Health Care
Neural path to self-awareness more complex than once thought
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
University of Iowa researchers have found that self-awareness is a product of a patchwork of pathways in the brain. The research challenges an accepted theory that three regions in the brain are critical in self-awareness.
University of Iowa Hospitals' lung machine attracts patients from afar
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has a strong and growing adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program. ECMO is a prolonged heart-lung bypass for critically ill patients with severe, but reversible, respiratory failure or cardiac disease.
Moody’s, Standard and Poor's rate UI Health Care bonds favorably
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced today they have received notification that two national bond rating agencies have favorably affirmed the bond ratings of Iowa’s only comprehensive academic medical center.
Preventing injuries in rural communities
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) has received a $4.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure the safety of people in Iowa and the Midwest will continue for at least five more years.
Beware, be safe, be smart
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Partnership for Alcohol Safety wants to make sure students are aware that the Iowa City Police Department is conducting proactive party patrols this fall to look for apartment and house parties that are disruptive to neighbors or that have signs that things might be getting out of control.
Locating the 'gullibility center'
Friday, August 24, 2012
Research at the UI identified the brain's "gullibility center."
UI 'Patient R' challenges self-awareness assumptions
Friday, August 24, 2012
Psychological concepts and the theories of evolutionary development of self-awareness have been called into question by research with "Patient R" at the UI.
Deeded bodies bring greater understanding of life
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Donors from all walks of life give their bodies to the Deeded Body Program in the UI Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology so that faculty can show health sciences students how the human body works.
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.
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