Carver College of Medicine

Iowa football player takes selfie with member of the Iowa Ladies Football Academy

Football academy raises $1 million for UI Children's Hospital

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
A look inside the Iowa Ladies Football Academy, which has raised $1 million for children's health in its first four years.
two women in a scientific lab

Small colleges experience big-league research

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Now entering its sixth year, the FUTURE in Biomedicine program places faculty and students from Iowa's primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) with research faculty in the UI Carver College of Medicine for nine weeks during the summer.

UI Children's Hospital nationally ranked by US News & World Report

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
U.S. News and World Report has ranked University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in eight out of ten specialty areas in its 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals listings.
sun in blue sky

Media tip sheet: Experts for summer fun, safety, and keeping young minds challenged

Monday, June 9, 2014
To help adults and children stay safe while having fun this summer, the University of Iowa is offering a list of experts who can talk about everything from bike safety to preventing sunburn.
infograph depicting high variability in prostatectomy quoted costs

Surgery prices are elusive

Monday, June 9, 2014
Patients who want to compare prices for prostate-cancer surgery may find it rough going: A University of Iowa study found a 13-fold difference in prices quoted by 100 hospitals nationwide. Moreover, most provided little more than broad estimates, and only three gave a hard copy of the charges. Results appear in the journal Urology.
The magnet is lowered into place.

Mammoth magnet

Friday, June 6, 2014
Signed, sealed, and delivered: The University of Iowa welcomed a new magnetic resonance imaging instrument, one of the world's most sophisticated models to date, that will advance research into the human brain and body.

Media advisory: Massive magnet arrives at University of Iowa

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
A magnetic resonance imaging instrument weighing 42 tons—equal to six adult male elephants—arrives on Thursday, June 5, at the University of Iowa. The 7 Tesla magnet will advance UI research by yielding clearer, higher-resolution images of the human brain. The UI is one of only about 20 research institutes in the United States—and only about 40 worldwide—with the instrument. It also is the most...
woman with headphones

Scientists find the part of the brain that lets us recognize music

Friday, May 30, 2014
UI researchers have now discovered that the same part of the brain responsible for remembering names and landmarks, the left temporal lobe, also deals with music.

Health care quality expert to deliver 2014 Parkin Lecture

Thursday, May 29, 2014
Health care quality expert Dr. Christine Cassel will deliver the 2014 Joseph L. Parkin Memorial Lecture on Aging from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, June 9, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium of the Medical and Education Research Facility (MERF) on the University of Iowa health sciences campus.
outline of human head in profile with broken music note centered over brain area

Name that song (title)

Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Researchers at the University of Iowa say that damage to a region of the brain, the left temporal pole, may be associated with difficulty recalling auditory stimuli, such as the title to a song. The finding supports the theory that the left temporal pole is important for naming unique items, from landmarks to song names. Results published in the journal Neuropsychology.
Wynn Institute car on the track at the Indy 500

Wynning the race against blindness

Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Buddy Lazier's positive attitude is the exact reason why he is a perfect person to represent the Wynn Institute for Vision Research at the University of Iowa.

More than memory

Tuesday, May 27, 2014
University of Iowa researchers show that the hippocampus is involved in language processing, possibly providing additional insight into how to treat people with Alzheimer’s disease. Results appear in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.