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Art and science merge in 3D organ printing

Monday, July 8, 2013
The University of Iowa's health sciences departments have partnered with Iowa City's M.C. Ginsberg jewelers to produce replicas of human organs to assist surgeons prepare for surgery.

Jeweler helps UI surgeons by making 3D organs

Monday, July 8, 2013
Iowa City jeweler Mark Ginsberg makes 3D replicas of human hearts and other organs to help surgeons at the University of Iowa get a better idea of what they'll encounter in surgery.

UI to join meeting of the minds on brain injury research

Monday, July 8, 2013
Researchers from the University of Iowa will take part with other Big Ten and Ivy League schools in the Traumatic Brain Injury Summit later this month in Chicago.

Cruis'n for the Kids Car Show commits $50,000 to support UI Children's Hospital

Monday, July 8, 2013
Cruis’n for the Kids—an annual local car show—has made a $50,000 gift commitment to support the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital building campaign.
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UI's Dyken shares health hazards linked to lack of sleep

Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Dr. Mark Dyken, director of the UI's Sleep Disorders Clinic, says people feel more anxious, restless, irritable, and less satisfied when they experience sleep deficiency, impacting everything from careers to relationships.
Theresa Brandon prepares a gluten-free pizza in her home in southwest Cedar Rapids on Monday, June 24, 2013.  Photo by Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette

UI's Elliott says more doctors recognize, diagnose celiac disease

Tuesday, July 2, 2013
David Elliott, professor and division director of gastroenterology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, says more doctors today are able to recognize and diagnose celiac disease using a screening test that wasn't previously available.
A photo of Jerry Jackson, a blind man, who is a bicycle mechanic, working on one of his bikes

Family with rare blindness offers hope for cure

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
UI specialists are studying a rare, inherited eye disease that is confined mostly to a few families in Iowa, and the UI is the only institution studying the disease. Researchers believe they have made an important first step toward a cure by finding a genetic cause.

States show large racial disparities in drug treatment success rates

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A University of Iowa study reveals significant disparities between minority and white clients in success rates for completing substance abuse treatment programs. Moreover, these disparities vary widely from state to state.

Media Advisory: Kids to break ground for UI Children's Hospital

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Media representatives and invited guests are welcome to attend a groundbreaking event for the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Friday, June 21, at 3:30 p.m. at the Colloton Patio, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
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New drug could help AMD sufferers

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
University of Iowa ophthalmologists have tested a new drug to treat age-related macular degeneration in older patients. The researchers report that half of the eyes treated responded to the new drug, Eylea, with reduced fluid in the eyes, while one in three had improved vision after six months. Results appear in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Kids to help break ground on new UI Children's Hospital

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Former pediatric patients will play a leading role in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UI Children’s Hospital, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21, on the patio of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Blind cyclist Jerry Jackson of Burlington stands in a garage near a bicycle

Iowa family fights disease that has blinded 61 relatives

Monday, June 17, 2013
Jerry Jackson, a Burlington bicycle mechanic and avid cyclist, has shown his family how to live without sight while helping UI researchers, the only institution studying the rare eye disease experienced by Jackson and 60 other members of his extended family.