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.

The UI Dance Marathon raised a record $1.8 million with the leadership help of college students from the Quad-Cities—Daniel Morse, a 2009 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, and Taylor McKee, a 2010 graduate of Clinton High School.

Members of the public recently got a behind-the-scenes preview of a ground-breaking play designed to shine a light on—and stir public conversations about—one of the most pressing social issues of the day: cyber-bullying among teens.

Even with basketball season in full swing, University of Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery continues to help with cancer awareness and fundraising for cancer research.

Distracted driving is a public health and safety issue. That’s what legislators heard last week from professor Shaun Vecera, a psychologist at the University of Iowa who does research on distraction.

University of Iowa aging experts are working with Iowa City officials to assess needs for senior services as the city's population ages.