Arlene Drack, associate professor of pediatric ophthalmology and ophthalmic genetics in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, has been granted a $100,000 RPB Physician-Scientist Award by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB).

A University of Iowa sports medicine expert is hopeful that a collaboration between the Big Ten Conference and Ivy League will shed new light on a peril of athletics that is becoming increasingly more high profile.

Using a unique animal model of cystic fibrosis, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a difference between healthy airways and airways affected by cystic fibrosis that leads to reduced bacterial killing in cystic fibrosis airways.

University of Iowa researchers have found that eating unpeeled apples may keep extra pounds and obesity-related diseases at bay.

University of Iowa assistant professor of finance Ty Leverty, who teaches classes about health insurance in the Tippie College of Business, comments on the federal health care reform law.

University of Iowa Health Care, in collaboration with Mercy Cedar Rapids, Mercy Health Network in Des Moines, and Genesis Health System in the Quad Cities, launched a first-of-its-kind alliance to improve health care across the state while decreasing patient costs.

University of Iowa Health Alliance unites more than 50 hospitals and 160 clinics to share expertise, support services, and information technology.

Donna Hammond, professor of anesthesia and pharmacology, succeeds Paul Rothman and will serve until the appointment of a new permanent dean.

The National Institutes of Health is helping a University of Iowa team treat diseases affecting premature babies. A grant, the fourth renewal obtained by John Widness and colleagues, will test alternative approaches for delivering life-sustaining red blood cells.

Clinton resident Gerri Nichols says she is grateful for a remotely-manned robot that helped detect her stroke in Clinton, likely saving her life—thanks to a partnership between Mercy Medical and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been selected to receive $640,000 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study and develop ways to more effectively gather information that patients, families, and physicians can use to make informed health care choices.

University of Iowa internal medicine researcher Christopher Adams describes appeal of apple compound.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Iowa Cancer Consortium today announced the release of a new video intended to educate physicians on the dangers of radon and the link between the radioactive gas and lung cancer.

A new UI study shows that a natural substance found in apple peel can partially protect mice from obesity and some of its harmful effects. The findings suggest that ursolic acid increases muscle and brown fat, two tissues recognized for calorie-burning properties.

Eric Dyken, a neurologist with the University of Iowa Sleep Disorder Center, talks about what keeps us up at night, including restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and smartphones.

Ellen Cram, assistant dean for undergraduate and pre-licensure programs at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, explained changes in nursing careers.

Local Girl Scouts built stuffed animals for pediatric cancer patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Thirteen current and former University of Iowa Children’s Hospital patients will receive special recognition from the Iowa Hawkeyes this year as each takes a turn serving as a 2012 Kid Captain.

The University of Iowa, in partnership with 11 Iowa hospitals comprising the UI Critical Access Hospital Network, has received a $7.7 million Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve care coordination and communication with practitioners in 10 rural Iowa counties.

Local author Martin Robillard will read from Damaged From The Inside Out: Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, in Prairie Lights Books and through a live stream on the Writing University website of the University of Iowa.