The performing arts component of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Project Art will present a performance by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band at noon Friday, Dec. 13, in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The performance is free and open to the public.

The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa received big props over the weekend in a national story about the way newborn screening for deadly diseases is handled throughout the country.

The new Enrollment Assistance Center at UI Hospitals and Clinics is staffed by specialists who can answer questions and explain options available under the Affordable Care Act. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

A new UI study of costs associated with multiple births found that twins cost five times as much as single births, and higher multiples cost 19 times as much, in part because for both mother and newborns, multiple births mean more deaths and complications, and longer hospital stays.

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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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...

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.

Kirk and Mary Ferentz have made a gift commitment of $500,000 to support the Iowa Football Legacy Campaign. To date, more than $34 million has been raised for the campaign, which has a fundraising goal of $35 million.

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.

The National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa has been selected to receive a University Transportation Center grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

Typhoon Haiyan’s trail of destruction in the Philippines last weekend is drawing attention to the difficulty of providing relief services in a place where roads, ports, and airports are all but destroyed. A UI researcher works to find more efficient methods for governments, agencies, NGOs, and businesses to transport relief supplies to disaster areas.