Healthy Lung Month
The most common cause of lung disease is cigarette smoking—exposure to cigarette smoke.
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Spina bifida is a common congenital defect caused by part of the spine failing to form properly.
Prostate Health
It’s recommended that all men age 50 and over should be aware PSA testing.
Breast Cancer Gene
Our ability to understand mechanisms that induce hormonal response allows us to develop new drugs to can treat women with breast cancer that respond to hormone, and the potential of inducing hormonal response in an unresponsive cancer so that those women would then be responsive to drugs like Tamoxifen.
Grossology
Sponsored by University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, the Grossology exhibit at the Science Center of Iowa explains the crusty, slimy, oozy, stinky, gross things that are part of your body.
Celiac Disease
Celiac disease affects an estimated two million Americans and makes them unable to tolerate the protein gluten.
Children, Teens, and Adults Who Stutter
Stuttering begins usually around two to five years of age, and typically 75 percent of kids are going to get better on their own.
Breast Cancer Awareness Match
UI Women’s Volleyball team plans “Attacking Breast Cancer” night in Saturday’s match with Wisconsin.
World Mental Health Day
Mental health is the combination of being aware of and responding, both internally and externally, to our thoughts and emotions.
Fire Prevention Week
It’s important to have a plan and practice your plan. If there is a fire or an emergency, stress responses kick in and people are not able to think clearly and rationally about how to get out of the home.
Lupus
Lupus is an inflammatory disease that can affect almost any part of the body because it causes inflammation in the blood vessels.
Bone Marrow Reunion
Patients who battled leukemia, lymphoma, and other life-threatening diseases through a blood, stem cell, or marrow transplant, as well as people who have donated their marrow or blood stem cells are invited.
Patient Representation Anniversary
Patient Representatives UI Hospitals and Clinics serve as liaisons between patients, families, and visitors, answering questions and addressing concerns.
