UI Health Care News

August 23, 2010

• Get Moving for Healthy Kids Event August 29
• UI Health Care-Muscatine Offers Program on Obesity Surgery
• Children's Safety Is What's In Store
• UI Study Seeks Adults with Tinnitus

August 16, 2010

• Your Ticket to Good Health at the 2010 Iowa State Fair
• UI Emergency Nurse Receives Governor's Lifesaving Award
• Pediatric Dialysis Center Opens August 16

August 9, 2010

• August Sheds Light on Cataract Awareness
• Ten-year-old Kid Captain Becomes Hometown Celebrity
• Organ Donation Decisions Made at Difficult Time
• Time for a Sports Physical

August 2, 1010

• Dance Marathon Program Wins Governor's Volunteer Award
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Earns 2010 'Most Wired' Honors
• Doctors Use Alternative Procedure with Excellent Outcomes
• 'Miracle Treats' to benefit UI Children's Hospital Aug. 5

July 26, 2010

• Is your child immunized for school?
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Recognized for Spine Care, Joint Replacement
• Patients from Across the State Receive Care at Iowa's Only Burn Center
• Support for Research at Iowa Jumps 9 Percent

July 19, 2010

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Ranks Among National Elite
• NEW! Is your child immunized for school?
• UI Health Care Program Makes Vascular Screening Easy
• Pregnancy Complication Has Long-Lasting Effects

July 12, 2010

• UI Children's Hospital Nationally Ranked by U.S.News & World Report
• Free Blood Pressure Screenings for Children Offered July 21
• Summer Sun Safety Checklist
• Ever Consider Being Part of a Research Study?

July 5, 2010

• Understanding Emotional Well-Being as One Ages
• UI Ventricular Assist Device Program Earns National Certification
• Protect Children From Being Left in Hot Cars

June 28, 2010

• Remarkable People: Terry Wahls, MD
• Touchdown for Kids
• Annual Checkups for Men
• UI Children's Hospital Opens New Gameroom

June 21, 2010

• 2010 Kid Captains Named
• UI Researchers Find Teen Driver Study Improves Driving Safety
• Antioxidants Are Indeed Vital to Your Health
• Accomplishments and Leadership Recognized

June 14, 2010

• Radiothon raises $214,494 for UI Children's Hospital
• UI Team Designs Award-winning Model to Spot Unknown Drug Side Effects
• Report Highlights Steps FDA Should Take to Prevent Food-Borne Illnesses
• Insight into Structure of HIV Protein Could Aid Drug Design

June 7, 2010

• UI Children's Hospital Nationally Ranked by U.S.News & World Report
• UI Leading Transition to Electronic Medical Records
• UI Children's Hospital Therapist Honored for Work with Patients' Siblings

May 31, 2010

• Carver College in Top 10 for Producing Family Physicians
• UI Women's Health Offers Preeclampsia Programs June 3 and 4
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center to Host Cancer Survivors Event June 5
• Computers Can Effectively Detect Diabetes-Related Eye Problems
• Accomplishment and Leadership Recognized

May 24, 2010

• Free Program Discusses Sports vs. Exercise
• Iowa KidSight Marks 10-Year Anniversary of Saving Vision
• UI Researcher Comments on National Report's Radon Recommendations
• Personalized Health Care for Women

May 17, 2010

• UI Health Care—Muscatine Opens May 17 Grand Opening Event June 12
• Newer Heart Care Procedure Benefits UI Health Care Patients
• Hand Washing
• Kids Sports Medicine

May 10, 2010

• Dance Marathon's $1 Million Gift to Boost UI Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disease Research
• NIH funds UI Study onTreating Age-related Macular Degeneration
• Pigs Provide Clues on Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
• University of Iowa Health Care Launches Health at Iowa
• Accomplishment and Leadership Recognized

May 3, 2010

• UI Infertility Expertise Featured in TV Program May 8
• Patient-physician Compatibility Increases Odds of Following Doctor's Orders
• Holden Cancer Center Invites You to the 2010 Blue Rose Gala
• UI's Andreasen Honored with UCSF's Highest Award

April 26, 2010

• Patients with Alzheimer's Still Feel Emotions, Despite Memory Loss
• New Test Could Identify Smokers at Risk of Emphysema
• Guidelines Suggested on Alzheimer's Disease and Driving
• Thyroid disorders—What are the symptoms? How dangerous are they? What can be done?

