Health Care
Tranel talks about living with brain trauma
Monday, June 3, 2013
Daniel Tranel, UI neurology professor and director of the Iowa Neurological Patient Registry—a unique Iowa registry that tracks patient who've experience brain damage, talks brain science with River to River host Ben Kieffer.
UI's Reed to discuss advanced computing at DC forum
Monday, June 3, 2013
Daniel Reed, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Iowa, will discuss advanced computing at a congressional briefing organized by the American Chemical Society on June 4 in Washington.
UI Hospital and Clinics begins recruitment for long-term study of diabetes drug efficacy
Monday, June 3, 2013
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics is recruiting volunteers to participate in a study to compare the long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin, the most common first-line medication for treating type 2 diabetes.
Children of long-lived parents less likely to get cancer
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The offspring of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer themselves, and less prone to cancer and other common diseases associated with aging, a study involving UI experts has revealed.
Music as medicine
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Kirsten Nelson, one of three music therapists at UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children's Hospital, uses music to help the youngest heal.
Ponseti International sets June 3 as World Clubfoot Day
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Ponseti International Association (PIA) has designated June 3 as World Clubfoot Day. The date was chosen to commemorate the birthdate of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, (1914-2009) the developer of the Ponseti Method to treat clubfoot.
UI students receive 2013 Stanley Awards
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Four University of Iowa undergraduate students and 20 UI graduate students have received Stanley Awards for International Research to conduct research abroad or pursue learning activities in international studies that are not available on the UI campus.
Black says misconceptions surround shopping addictions
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Donald Black, a UI psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry who studies impulse-control disorders, says a number of misconceptions surround shopping addictions in a story on confessions of former shopaholics.
Endometriosis is less common in heavy women, study finds
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Heavy women are less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than their slimmer peers, according to a new study. That link was especially strong among women with infertility, according to Dr. Divya Shah from the UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and her colleagues.
Cancer and Latino communities
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A University of Iowa workshop will bring together community members and health providers to address cancer prevention, screening, and treatment for Latino communities in Iowa.
Melody heart valve puts teen back in the game
Monday, May 20, 2013
Fourteen-year-old Rebecca Hemm of Moline, Ill., was among the first to receive a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve at University of Iowa Children's Hospital, allowing her to play tennis on her school team and sing in the choir.
UI Stroke Center named Iowa's first Comprehensive Stroke Center
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Primary Stroke Center at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is among first to achieve a new designation of Advanced Certification Comprehensive Stroke Center.
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