Aside from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, how many other U.S. schools offer advanced education in all dental specialties?

Laurence Fuortes, UI professor of occupational and environmental health, is helping Cold War "nuclear cowboys" receive benefits. Fuortes helped former atomic workers who were recently deemed eligible for compensation due to toxic exposures at Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University with the paperwork for their claims.

One of the Navy's first female fighter pilots who currently studies artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is among the five internationally recognized neuroscientists who will deliver free public lectures during the University of Iowa's Health Sciences Research Week 2012.

Although she harbored serious doubts about medicine as a career choice, Amy Domeyer-Klenske focused on the human interactions that attracted her to medicine. Soon she realized she was on the right path—a path that took a desirable turn on Match Day.

UI dance alumna Susan Rieger says almost anyone can benefit from dance therapy. Rieger uses dance therapy in her new company, Moving Toward Wholeness, to help everyone from a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome to a woman in her mid 50s wanting to build her core strength.

UI psychologist Michelle Voss says lifestyle factors can help offset the loss of brain plasticity, making learning more possible for the elderly.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will join a nationwide effort to fight obesity, funded through the Healthy Weight Collaborative.

Sherry Lang, one of 10 UIHC nurses named to 100 Great Iowa Nurses, is profiled.

A brand-new addition and planned renovations to the College of Dentistry's Dental Science Building promise to enhance the experience for students while giving patients some of the best care available anywhere in the world.

Academic institutions should start making a more concerted effort to engage with and support aging employees as they continue to work well past the traditional retirement age, according to a new report from the University of Iowa Center on Aging and the TIAA-CREF Institute.

News media are invited to a briefing on the annual "Cancer in Iowa" report at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, in the Ellig Classroom (N12) of the College of Public Health Building.

Michael Kanellis, the associate dean for patient care at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, says that while Iowa faces challenges due to the economy, the state’s dental care is ahead of other states with large urban populations. "With more people out of work, the first thing they will stop spending on is dental care, and so they can end up in the hospital, which isn't good because they...

An additional class of former Ames Laboratory employees who've been diagnosed with certain cancers may qualify for assistance, thanks in part to a screening program administered by the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre. The room is located on the second floor above Cookies & More.

Scientists have studied the prickle gene mutation in flies since the 1930s, but only a couple winters ago did anyone realize these flies had epilepsy. The discovery could provide a new testing route for human treatments.

Social worker Lori Roetlin noticed that many patients were injured by gel fuel candles. What she did next may have saved lives.

Some theorize it's low-pressure fields, but a UI pathologist and colleagues suggest a more basic problem.

The drug-manufacturing unit based at the UI College of Pharmacy is the largest, most-experienced program of its kind, partnering with industry and government agencies on the development of new medications.

Postdoctoral research fellow Nancy Downing can't cure the fatal genetic disorder, but she hopes to help people deal with the diagnosis and the changes it brings.

Sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Nursing, the May 6 awards honor courage, compassion, and commitment.