UI engineering Professor Ching-Long Lin received a five-year, $3.2 million grant in August from the National Institutes of Health to conduct analysis using a 3-D lung model to predict lung disease in both an individual and a large population range.

A University of Iowa physiologist has a new technique to measure the stiffness of the aorta, a common risk factor for heart disease. The procedure involves measuring the pulse in the finger or on the arm, combined with an individual's age and body mass index.

Vicki Grassian, director of the UI Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute and professor of chemistry, describes her award-winning work on the role of mineral dust in the atmosphere.

UI researchers at the National Advanced Driving Simulator are working with volunteer research subjects to better understand the difference in driving abilities of someone who is sober, someone who has had a few drinks, and someone who has had a few more drinks.

Fruit flies are as susceptible to loud noise as teenagers attending rock concerts, scientists have learned. The discovery that being blasted by sound has the same effect on the tiny insects as it does on humans could open up new avenues of research into hearing loss.

Keith Mueller, a professor who heads the UI Department of Health Management and Policy, thinks the new federal health care law can help get more people insured, but he warned it could take some time.

A lot has been made of the hot temperatures and taking precautions to prevent health problems, but UI physiology professor, Kevin Kregel, says you don’t have to be a prisoner of an air conditioned room—your body has the ability to adjust to the conditions.

When Dennis Hunger was named CEO of Washington County Hospitals and Clinics in August 2011, he was thrilled to be returning to his Iowa roots.

Carson Thomas, 14, kicks off the fifth year of the Kid Captain program, a collaboration between UI Children's Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

A longitudinal, observational study shows eating more fruit, particularly apples, grapes, and blueberries, lowers type 2 diabetes risk, which fits what clinicians already tell patients about the importance of a healthy diet, said UI endocrinologist Christopher Adams.

A 2008 University of Iowa study showed that enamel wear increased after a 25 hour steep in high sugar drinks like soda, sports drinks, and sweetened teas, with Gatorade topping the list.

University of Iowa Health Care emergency medicine experts warn that the current high temperatures can pose serious health risks and urge people to be on the lookout for signs of heat-related illness in themselves and others.