Latest Health Care News

Reed Fitzke receives grant to help identify at-risk soldiers

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Kayla Reed Fitzke, an assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Education's Couple and Family Therapy Program, will be able to help at-risk soldiers, thanks to a research grant from the Society for Military Psychology.

Iowa dentistry goes to Adana, Turkey

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Less than two years after studying together at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Lucas Borg and John Lorenz found themselves last fall reuniting 6,000 miles from Iowa City as they began separate, yearlong assignments at Incirlik Air Base near the city of Adana, Turkey.

Nursing in the 21st century

Thursday, May 23, 2019
Julie Zerwic, dean of the UI College of Nursing, and Cindy Dawson, chief nursing executive for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, discuss the key issues facing the nursing profession today.

Healthy LifeStars gets kids moving to reduce childhood obesity

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Healthy LifeStars is the latest initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health to reduce childhood obesity by encouraging more activity and better eating.

Addressing a mental health care crisis

Thursday, May 9, 2019
UI College of Nursing Dean Julie Zerwic discusses changes that need to be made in health care to address the mental health care crisis.

UI’s liveWELL wins first place in nationwide academic communities awards

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities (BHAC) named the University of Iowa’s liveWELL program 1st place in the 2019 National Wellness Challenge.

Abramoff honored with Iowa Biotech Leader Award

Friday, May 3, 2019
Michael Abramoff, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, received the 2019 Cultivation Corridor Iowa Biotech Leader Award this week as part of the Iowa Biotechnology Association's annual conference.

Skipping breakfast tied to higher risk of heart-related death, study finds

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.

Skipping breakfast may increase stroke and heart risks

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Skipping breakfast may increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65 to 75, was particularly strong for stroke.

Iowa research shows connection between sleep apnea, deadly blood cancer

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.

The emotional side of care

Monday, April 15, 2019
School of Social Work professor Mercedes Bern-Klug discusses how meeting residents’ social and emotional needs in long term and post-acute care as being fundamental in culture change and person-centered care.

A Family Affair: Daniels Give Back

Monday, April 15, 2019
For John and Margo Daniel, pharmacy is truly a family affair. John Daniel, '55 BSPh, opened the Daniel Pharmacy in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1963 with his parents. Now owned and operated by John and his wife, Margo, many of their children are involved at the pharmacy in some capacity.

Gilbertson-White helps patients navigate cancer care, management

Monday, March 25, 2019
Cancer patients in rural communities may not have access to renowned treatment centers or evidence-based symptom management. Using a web-based program called Oncology Associated Symptoms & Individualized Strategies (OASIS), College of Nursing Assistant Professor Stephanie Gilbertson-White is helping patients learn more about their symptoms and apply evidenced-based symptom self-management...

When Schools Tell Kids They Can’t Use the Bathroom

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Christopher Cooper, a pediatric urologist at the University of Iowa, began researching the issue of school children's bathroom access after noticing a high frequency of urinary tract infections and higher rates of voiding dysfunction among his young patients.

Student organizations work together to keep community healthy

Monday, February 18, 2019
From September to November 2018, 230 Doctor of Pharmacy students from six student organizations provided more than 8,400 flu vaccinations. The immunizations were given during 105 clinics on campus and in the community to UI employee and students, the general public, and at area businesses.

With time ticking away, clinicians scramble to save newborn twins from the disease that took their brother

Friday, February 15, 2019
In the weeks after twins Charlie and Kolton Martin were born in December, a University of Iowa medical geneticist and her team went to extraordinary lengths as they raced to obtain the medication needed to save their lives.

Nominations open for UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s 2019 Kid Captain Program

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Do you know someone who would make a great Kid Captain? Nominations are open until Sunday, March 17, for current or former pediatric patients of UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital ages 18 and younger. Only parents and legal guardians can nominate their child.

Preparing senior citizens to survive and rebuild after a disaster

Monday, February 4, 2019
UI College of Public Health professor Sato Ashida has developed an easy to understand checklist for elderly people and their caregivers to complete that will help them survive a disaster, such as a tornado or flood, and help them get back on their feet afterward.

Where law and health care meet

Monday, January 28, 2019
Nine University of Iowa College of Law students spent a week over winter break at the UI Hospitals & Clinics learning from health care providers about the intersections of health care and the law.

College of Public Health plays significant role in UI's cancer-fighting efforts

Friday, January 25, 2019
College of Public Health researchers make more than half of the university's Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS) unit, which focuses on the causes and detection of cancer, possible methods of prevention, and improving the quality of life of those who are living with or who have survived cancer.