The first Eastern Iowa Transgender Medical Symposium Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, will help to bridge the gap between the local transgender community and health care providers. The University of Iowa’s community and campus group, TransCollaborations, is organizing the symposium.

University of Iowa professor Dr. Bradley Van Voorhis says a new study confirms speculation that infertile couples are at increased risk of having a child with birth defects.

On the day Stephanie Kliethermes turned 27, she spent just shy of four hours running 26.2 miles in Boston. The UI Ph.D. candidate runs for her own health, and to serve as a role model for the Girls on the Run participants she coaches.

Red Watch Band training gives students knowledge, awareness, and skills to prevent toxic drinking deaths. Health Iowa brought the program to the University of Iowa three years ago; since then, more than 1,300 UI students have gone through the training.

A study by University of Iowa professor Helena LaRoche found that the diets of adults does not improve after they’ve had children.

Research by University of Iowa sociologist Mary Noonan found that women who breastfed for six months or longer saw greater reductions in their long-term earnings.

It’s often thought that starting a family will help new parents begin healthier eating habits, but research from the University of Iowa shows that’s not necessarily the case.

This year one in 35 Iowa women aged 18-44 will experience sexual violence, according to a new report, “Costs of Sexual Violence in Iowa (2009),” which enumerates not only the incidents of sexual violence in Iowa, but also details the results of a cost analysis to estimate the direct and indirect cost of sexual violence in Iowa.

Bedica Ermilus may never know of all of the people who came together and worked hard to bring her to University of Iowa Children’s Hospital for a surgery that would save her life but it’s a sure bet they’ll never forget her.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurses Donna Dolezal and Sandra Roberts are profiled as two of the 10 UIHC nurses included in this year's list of 100 Great Iowa Nurses. More than 13,000 nurses work in hospitals across the State of Iowa.

University of Iowa College of Education professor Deborah L. Linebarger's collaborative research study reveals that children ages 8 months to 8 years old are exposed to nearly four hours of television playing in the background each day.

Leaders of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa today announced the recipients of the 2012 Oberley Seed Grant Program Awards.