Health Care

Detail of a dirt road

Road to riches paved with problems?

Friday, April 6, 2012
New rock-fracturing technology has brought oil boom times to North Dakota. However, a UI researcher says the roads leading to the state’s oil riches may be paved with a potential health hazard.

UI Carver College of Medicine formalizes agreement for Des Moines regional campus

Thursday, April 5, 2012
It’s now official. Des Moines is the formal site of a regional branch campus for the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. A recent agreement between the Des Moines Area Medical Education Consortium and the UI Carver College of Medicine cements the arrangement for the next 10 years.

Nursing student earns national scholarship

Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program aims to turn promising students like Emily Higdon into tomorrow's nursing program faculty, addressing a critical shortage.

UI Health Care, Mercy expand collaboration

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The leaders of University of Iowa Health Care and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids today, Wednesday, April 4, jointly announced plans to collaborate on the design and development of a new nonprofit health care organization that will enhance the health of communities in the Corridor and beyond.

Software aids flood plans

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
New software developed by UI student and faculty will aid in preparations for evacuation during future floods.

UI Health Care helps launch partnership to fight melanoma

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Midwest Melanoma Partnership, an initiative to advance melanoma research and improve care for patients with melanoma, was launched this month by a group of physicians, researchers, and patient advocates following a meeting at the University of Iowa.

Field warns of radon threat, lack of funding

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Bill Field, a professor of occupational and environmental health at the UI, writes about the danger of radon, and why he believes the EPA shouldn't be allowed to drop the ball by eliminating funding to help states promote radon awareness.

Genesis, UI Children's Hospital collaborate on joint pediatric specialty clinic

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Leaders of Genesis Health System in the Quad Cities and University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City announced Monday, April 2, that they are now caring for area children in a joint pediatric specialty clinic located in Bettendorf.

Pharmacy students take message to middle school

Monday, April 2, 2012
UI organizations sponsor education events as part of national push to combat prescription-drug abuse.

UI Hospitals and Clinics to honor organ donors and recipients April 9

Monday, April 2, 2012
Michael Kutcher, brother of actor Ashton Kutcher and heart transplant recipient at UI Hospitals and Clinics, will meet with children who also have received a heart transplant and with other pediatric patients who are waiting for a donor heart to become available, during an April 9 tour of Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center.

UI experts comment on the battle against lung cancer

Friday, March 30, 2012
A trio of UI experts say tobacco company spending and cuts in prevention funding make it difficult to combat lung cancer.

Don't forget: A talk about memory

Friday, March 30, 2012
Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.