Health Care
Weckmann studied cancer delirium
Friday, March 16, 2012
Psychiatry and family medicine faculty member Michelle Weckmann studied the frequency of delirium in advanced cancer patients, and found that it is common due to many factors.
Jorge responds to Afghan rampage
Friday, March 16, 2012
UI psychiatrist Ricardo Jorge comments on the possibility that a traumatic brain injury led to a U.S. soldier's murderous rampage in Afghanistan.
High levels of MRSA in retail meat
Friday, March 16, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health found the antibiotic-resistant bacterium—which causes some 185,000 cases of food poisoning each year—in about 7 percent of pork products tested.
Grant expands use of Ponseti Method
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A $302,400 grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities will train physicians from around the world in the pioneering clubfoot treatment developed by late University of Iowa faculty member Ignacio Ponseti.
Estate gift supports diabetes research
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A $554,000 gift from the family of a University of Iowa alumnus will establish the Marvin F. Hall Family Diabetes Research Fund at the UI Carver College of Medicine.
Researchers expand dental implant project
Thursday, March 15, 2012
College of Dentistry investigators are studying how nanoscience techniques may help bone and soft tissue adhere to medical devices, potentially making for better implants.
Football fans pledge $1 million for kids
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Iowa Ladies' Football Academy gives participants a chance to learn the game from some of the best coaches and players in the country, all while supporting the University of Iowa Children's Hospital.
Squeezing secrets from sea sponges
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Postdoctoral scholar Lei Chen hopes to help synthesize potential cancer-fighting molecules from sponges that live in the southwest Pacific.
A breath of fresh air
Thursday, March 15, 2012
College of Public Health alumna and epidemiologist Melissa Gutierrez is taking pediatric asthma care directly to families on Chicago's west side.
Step inside the BOD POD
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
University researchers who need to know about their human subjects’ body composition can now make use of the latest technology—the BOD POD. And the general public may soon be able to use it, too.
UI Rec Services offering youth yoga, Zumba
Thursday, March 1, 2012
UI Recreational Services is offering spring yoga and Zumba classes for third through eighth graders.
UI College of Education recognizes faculty with research awards
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Fifteen University of Iowa faculty members received support to fund research projects that represent educational research at its best: “critical, purposeful, and solutions-oriented,” according to UI College of Education Dean and Professor Margaret S. Crocco.
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