The National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities (BHAC) named the University of Iowa’s liveWELL program 1st place in the 2019 National Wellness Challenge.

Michael Abramoff, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, received the 2019 Cultivation Corridor Iowa Biotech Leader Award this week as part of the Iowa Biotechnology Association's annual conference.

Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.

Skipping breakfast may increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65 to 75, was particularly strong for stroke.

University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.

School of Social Work professor Mercedes Bern-Klug discusses how meeting residents’ social and emotional needs in long term and post-acute care as being fundamental in culture change and person-centered care.

For John and Margo Daniel, pharmacy is truly a family affair. John Daniel, '55 BSPh, opened the Daniel Pharmacy in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1963 with his parents. Now owned and operated by John and his wife, Margo, many of their children are involved at the pharmacy in some capacity.

Cancer patients in rural communities may not have access to renowned treatment centers or evidence-based symptom management. Using a web-based program called Oncology Associated Symptoms & Individualized Strategies (OASIS), College of Nursing Assistant Professor Stephanie Gilbertson-White is helping patients learn more about their symptoms and apply evidenced-based symptom self-management...

Christopher Cooper, a pediatric urologist at the University of Iowa, began researching the issue of school children's bathroom access after noticing a high frequency of urinary tract infections and higher rates of voiding dysfunction among his young patients.

From September to November 2018, 230 Doctor of Pharmacy students from six student organizations provided more than 8,400 flu vaccinations. The immunizations were given during 105 clinics on campus and in the community to UI employee and students, the general public, and at area businesses.

In the weeks after twins Charlie and Kolton Martin were born in December, a University of Iowa medical geneticist and her team went to extraordinary lengths as they raced to obtain the medication needed to save their lives.

Do you know someone who would make a great Kid Captain? Nominations are open until Sunday, March 17, for current or former pediatric patients of UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital ages 18 and younger. Only parents and legal guardians can nominate their child.