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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
 

UI researcher says percentage of Iowans with gambling problem declines

KCRG TV 9: UI researcher says percentage of Iowans with gambling problem declines
Published: 
2012.12.31
Dealer holding chips on gambling table.

University of Iowa psychiatrist and gambling researcher Donald W. Black says his latest published study on compulsive gambling has found that the percentage of gamblers who report gambling problems has dropped despite the expansion of casinos in the state. Story from: KCRG TV 9

KCRG TV 9

A healthy start for Iowa’s babies

Published: 
2013.01.07 | By Sandra Daack-Hirsch | 10:50 AM
blood being drawn from a pregnant woman's arm

A University of Iowa Public Health Ambassador makes it her mission to ensure that moms-to-be are well-informed about their babies’ health. Story

UI researcher learns mechanism of hearing is similar to car battery

Published: 
2013.01.07 | By Gary Galluzzo | 10:43 AM
A fruit fly auditory organ

University of Iowa biologists have advanced their knowledge of human hearing by studying a similar auditory system in fruit flies—and by making use of the fruit fly “love song.” Results featured on the cover of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Story

UI study shows more hospitalized children surviving cardiac arrest

The Cedar Rapids Gazette: UI study shows more hospitalized children surviving cardiac arrest
Published: 
2012.12.18
More children are surviving cardiac problems following a change in guidelines from the American Heart Association. (photo courtesy of MedPage Today)

More children are surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest than they did one decade ago, according to a University of Iowa-led study of data from hospitals using resuscitation guidelines from the American Heart Association. Story from: The Cedar Rapids Gazette

The Cedar Rapids Gazette

More children surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest

Published: 
2012.12.19 | By Jennifer Brown | 09:36 AM

Children who had in-hospital cardiac arrest in 2009, were three times more likely to survive than children who had cardiac arrests in 2000. In addition, among surviving children, the risk of severe brain damage appears to have remained unchanged during this period. Story

The laws of global warming

Published: 
2012.12.19 | By Tom Snee | 09:22 AM
photo illustration of world map inside a test tube

A University of Iowa law professor believes the legal ramifications of geo-engineering need to be thought through in advance and a global governance structure put in place soon to oversee these efforts. Story

UI-led team confirms 'gusty winds' in space turbulence

Published: 
2012.12.17 | By Gary Galluzzo | 10:41 AM
A solar prominence erupts into the sun's atmosphere, or corona. Credit: NASA.

Why is the atmosphere of the sun far hotter than the surface of the sun? The answer, scientists believe, lies in the concept of turbulence, a phenomenon directly measured in the laboratory for the first time by a research team led by the University of Iowa. Story

UI psychiatrist explains study linking distress to stroke death in seniors

MedPage Today: UI psychiatrist explains study linking distress to stroke death in seniors
Published: 
2012.12.13
UI psychiatrist Jess Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D

UI psychiatrist Jess Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D., comments on new finding that psychosocial distress in older individuals appears to increase risk of stroke death. Story from: MedPage Today

MedPage Today

More casinos do not mean more gamblers

Published: 
2012.12.14 | By Richard C. Lewis | 08:24 AM
Poker chips and cards

While the number of casinos in Iowa has doubled since 1995, there are fewer gamblers overall, and fewer gambling addicts as well, according to a new study from the University of Iowa. The results suggest the market for gaming facilities, in Iowa and other states, reaches a saturation point. Findings published in the journal "Annals of Clinical Psychiatry." Story

Ingraining safer farming practices

Published: 
2012.12.13 | By Debra Venzke | 09:57 AM
a man stands waist deep in corn during a grain safely conference

With grain bin entrapments on the rise nationally, the University of Iowa hosted a conference to raise awareness and to seek solutions. Kelley Donham, professor in the College of Public Health, says more attention needs to be paid to make such work safer. Story

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