University of Iowa Health Care Today is a health information radio program produced by UI Hospitals and Clinics in collaboration with KXIC-AM Radio 800 in Iowa City, Iowa. The show airs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at approximately 7:30 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.
Diabetic Eye Disease
Diabetic retinopathy means there is damage to the retina of the eye, because of damaged circulation to the retina.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America.
National Marrow Awareness Month
Thousands of lives have been changed since the first successful marrow transplant 30 years ago.
National Children’s Study
The goal of the 25-year study is to identify the environmental and genetic causes of common diseases of children like asthma, autism, preterm delivery.
Great American Smokeout
Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.
Melanoma Vaccine
UI researchers to study immunotherapy, using the body’s l immune system to recognize the cancer as a problem, attack it, and respond.
Diabetes
Diabetes is the leading cause of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and amputation.
Health Literacy: What You Need To Know
A free and open-to-the-public Health For Your Lifetime seminar offers an educational introduction to health literacy on Tuesday, November 18.
Imaging Thyroid Cancer
UI researchers develop a new imaging approach for identifying a rare form of thyroid cancer typically hard to diagnose.
Music-therapy for Cancer Patients
Using music to help the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, or spiritual needs of cancer patients
Hand Washing
It helps to prevent the spread of infection caused by bacteria and viruses from you to others.
