Edward Bell, M.D., a professor of pediatrics with University of Iowa's Children's Hospital and an expert in the care of extremely premature infants, comments on the importance of standardization of care for very premature babies.

Iowa bested Northwestern in a contest to enroll the most volunteers to participate in research studies. The weeklong competition grew out of the schools’ desire to promote ResearchMatch, a federally funded initiative to create an online registry pairing volunteers with research studies.

Carver College of Medicine student marks World Stroke Day by recounting his experience witnessing the dramatic results of timely stroke treatment.

Mark Dyken, the director of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Sleep Disorders Clinic, says that power naps allow people to encode data better. At the UI, researchers such as Professor Karla McGregor are looking at the power of naps and memory formation.

Four University of Iowa faculty members (A. Allen Bradley Jr., Jay Christensen-Szalanski, Caroline K. Sheerin, and Jodi Tate) have won the 2012 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

Ophthalmology lab to study whether cellular stress in eye cells has link to glaucoma.

The University of Iowa has obtained NIH funding to study lower-urinary tract dysfunction, a condition that affects millions of men and women in the United States. The $1.8 million grant aims to better match diagnosis and treatment of lower-urinary tract dysfunction and patient outcomes.

Loreen Herwaldt, M.D., University of Iowa professor of epidemiology and hospital epidemiologist at UI Hospitals and Clinics, discusses when to stay home if you're sick and how to stay well at work on the Wall Street Journal's "Lunch Break" (video interview and story.)

Two University of Iowa professors mark Open Access Week with thoughts on the importance of immediate, online sharing of research, and publications.

The University of Iowa is taking on Northwestern in a competition beyond the gridiron: To determine who can recruit the most volunteers to participate in research studies. The contest begins on Oct. 22 and ends on Oct. 29.

A University of Iowa study shows that CaM kinase II enzyme triggers heart cell death by making the cells’ energy-producing mitochondria leaky. Inhibiting the enzyme in mitochondria protected mice from heart cell death during heart attack and other forms of heart stress. The findings could lead to better therapies for common forms of heart disease.

A University of Iowa team has discovered a new biological pathway in blood vessel cells, which may contribute to the blood pressure-lowering effects of TZD drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes. This finding may help to develop new therapies that retain the beneficial effect of TZDs but eliminate the adverse side effects.