The latest annual report on cancer in Iowa estimates 17,400 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowa residents in 2014. In addition, an estimated 6,400 Iowans will die from cancer, according to the “Cancer in Iowa: 2014” report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

The 2014 Provost’s Global Forum at the University of Iowa, “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility,” will address the global and local impact of child abuse and neglect through several events that are free and open to the public March 26-28 on the UI campus.

March is commonly known as "March Madness" on the hardwood, but it's also "National Athletic Training Month," which is a month used by those in athletic training to promote the profession.

A University of Iowa study shows that decreasing the density of a network of fibers inside heart cells can protect against heart failure.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Hearing, Voice, Singing, and Self-Regulation: Polyvagal Theory and the Power of Music,” a presentation by physical therapist Matt Erb at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in Room 150 of Clinton Street Music 6 in downtown Iowa City.

UI psychiatry professor Stephan Arndt published a paper last year that found blacks are an average of 10 percentage points less likely to graduate drug treatment than whites with similar addiction profiles.

UI audiology graduate students presented "Dangerous Decibels" at the Iowa City Public Library Friday, offering information about how the human ear works, what happens inside the ear when hearing loss takes place, and what people can do to prevent hearing loss.

The annual "Cancer in Iowa" report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, will be released at a special press briefing at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 10.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a course designed to empower family caregivers of older adults to take better care of themselves. The tools learned in the six-week series benefit caregivers by helping them reduce stress, improve caregiving confidence, establish balance in their lives, communicate their needs, make tough decisions, and locate helpful resources.

A University of Iowa Alumni Association event in Dubuque on Tuesday, March 11 features a 3D anatomy program in a discussion about the human pelvis.

Groundwater and public health experts will discuss will a range of topics related to groundwater contaminants and their potential health effects at the Iowa Groundwater and Public Health Symposium on March 11 in Des Moines.

UI doctors presented a Mini Medical School workshop on melanoma at Indian Hills Community College, noting that while older Iowans often have the most sun-damaged skin after years of outdoor exposure, more young people are developing deadly melanoma due to overexposure in tanning beds.