Adrian Silva, coordinator of interpretation and translation services for UI Hospitals and Clinics since 2011, says it’s difficult to estimate how many interpretations he does daily but he’s hardly ever in his office.

An emerging holistic view of health is motivating employers to integrate traditional occupational safety and health protections with new strategies that promote the overall well-being of employees. Total Worker Health intends to make employees healthier, safer, and more productive by integrating standard health and safety practices with health promotion measures.

The UI Health Alliance announced today, Friday, Dec. 6, that it will make a $1 million commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program during an event on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and other elected officials were on hand to celebrate the announcement.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is known for many things—its research enterprise, its curriculum and learning opportunities, and its faculty—but one of the hallmarks of the college is its success and commitment in the area of primary care.

Motivated by a close bond with her grandfather who died of Huntington's disease, UI senior Jolene Luther looks for important biomarkers of the neurodegenerative disease through a research fellowship conducted at the UI Carver College of Medicine.

UI researchers have received a one-year federal grant to study air quality near hydraulic fracturing operations, which uses high pressure water to break rock and release natural gas and oil.

Writing your memoirs or simply recollecting traumatizing memories is a common therapeutic tool, and a new UI study found that switching to writing in third person eases recovery.

The University of Iowa Health Alliance will announce a major commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the Medical Education and Research Facility atrium on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today (Wednesday, Dec. 4) approved a request from the University of Iowa to re-name the UI Cardiovascular Research Center in honor of its founder, Francois Abboud, M.D.

As the Des Moines Water Works management accepts public input on fluoridation of city water, Steven Levy, UI professor of dentistry, notes that some fluoride opponents are using findings from a UI study on fluoride out of context.

UI geneticist Jeff Murray warns against direct-to-consumer genetic tests because results might apply to some ethnic groups but not to others, leading consumers to think they have an elevated risk of some illness when in fact they do not.

UI researcher Nathan Holton says a difference in body size and energy demands between men and women explains why men’s noses are about 10 percent larger than women’s in populations of European descent. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)