Health Care

Iowa City Heart Center, P.C. to join UI Health Care

Thursday, February 5, 2015
Iowa City Heart Center, P.C., a highly regarded cardiology group serving eastern Iowa patients and families since 1987, will join University of Iowa Health Care, effective April 30.
Amanda Kurovski standing next to a boxing bag.

Life's rhythm, life's work

UI Children's Hospital has a nationally acclaimed team of doctors and nurses who treat children with arrhythmias, host an annual conference for these patients and their families, and are leading participants in studies. Amanda Kurovski of Des Moines is one such young person who has benefited. She has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to manage an arrhythmia, diagnosed when she was 15.

Robillard to chair UI Presidential Search Committee

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Iowa Board of Regents has selected Jean E. Robillard, M.D., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Iowa, to chair the Presidential Search and Screen Committee in response to the recent retirement announcement from UI President Sally Mason.
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Bariatric surgery: Iowan embraces supreme makeover

The University of Iowa bariatric surgery team helps a young Iowan turn her life around.
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Countdown on for Dance Marathon 21

Monday, February 2, 2015
University of Iowa Dance Marathon kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6. It’s the 21st year for the “Big Event,” which provides emotional and financial support for pediatric cancer patients.
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Pioneering perennials in Iowa soil

University of Iowa biofuels are energizing Iowa's future.

UI holds first-ever pharmacy technician summit in Des Moines

Monday, February 2, 2015
The University of Iowa has organized a summit to better prepare pharmacy technicians for their changed role in the marketplace. The first-ever summit, to be held on Feb. 5 in Des Moines, is a partnership with community colleges statewide to education, training, and curriculum development.
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Could this virus be good for you?

Jack Stapleton, UI professor of internal medicine and microbiology, discusses recent research showing that patients with ebola who are co-infected with another virus called GBV-C have better survival rates. His research has previously shown that co-infection with GBV-C is also associated with better survival in patients with HIV.
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RecycleMania: UI challenges 400 campuses

Friday, January 30, 2015
UI took second place in the recycling competition last year, and the Office of Sustainability is hosting a series of events to help everyone on campus step up conservation efforts—and take first place this year.

UI researchers find simple life forms communicate benefits of calorie restriction

Thursday, January 29, 2015
In a new study, scientists uncovered evidence that baker’s yeast cells not only extend their own lifespan in response to caloric restriction but also communicate with other cells to share the benefit of caloric restriction.

New cells may help treat diabetes

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Starting from human skin cells, researchers at the University of Iowa have created human insulin-producing cells that respond to glucose and correct blood-sugar levels in diabetic mice. The findings may represent a first step toward developing patient-specific cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes.

Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
University of Iowa researchers have found that data gathered from geostationary satellites—satellites commonly used for telecommunications and orbiting about 22,000 miles above the equator—can greatly improve air quality forecasting. Results appear in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters."