Health Care
UI Women's Health Tissue Repository helps to advance women's health research worldwide
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
The repository is made up of four women’s health tissue banks: Well Woman Tissue Bank, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Tissue Bank, Maternal Fetal Tissue Bank, and the Gynecologic Malignancies Tissue Bank. Samples are donated from women who are already patients at UI Women's Health Center.
UI researchers study rural access to health care specialties
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
An ongoing series of studies by University of Iowa researchers shows that access to a variety of specialty health care fields are more accessible than thought in rural Iowa—including oncology, urology, and now otolaryngology—but that access could be threatened depending on how health care reforms are implemented.
UI neurology professor discusses study of woman who lives without fear
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
University of Iowa neuroscientist Daniel Tranel discusses one woman's fearlessness.
Shovel safely with tips from UI College of Nursing expert
Monday, January 12, 2015
UI College of Nursing expert Krista Ford offer tips on how to shovel safely this winter, getting the benefits of physical activity without serious injury.
UI Hospitals and Clinics plays key role in national effort to improve health care
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will participate in a $7 million, three-year project to improve health care coordination between primary care and specialty physicians using e-consult and e-Referral technology.
Community pharmacists find discussing adherence difficult
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Researchers from the UI College of Pharmacy have studied what helps and hinders pharmacists using the prescription refill encounter to help patients take medications more safely and effectively; the study was published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
New picture, new insight
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Using a different type of MRI imaging, researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered previously unrecognized differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.
Sugar levels may slow brain growth in children with Type 1 diabetes
Monday, December 29, 2014
A new study conducted by the University of Iowa and four other universities found some areas of the brain grow more slowly in children with Type 1 diabetes than those without, according to findings published in Diabetes.
2014: A Look Back
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
It was a busy year on campus and we've got you covered. Take a look at this video to see highlights from 2014 at the University of Iowa.
The year in pictures
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Stunning fall images on the Pentacrest, crowd shots at Kinnick Stadium, and outreach across the state can all be seen in this 2014 year in review photo gallery.
Council Bluffs boy, 9, to be Honorary Kid Captain when Hawkeyes go to the TaxSlayer Bowl
Friday, December 19, 2014
Aidan was diagnosed in Omaha, but his mother turned to University of Iowa Children's Hospital for answers. The University of Iowa is one of just 21 Huntington’s Disease Society of America Centers of Excellence nationwide. Photo courtesy of UI Health Care Marketing and Communication.
Art conservation, obesity conversation
Thursday, December 18, 2014
The University of Iowa’s popular Hawkeye Lunch and Learn series, which has been drawing capacity crowds since its January 2014 debut, will offer two events in January, one focusing on Jackson Pollock’s famous Mural and the other on the challenges of the obesity epidemic in the 21st century.
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