A study by a University of Iowa economist finds that increased physical education requirements help reduce obesity among fifth grade boys, but fifth grade girls showed little change.

When ABC News Correspondent Lisa Stark wanted to learn about the effects of taking sleeping pills on her driving performance, she chose to visit the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) at the University of Iowa.

Pediatricians have a long list of things they're supposed to ask about during visits, and tobacco intervention should be a high priority, says Sue Curry, dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry, a member of a national task force focused on preventing children from smoking, talks about ways doctors can intervene with young patients.

Three years after it was enacted, the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, remains both controversial and widely misunderstood. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the University of Iowa Labor Center will present a conference to provide reliable and useful information about the act.

The University of Iowa Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will sponsor a reading club for people with mild to moderate aphasia starting Sept. 3.

Friday night’s On Iowa! kickoff event at Kinnick Stadium will mean increased pedestrian traffic in the area surrounding the stadium and UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Sugarcoat, a food trailer selling vegan treats, will hit the streets of downtown Las Vegas this fall. The project, the brainchild of 14 University of Iowa students and faculty member David Gould, grew out of coffee shops and restaurants, Saturday night brainstorming sessions and weekend road trips. It "pushed the envelope of what a college class could look like."

Peter Thorne, UI professor and head of occupational and environmental health, will look at climate change from a public health angle in his Aug. 29 lecture, “Protecting Respiratory Health in a Changing Climate: David, Meet Goliath.”

Lillian Meyers, a UI nursing student, co-directs a 5K run/walk, Rescue Run, to raise money for building a shelter house in Cambodia for sex trafficking victims with disabilities. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

A UI research team led by UI professor Patrick Schlievert has made a major breakthrough in the understanding of staphylococcal infective endocarditis—a serious infection of the heart valves that kills around 20,000 Americans each year.

Dr. Resmiye Oral, director of the Child Protection Program at the University of Iowa, offers advice for frustrated or tired parents to help them prevent shaken baby syndrome.