Latest Health Care News

UI Pharmaceuticals addresses need for hand sanitizer

Friday, March 27, 2020
As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, UIP recently began making hand sanitizer. The majority of the sanitizer will be acquired by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

Like everything else, Match Day is different this year

Saturday, March 21, 2020
Friday was Match Day – the day when graduating medical students across the country find out where they will do their residency training. But with the COVID-19 pandemic up ending everyday life across the country, it was possibly the most unusual Match Day ever.

Study homes in on possible cause of sudden cardiac deaths

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an inherited form of heart disease.

Carver College of Medicine recognizes 47 faculty as Impact Scholars

Thursday, February 27, 2020
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor 47 of its faculty as the college’s inaugural group of Impact Scholars—researchers who have made a major scientific impact over the course of their careers.

Snyder named associate dean for faculty affairs and development

Monday, February 24, 2020
Peter Snyder has been named associate dean for faculty affairs and development in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective March 1.

Iowa researcher: Community has tools to fight opioids

Thursday, February 20, 2020
An op-ed co-authored by a researcher in the College of Public Health says recent changes in state laws now give local communities and organizations new tools they can use to fight the opioid crisis.

Getting ahead of the opioid crisis

Monday, February 17, 2020
Carri Casteel, associate director of the Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) in the College of Public Health, and Barbara St. Marie, associate professor in the College of Nursing, discuss a new report from the IPRC that encourages local communities and organizations new tools to combat the opioid epidemic in Iowa.

Keeping EMTs safer

Monday, February 17, 2020
EMTs are being attacked more and more frequently while responding to emergency calls. Semin Park, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, is part of a team developing strategies to keep first responders safer while on the job.

Dance Marathon 2020 raises more than $2.8M

Monday, February 10, 2020
The University of Iowa’s student-led Dance Marathon raised more than $2.8 million for the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital in its 26th year.

Jeffrey Quinlan selected as chair of UI Department of Family Medicine

Friday, February 7, 2020
U.S. Navy Capt. Jeffrey D. Quinlan has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Family Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He will begin Oct. 15 after completing a 28-year career in the U.S. Navy.

Field was first to document health risks of radon exposure

Thursday, February 6, 2020
A seminal study in the 1980s by Bill Field, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, was the first to document the link between radon exposure and health risks, finding a 50% increased risk of lung cancer based on long-term exposure.

Marijuana use while pregnant can lead to low birth weight, childhood development problems

Thursday, February 6, 2020
A study by Paul Romitti, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, finds that babies whose mothers smoked marijuana while pregnant are more apt to have low birth weight and slow early childhood development.

‘Chemical earmuffs’ could prevent hearing loss

Wednesday, February 5, 2020
A team including University of Iowa biologists has identified the molecular receptors that cause hearing loss. In experiments with mice, the team successfully used a drug that prevented hearing damage while still allowing the mice to hear.

Preventing childhood trauma and reducing its long-term effects

Monday, February 3, 2020
Increased understanding of the underlying causes of violence syndemics—clusters of related epidemics that can include experiences such as childhood trauma—raises questions about how health can improve if such traumas are prevented.

Iowa study finds some state laws linked to lower e-cigarette usage

Friday, January 31, 2020
A new study from the University of Iowa published by “JAMA” suggests that state laws regulating the sale and use of e-cigarettes does lower the likelihood of their use.

What is the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and how are we preparing? Epidemiologist Jorge Salinas fills us in

Thursday, January 30, 2020
With the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics epidemiologist Jorge Salinas shares more about the virus, how it spreads, and how UIHC is prepared to deal with it.

U of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics CEO: 'Everything in healthcare doesn't need to be done by a hospital CEO'

Friday, January 10, 2020
CEO Suresh Gunasekaran expands on how University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is facing the threat of uncoordinated retail medicine, and answers questions on board oversight and the changing role of the hospital CEO.

Study links common pesticides to cardiovascular death

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds people who have had greater exposure to a chemical commonly found in consumer pesticides have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.

Study links pesticides to cardiovascular disease death

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that people who have had greater exposure to pyrethroids--chemicals found in commonly-used pesticides--have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.

UI study finds potential link between cardiovascular death and some types of pesticides

Monday, December 30, 2019
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that people who have higher levels of a chemical in their body that indicates exposure to commonly used insecticides die of cardiovascular disease at a significantly higher rate.