The number of "invasive" MRSA cases—severe infections that typically require hospitalization, and can be fatal—has declined significantly in the United States.

Dr. Dan Diekema, director of the Division of Infectious Disease for University of Iowa Health Care, said overuse of antibiotics is a huge problem in the U.S., one that’s led to bacteria that can resist even the toughest drugs.

The University of Iowa Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center will co-sponsor FRIENDS Day, a conference for children and teens who stutter, their family members, and clinicians Saturday, Oct. 5 at Heartland Area Education Agency 11 in Johnston.

George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI, was a co-author of the American Association for Cancer Research’s third annual Cancer Progress Report, which illustrates how research, along with clinical insight, have improved prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment for cancer.

Like many of her fellow Iowans, Maggie Mangold is full of pride—in her family, her profession, and her community. So it was a natural fit when Mangold chose to return to her hometown of Vinton to begin her family medicine practice.

Six-year old Stella Turnbull will be center stage this weekend, serving as the Hawkeye’s honorary kid captain. She’s a huge supporter of the football team, but it was a team of University of Iowa doctors that gave Stella the chance to become a loyal fan.

UI vice president of medical affairs Jean Robillard said the new Marketplace insurance exchange coming Oct. 1 will change the way providers compete for health care in the state and country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has selected the University of Iowa to receive one of six grant awards to identify modifiable maternal exposures in early pregnancy that may increase the risk of major birth defects. Each grant recipient will receive an estimated $3.5 million over the five-year project period.

Six-year-old Stella Turnbull has spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that significantly weakens all of her muscles. When she was diagnosed at 1 month of age, her doctors didn't expect her to live. Her parents turned to UI Children's Hospital, where doctors created the proper treatment regimen.

The University of Iowa is seeking to become a Blue Zones Worksite, and the last piece of the puzzle is a personal pledge from at least 25 percent of our employees to commit to at least one healthy behavioral change.

A study by University of Iowa psychiatry professor Nancy Andreasen uses brain scans to document how schizophrenia impacts brain tissue as well as the effects of anti-psychotic drugs on those who have relapses.

Priya Pennathur, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has received $671,951 for a three-year research project from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, to understand and model how health care providers create, use, and transform health information in their work.