Health Care

Ponseti essay takes national honor

Friday, March 30, 2012
A University of Iowa student's essay about how the Internet and social media helped the Ponseti method become the gold standard for the treatment of clubfoot has won a national contest.

Intersection of geography, public health topic of March 30 talk

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Public health approaches do not routinely include a geographical perspective. Kirsten Beyer, a health geographer, will offer a free, public talk on the intersection of geography and public health at a free talk at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, on the University of Iowa campus.

Highlighting lung cancer awareness

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the UI College of Public Health, issued its Cancer in Iowa 2012 report, which includes county-by-county statistics, summaries of new research projects, and a section focused on lung cancer, one of the state's "big four" cancers.

Did You Know?: Dental specialties

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Aside from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, how many other U.S. schools offer advanced education in all dental specialties?

Fuortes helps 'nuclear cowboys'

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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.

UI Health Sciences Research Week April 2–4

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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.
Amy Domeyer-Klenske during Match Day

Just what the doctor ordered

Friday, March 23, 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 alumna uses dance therapy to improve lives

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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 shares how lifestyle factors help the aging mind

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
UI psychologist Michelle Voss says lifestyle factors can help offset the loss of brain plasticity, making learning more possible for the elderly.

UI Hospitals and Clinics joins new program to fight obesity

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will join a nationwide effort to fight obesity, funded through the Healthy Weight Collaborative.

Honored nurse is profiled

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sherry Lang, one of 10 UIHC nurses named to 100 Great Iowa Nurses, is profiled.
a College of Dentistry clinic

New space, more smiles

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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.