A recent analysis of 27 economic factors thought to contribute to rising obesity rates reveals two big culprits: supercenters and restaurants. The researchers included George Wehby, University of Iowa associate professor of health management and policy.

UI Health Care chief medical information officer Douglas Van Daele discusses University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ implementation and use of electronic medical records.

The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center in the College of Public Health is partnering with the city of Ottumwa, which was chosen for a special community-based research project focused on physical activity.

More than a dozen videos, websites, promotional items, and other work produced by and for University of Iowa units were recognized at the Feb. 28 American Advertising Awards Gala recognizing creative excellence in the marketing industry.

Blue Zones Project Iowa City announces the University of Iowa has been named a Blue Zones Worksite with more than 4,000 employees taking the pledge to be healthy. The university will celebrate the designation from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

Sandra Ramey, a police health expert in the UI College of Nursing, proposed a national intervention program to improve police officer health, before President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which met in Washington on Monday.

Scientists at the UI and the Iowa City VA Medical Center have developed a targeted approach that overrides muscles' intrinsic energy efficiency and allows muscle to burn more energy. The findings might provide a basis for new obesity treatments that help overcome the body's natural resistance to weight loss.

The director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa is also the new president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.

After a car crash, it’s a race against time to get the right treatment to people who are hurt.The University of Iowa has developed a new smart phone app to bring the crash scene to the E.R.

Parents and guardians of current or former pediatric patients of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are invited to nominate their child as a Kid Captain for the Hawkeyes’ 2015 football season. Nominations will be accepted through March 24.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason on Thursday outlined significant progress on some of her key goals over the next few months, which include increasing enrollment and positioning the university.

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