The performing arts component of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Project Art will present a concert of Middle Eastern and North African music by Salaam at noon Monday, Dec. 16, in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The performance is free and open to the public.

Two years ago, Dennis Nack was receiving hospice care as his family and friends said what they believed were last good-byes. Today, Dennis has a new lease on life—and he’s giving thanks to his care team in the lung transplant program at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Zach Zwirlein of Coal Valley, Ill., was diagnosed with medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency through the Iowa Neonatal Metabolic Screening Program, a partnership of the genetics program at UI Children's Hospital, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the State Hygienic Laboratory.

Learning to drive can be stressful for both parents and young drivers. A new program developed by the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center teaches parents tools and techniques to communicate more effectively with their teens about safe driving.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and Yale University have identified 39 genes they believe are associated with alcoholism. The genes were identified using a novel approach combining genetic studies on addiction with another study on protein-protein interactions. Results appear in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

The University of Iowa is one of eight institutions working to create a vaccine for a new influenza strain affecting poultry and some people in China.

Faced with the rising cost of health care, doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics decided to examine the cost of something they do every day: order lab tests. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

The University of Iowa College of Public Health hosted a luncheon and community forum this month in Osceola, at which health management professor Dan Shane gave an overview of the Affordable Care Act and its effects on businesses in rural Iowa and small communities.

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators in collaboration with researchers at the University of Iowa reveals how variant forms of apolipoprotein E (APOE protein) impact risk of Alzheimer's disease by altering the number and density of brain-damaging plaques.

The performing arts component of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Project Art will present a performance by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band at noon Friday, Dec. 13, in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The performance is free and open to the public.

The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa received big props over the weekend in a national story about the way newborn screening for deadly diseases is handled throughout the country.

The new Enrollment Assistance Center at UI Hospitals and Clinics is staffed by specialists who can answer questions and explain options available under the Affordable Care Act. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)