Health Care
UI Health Alliance launched to improve care, reduce cost
Friday, June 29, 2012
University of Iowa Health Care, in collaboration with Mercy Cedar Rapids, Mercy Health Network in Des Moines, and Genesis Health System in the Quad Cities, launched a first-of-its-kind alliance to improve health care across the state while decreasing patient costs.
Iowa health care organizations launch new partnership
Thursday, June 28, 2012
University of Iowa Health Alliance unites more than 50 hospitals and 160 clinics to share expertise, support services, and information technology.
Hammond named acting Carver College of Medicine dean
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Donna Hammond, professor of anesthesia and pharmacology, succeeds Paul Rothman and will serve until the appointment of a new permanent dean.
$11 million to help preterm babies
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The National Institutes of Health is helping a University of Iowa team treat diseases affecting premature babies. A grant, the fourth renewal obtained by John Widness and colleagues, will test alternative approaches for delivering life-sustaining red blood cells.
Thankful for hospital robot on duty
Monday, June 25, 2012
Clinton resident Gerri Nichols says she is grateful for a remotely-manned robot that helped detect her stroke in Clinton, likely saving her life—thanks to a partnership between Mercy Medical and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Better informed health care choices
Monday, June 25, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been selected to receive $640,000 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study and develop ways to more effectively gather information that patients, families, and physicians can use to make informed health care choices.
An apple (peel) a day
Friday, June 22, 2012
University of Iowa internal medicine researcher Christopher Adams describes appeal of apple compound.
New video urges physicians to learn about, relay radon risks
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Iowa Cancer Consortium today announced the release of a new video intended to educate physicians on the dangers of radon and the link between the radioactive gas and lung cancer.
Peels show more promise
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A new UI study shows that a natural substance found in apple peel can partially protect mice from obesity and some of its harmful effects. The findings suggest that ursolic acid increases muscle and brown fat, two tissues recognized for calorie-burning properties.
UI sleep doctor Eric Dyken on what keeps us up at night
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Eric Dyken, a neurologist with the University of Iowa Sleep Disorder Center, talks about what keeps us up at night, including restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and smartphones.
Cram describes changes in nursing careers
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Ellen Cram, assistant dean for undergraduate and pre-licensure programs at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, explained changes in nursing careers.
Girl Scouts stuff animals for peds patients
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Local Girl Scouts built stuffed animals for pediatric cancer patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
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