A study from the College of Public Health finds that hospital costs related to gun injuries exceed $622 million each year.

To get back in the game after an injury, it is tempting to short-circuit the necessary healing process. UI orthopedists and rehabilitation specialists suggest that acute joint damage that occurs at the time of an injury initiates a sequence of events that can lead to progressive articular surface damage.

An initiative to help Iowans maintain their hearing health is being launched at Fry Fest, right before the start of a new and exciting—and likely noisy—football season. HawkEars is the brainchild of UI audiology graduate student Kevin Kock.

Kid Captain, a partnership that began in 2009 between the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes to honor pediatric patients and celebrate their inspirational stories, has announced its honorees for the 2017 season.

New research from the University of Iowa shows that the gap between the survival rates of black and white patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in hospital is shrinking.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is again listed as one of America’s “Best Hospitals” and the No. 1 hospital in Iowa, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

The University of Iowa Colleges of Dentistry and Education came together to create Project SEALED (Service, Engagement, and LifeCareer Education in Dentistry), which sends UI dental students into Iowa communities to look after schoolchildren’s teeth.

UI College of Pharmacy professor Bernard Sorofman has used his expertise in pharmacy medicine to reform medical services for criminal offenders in Iowa and expand a statewide drug repository for unused medication, keeping medication out of landfills and ensuring it gets to the people who need it most.

A study from the College of Public Health finds that patients in rural areas can save money if their local hospital has a tele-ER service, which helps them avoid an expensive transfer to a better-equipped hospital in a larger city.

College of Public Health professor Brian Kaskie has a unique vantage of the U.S. Senate's health care reform debate, spending the year in Washington, D.C., working as a fellow on the staff of the Special Subcommittee on Aging.

Proposed Medicaid cuts would make things harder for Iowa’s rural hospitals and could jeopardize access to health care for rural residents, says Keith Mueller, UI College of Public Health interim dean.

Jennifer Robinson, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, says that to successfully improve risk-factor control for women suffering from cardiovascular disease, awareness efforts must be coupled with quality clinician education and implementation programs.