Latest Health Care News

Hygienic Lab promotes awareness of newborn screening

Monday, July 30, 2012
State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI has launched Putting Babies First, focusing on public awareness of the screening of newborns to identify and treat disorders.

Ross: heat affects medicines

Friday, July 27, 2012
Mary Ross, assistant director of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics pharmacy, explains how heat and humidity can affect medicines.

UI makes 'most wired' hospitals list

Friday, July 27, 2012
Survey highlight University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics strategy for using information technology to enhance patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Children's Hospital clinics earn Health Corps funds

Thursday, July 26, 2012
A project by the UI Child Health Specialty Clinics aims to reduce risks from obesity and preventable diseases.

Hygienic Lab responds to landfill fire

Thursday, July 26, 2012
State Hygienic Laboratory staff helped fight the largest fire in Johnson County history, monitoring air for environmental contaminants.

Malloy develops pediatric heart 'maps'

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
UI Children's Hospital researcher Lindsey Malloy led a project that developed three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts.

A new heart 'map' for child patients

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
UI researchers presented their latest findings on creating 3D heart "maps" for children at an American Heart Association meeting this week. The technique would allow cardiologists to more rapidly identify and correct irregular heart rhythms in children. It's also radiation free.

UI research: Police need sleep

Monday, July 23, 2012
Research by nursing faculty member Sandra Ramey and her UI colleagues showed that police officers who get less than six hours of sleep daily are at an increased risk for chronic fatigue and other health problems.

Living with a not-so-sweet diagnosis

Monday, July 23, 2012
A $25 million pledge by the Fraternal Order of Eagles guaranteeing that one floor of the university's under-construction Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building be devoted to diabetes research has at least one member of the UI community feeling optimistic.

Iowa names new dean of Carver College of Medicine

Friday, July 20, 2012
University of Iowa on Thursday named Debra A. Schwinn as the next dean of the Carver College of Medicine.

Four health systems, one alliance

Friday, July 20, 2012
University of Iowa Health Care is one of four Iowa health systems forming a statewide alliance in a move to lower costs and improve quality.

Fiedorowicz wins 2012 Klerman Award

Thursday, July 19, 2012
University of Iowa vascular disease researcher Jess G. Fiedorowicz is a winner of the 2012 Klerman Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

UI names new Carver College of Medicine dean

Thursday, July 19, 2012
University of Iowa leaders today named Debra A. Schwinn, M.D., as the next dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

UI research connects arrhythmias and COPD

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Research by Surya Bhatt and University of Iowa colleagues deepens the understanding of the connection between arrhythmias and COPD.

Boy in remission collects toys for other cancer patients

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Seven-year-old Jacob Flesher of Manchester, Iowa, has spent his cancer remission collecting toys for other young oncology patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Alumna Mori, a mental-health therapist, is profiled

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
University of Iowa psychology alumna Ashley Mori, a mental-health therapist, is profiled.

Iowans to compete in Transplant Games

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Twenty-four athletes, ages 4 to 68 from communities across Iowa, will participate in Transplant Games of America this month in Grand Rapids, Mich.

UI Hospitals and Clinics ranked #1 in state

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced this morning that University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is included yet again on a widely recognized list of the leading hospitals in the United States.

Klein comments on cooling therapy

Monday, July 16, 2012
Jonathan Klein, medical director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, comments on the use of cooling therapy for newborns.

Holden Cancer Center seed grants

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Leaders at the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center have announced recipients of the first round of the 2012 American Cancer Society seed grant awards.