April 19, 2010

• UI Carver College of Medicine Programs Nationally Ranked
• UI Health Care Names Richerson as New Head of Neurology
• Nominations for 2010 Kid Captains Are Open
• Open House for UI Health Care - River Crossing is April 24
• Free Head and Neck Cancer Screening Offered
• National Volunteer Week Is April 18 to 24

April 12, 2010

• UI Imaging Team Receives $3 Million Cancer-related Grant
• UI Basic and Clinical Scientists Collaborate to Study Newly Identified Gene's Relationship with Cancer
• UI Researcher Receives Muscular Dystrophy Association Funding
• 2010 HDSA Iowa City Hoop-A-Thon
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Observe Donate Life Month

April 5, 2010

• Remarkable People: Cindy Reed
• Annual Tribute to Women at the UI to Be Held April 7
• UI Engineer Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Refine Digital Model of the Human Lung
• ICTS Pilot Grant Enables Preliminary Research to Improve Hearing

March 29, 2010

• President Obama Visits UI to Celebrate Health Care Reform
• UI Physician Is President of National Orthopedic Surgery Board
• Cancer Is Now the Leading Cause of Death in Iowa
• Iowa City Mini Medical School

March 22, 2010

• UI Health Care to Open New Facility in Muscatine in May
• UI Research Points to Way to Improve Heart Treatment
• UI Radiologist Wants to Reduce Excessive Medical Imaging
• UI Nurses Named to 100 Great Iowa Nurses List

March 15, 2010

• UI Health Care - River Crossing Improves Access and Services
• School Counselor Survives Her Fight with Colorectal Cancer
• Robotic Surgery on the Rise at UI Hospitals and Clinics
• Keep an Eye on Diabetes Signs and Symptoms

March 8, 2010

• Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure
• Gretchen Cress: Profile in Translation
• When Is It an Emergency?
• UI Children's Hospital Lab Recognized for Pediatric Heart Care

March 1, 2010

• Dan Tranel: Remarkable People
• Profile in Translation: Dr. Matthew A. Howard, Head of Neurosurgery
• Families and Friends Can Help You Maintain a Healthy Weight
• Bone Marrow Transplant Anniversary

February 22, 2010

• Medicare Data Reveals Differences in Orthopedic Surgical Outcomes
• UI Pediatrician Is Named a Health Care Hero
• Iowa Bill Could Give Cancer Clinical Trials a Boost
• NIH Access Will Aid Glaucoma Genetics Research at UI

February 15, 2010

• UI Dance Marathon Raises More Than $1 Million for Third Consecutive Year
• Help for Soldiers Deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan
• Weight Loss Surgery Can Improve Type 2 Diabetes
• Heart Risk Assessment Savings

February 8, 2010

• Robotics Enhance Minimally Invasive Surgery at UI Health Care
• Help for Haiti Continues
• Ear Infections in Children
• Bone Marrow Transplantation Finding Provides Idea on Treating Degenerative Diseases

February 1, 2010

• University of Iowa Dance Marathon
• UI Health Care Responds with Assistance to Haiti
• Celiac Disease

January 25, 2010

• Jane Wilkins: Remarkable People
• UI Health Care Responds with Assistance to Haiti
• Your Vote Helps UI Children's Hospital

January 18, 2010

• Study Provides Insight into Pathway Linked to Obesity
• UI Health Care Responds with Assistance to Haiti
• Unusual Protein Modification Involved in Muscular Dystrophy, Cancer
• There Is Still Time to Share the Season's Blessings

January 11, 2010

• Study Shows a Key Protein Helps Control Blood Pressure
• Mini Med School Open to Children and Adults
• Freeman A. Hrabowski III, will deliver the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Distinguished Lecture
• Walk-in medical clinic. UI QuickCare

January 4, 2010

• University of Iowa Experts Encouraged by National Cancer Trends
• Meet Kid Captain Reid Shadle
• UI Leads International Team to Identify Cleft Lip and Palate Gene
• Remember to Check Levels During National Radon Action Month