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UI College of Dentistry helps veterans smile again

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
The UI College of Dentistry provides reduced-cost dental services to veterans, but recently partnered with the nonprofit Everyone For Veterans, which connects combat veterans with free dental services. The college is encouraging dentists across the state to participate.

A century later, UI experts recall deadly flu outbreak, prepare for new flu season

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
In 1918, near the end of World War I, an especially virulent flu virus caused an estimated 20 million deaths worldwide. In Iowa, the virus forced the quarantine of a group of student soldiers, the cancellation of social events, and a stern public health warning from the UI’s then-president.

College of Nursing faculty members win top honors

Monday, November 5, 2018
Three nursing faculty members were honored for their career achievements at the American Academy of Nursing's annual policy conference Nov. 1–3 in Washington, D.C.

UI study seems looming physician assistant shortage in Iowa

Monday, November 5, 2018
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that Iowa could face a critical shortage of physician assistants in the coming decade as an aging PA workforce begins to retire.

Teaching business to future pharmacists

Friday, November 2, 2018
A new UI partnership with the Tippie College and College of Public Health provides an education in business and leadership basics to students in the College of Pharmacy so they can learn how to manage a health care business in their careers.

UI study: Iowa faces physician assistant shortage

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Already facing a shortage of primary care physicians, the state of Iowa also may soon face a shortage of physician assistants, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

Mueller analyzes the loss of rural pharmacies on local health care

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Keith Mueller, professor of health management and policy, says that a spike in rural pharmacy closures in recent years often deprives small towns that have no practicing physicians of their only local health care professional.

Exercise Is Medicine initiative seeks to promote physical activity as a vital sign

Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The Exercise Is Medicine initiative, launched by the American College of Sports Medicine and introduced to the UI campus this summer, calls for integrating physical activity into the health care setting. The Community Outreach Lab in the UI Field House is one endeavor related to the initiative.

University of Iowa surgeon Weigel named to National Academy of Medicine

Monday, October 15, 2018
Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, the E.A. Crowell Jr. Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery with University of Iowa Health Care, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), effective Oct. 1, 2018.

UI College of Nursing prepares next wave of modern health care leaders

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The University of Iowa’s College of Nursing has long offered a rigorous nursing education that trains health care professionals who advocate for optimal patient care and outcomes, and who lead the way in health care research and innovation.

Researchers hope study leads to safer farm vehicles

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A study from the College of Public Health finds that farm vehicle vibration can significantly contribute to chronic back and muscle pain in farmers who drive them, and researchers hope their study leads to design changes that make farm work less painful.

University of Iowa center receives CDC award renewal to continue expanding birth defect research

Wednesday, October 3, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has renewed a $4.3 million grant to the University of Iowa College of Public Health for a project to identify factors in early pregnancy that may increase the risk of major structural birth defects.

UI played role in study that could help MS patients

Wednesday, September 26, 2018
A unit of the College of Public Health played a key role in a study by doctors at the Cleveland Clinic that finds a drug can be helpful in slowing brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis patients.

UI researchers identify marker in brain associated with aggression in children

Wednesday, September 26, 2018
A University of Iowa-led research team has identified a brain-wave marker associated with aggression in young children. The finding could lead to earlier identification of toddlers with aggressive tendencies before the behavior becomes more ingrained in adolescence. Results published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

UI College of Public Health joins study to help reduce falls among elderly Iowans

Thursday, September 20, 2018
Injuries from falling cause a significant number of deaths among older Iowans, and the University of Iowa has partnered with a Des Moines–based subsidiary of Mercy Health Network on a project to reduce the number of falls.

UI Hospitals & Clinics earns Magnet Award

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City has again been re-designated as a Magnet hospital, the world’s top honors in excellence in nursing practice, UI Hospitals & Clinics leaders announced Sept. 19.

Multidisciplinary UI research team uses nanotechnology to create clot-less stent

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Researchers in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and nanofabrication combined their expertise to create a clot-less stent to help people who suffer from brain aneurysms, which can cause massive hemorrhaging, stroke, and sometimes death.

Number of children diagnosed with ADHD jumps, according to UI research

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has reached 10 percent in the United States, a significant increase over the past 20 years that is most pronounced in children from minority groups, according to a study from the UI College of Public Health.

Study finds more children diagnosed with ADHD than expected

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
A study from the UI College of Public Health has found that the number of children diagnosed with ADHD has increased significantly in the last 20 years, to 10.1 percent.

Iowa public health researchers contribute to landmark MS study

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting a drug can slow atrophy in the brains of multiple sclerosis patients was aided by the Clinical Trials Statistical Data Management Center in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, which managed data gathered by clinical researchers.