Joshi Charuta, director of pediatric epilepsy at UI Children's Hospital, reports high satisfaction with a telemedicine pilot program; most parents said they are able to talk about the same information during their telemedicine visit as an in-person visit and are not worried about privacy.

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This week's news that comedian Andy Kaufman was alive turned out to be a hoax, but UI communication studies professor Kembrew McLeod writes that "Kaufman himself would have probably done it better."

The happiest patients are those who have regular contact with their doctors. A University of Iowa study finds that VA patients who have established "continuity of care" with primary-care physician are most satisfied with their treatment. The study comes as the American health care system moves to a more team-based approach to care, known as patient-centered medical home. Results appear in the...

The University of Iowa CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) research group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy recently originated and completed an analysis which led to the discovery of a new and unexpected particle in proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS detector.

Jennifer Robinson, UI professor of epidemiology and cardiology, served as vice chair for the expert panel that this week announced new guidelines for use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs focused less on targets for lowering bad LDL cholesterol levels and more on patient risk levels.

The number of Latino students enrolled at the University of Iowa has nearly doubled to 1,600 over the last five years, and Latino students are also the leading domestic minority group enrolled at the UI.

Law professor and anti-trust expert Herb Hovenkamp says the Justice Department's decision to approve the U.S. Airways-American Airlines merger will help low-cost carriers.

Retired UI geophysics professor Ray Anderson says farmers bring him a lot of rocks they think might be meteorites, but they turn out to be "meteor-wrongs."

Ann Campbell, UI associate professor of management sciences, looks at the challenges of relief transportation to isolated, devastated places like the Philippines.

Members of the media are invited to attend the 17th Annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville. Hundreds of middle school students will participate in the conference with the theme "The Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living."

Dr. Jennifer Robinson, University of Iowa professor for medicine and epidemiology, says that a healthy lifestyle is the most important factor in avoiding heart attacks and strokes.