Health Care
Free Jan. 29 'The Lion's Mouth Opens' Huntington disease documentary screening
Monday, January 26, 2015
The public is invited to a free screening of "The Lion's Mouth Opens," a documentary about a woman who bravely faces a daunting life-defining moment as finds out about her genetic testing results for Huntington disease (HD), Thursday, Jan. 29, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m and the screening beginning at 7 p.m., at the John Pappajohn Business Building, Room W10 (Buchanan Auditorium). The film...
The Student Experience: Sraavya Undurty
Friday, January 23, 2015
Sraavya Undurty, a University of Iowa senior and biomedical engineering major from West Des Moines, has worked in two faculty research laboratories, helped teach an engineering class to her peers, and volunteers at UI Hospitals and Clinics, just to name a few of her many accomplishments and activities.
Ankle implant enriches grandfather's life
Thursday, January 22, 2015
An implant developed at the University of Iowa offers a better option for patients with ankle problems such as 69-year-old grandfather Billy Albritton of East Peoria, Illinois. Albritton shares how since his ankle replacement surgery at UI Hospitals and Clinics in April 2013, he's back to the active lifestyle he once enjoyed.
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.
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