology department have been studying the disease for more than two decades and now believe they've found the first genetic cause for it. Story
 

Ponseti International to expand clubfoot treatment overseas

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2013.01.16 | By Molly Rossiter | 09:34 AM
A young patient has a cast put on her foot to treat clubfoot.

The Ponseti International Association will collaborate with Management Sciences for Health on a two-year, nearly $2 million project to bring clubfoot treatment to underserved populations in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Peru. Story

Accounting as lawsuit shield

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2013.01.16 | By Tom Snee | 09:14 AM

Disgruntled shareholders are more likely to sue firms that use principles-based accounting standards instead of rules-based standards, according to a recent study by a University of Iowa accounting researcher. Story

Law students help mental health providers decipher privacy laws

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2013.01.16 | By Tom Snee | 07:01 AM

A group of University of Iowa law students is helping health care and social service agencies negotiate an array of federal and state health privacy laws to better help mental health and substance abuse clients get the services they need. Story

Law professor's website scrutinizes litigation funding

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2013.01.14 | By Tom Snee | 11:25 AM

University of Iowa law professor Maya Steinitz has launched a new website that takes on controversial issues raised by allowing people to invest in lawsuits in which they otherwise have no involvement. Story

Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer

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2013.01.14 | By Jennifer Brown | 11:21 AM

Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could improve prognostic and diagnostic tools for evaluating cancer and monitoring patient response to treatment. It also could lead to new therapies for eradicating drug-resistant cancer cells. Story

UI researcher says lost items reveal Roman bath activities

Yahoo! News Canada: UI researcher says lost items reveal Roman bath activities
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2013.01.11
This is a Roman intaglio, or engraved gem, dating from A.D. 212 and held in the treasury. This is a Roman intaglio, or engraved gem, dating from A.D. 212 and held in the treasury …

A new study by UI researcher Alissa Whitmore, a doctoral candidate in archaeology, shows that items lost down the drains of bathhouses during the Roman Empire are evidence that these spaces served as social centers where people snacked on finger food and did needlework, among other activities. Story from: Yahoo! News Canada

Yahoo! News Canada

Making health care reform work

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2013.01.14 | By Tom Snee | 07:01 AM

University of Iowa College of Law antitrust expert Herbert Hovenkamp expects to see stepped up antitrust activity from the Department of Justice during President Barack Obama’s second term as the government implements health care reform. Story

UI's Polgreen says social media tools supplement traditional flu surveillance

National Geographic: UI's Polgreen says social media tools supplement traditional flu surveillance
Published: 
2013.01.10
A 3-D illustration shows the structure of a generic influenza virus. Illustration courtesy Douglas Jordan, CDC

Philip Polgreen, an epidemiologist at the University of Iowa, says that while new social media and crowdsourcing tools make it easier to track one of the worst flu seasons in a long time, such tools also have their limits and are timely supplements to traditional surveillance. Story from: National Geographic

National Geographic

A rare find

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2013.01.09 | By Miles Dietz | 11:33 AM
mammoth tusk being wheeled into the museum

A team of researchers led by the University of Iowa says a third mammoth has been located at a dig site in southern Iowa. The mammoths—at least two of them of the woolly species—roamed Iowa some 14,000 years ago. The team—including several UI undergraduates—is cleaning the bones at the UI's Museum of Natural History and preparing to resume digging in the spring. Story

UI's Noonan shares hard truths about telecommuting

Southern California Public Radio: UI's Noonan shares hard truths about telecommuting
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2013.01.07
A mother talks on her cell phone, ignoring her young son.

Mary C. Noonan, associate professor of sociology at the University of Iowa and co-author of the recent study "The Hard Truth About Telecommuting," shares insights about the impact of telecommuting on family time and employee productivity. Story from: Southern California Public Radio

Southern California Public Radio

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