Health Care
The roots of human self-awareness
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A research team led by the University of Iowa has upended current thinking about areas in the human brain responsible for self-awareness.
Damiano discusses child health
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Pete Damiano of the UI Public Policy Center discusses the new UI children's health and wellbeing survey.
UI to hold annual Deeded Body Program memorial service Aug. 24
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at Oakland Cemetery, 1000 Brown St., Iowa City.
UI survey: Kids in Iowa are happier, safer
Thursday, August 16, 2012
A new study by the University of Iowa's Public Policy Center finds that Iowa children feel healthier, happier, and safer than children do nationally.
Why are elderly duped?
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa have pinpointed for the first time the area in the human brain where doubt arises. The finding helps explain why older people, as well as others with damage to a specific brain region, are more prone to fall victim to deception and scams. Results published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
UI's driving simulator tests dangers of driving on Ambien
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
National ABC news correspondent Lisa Starck demonstrates the dangers of driving after taking sleep medications at the University of Iowa's National Advance Driving Simulator, home of the most advanced driving simulator in the country.
Infants of obese mothers are slow developers
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A new study has proven that pregnant women who are overweight affect how their children grow and develop. A team led by a University of Iowa researcher compared the weight and height of babies born to overweight and obese mothers with those born to normal-weight mothers.
Survey: Iowa's children are healthy, feel safe
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Iowa's children are healthy, happy, and feel safe in their communities and in their schools. Those are the findings from a University of Iowa-led survey of children and households in the state. The 2010 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey is the only statewide, population-based study of the health and well being of the state’s children.
Researchers identify key culprit causing muscle atrophy
Monday, August 13, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a key protein that causes muscles to atrophy. The protein, Gadd45a, is responsible for 40 percent of the gene activity associated with muscle deterioration. The finding opens the door to therapies to block Gadd45a and thus to deter muscle atrophy. Results appear in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
UI medical grad named future leader
Monday, August 13, 2012
Lauren Hughes, M.D., a 2009 graduate of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.
UI team joins genetics challenge
Monday, August 13, 2012
A University of Iowa team of 30 researchers from four different colleges on campus is competing against 29 other teams from around the world to interpret complete DNA sequences from three different families in an effort to determine the medical problems each family faces.
Talman writes on Ebola research
Friday, August 10, 2012
Neurologist William Talman writes about the importance of studying chimps in Ebola virus research.
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