UI Health Care News 2005

• Coming to Your Senses Screens Infants and Young Children for Vision Problems
• UI Team Uses Gene Silencing to Correct Movement Disorder
• U.S. Swine Workers at Increased Risk of Infection with Swine Influenza Virus

Week of December 19, 2005

• $10 Million NIH Grant Renewal Funds UI Lung Imaging Research
• Common Skin Bacteria Cause Blepharitis
• UI Study: Slight Increased Risk of Major Birth Defects Associated with IVF

Week of December 12, 2005

• Holiday Gifts for Special People
• UI Offers Tips on Managing Diabetes During the Holidays
• A Sign of the Times: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Week of December 5, 2005

• UI Researchers Examine Effect of Race on Smoking, Tobacco Outlet Density
• Zebrafish and CHIP Help Untangle Protein Misfolding in Brain Disease
• Iowa Study Will Help Develop Prostate Screening Recommendations

Week of November 28, 2005

• ACL Injury Prevention: Is It Really Possible?
• UI Heart and Vascular Center Installs Iowa's First Remote Heart Monitoring Technology
• UI Program Offers "Prescription for Time Sickness"

Week of November 21, 2005

• Iowa Baby Is World's Youngest Robotic Surgery Patient
• It's Not Too Late to Quit Smoking
• Coryell Is Named the George Winokur Professor of Psychiatry

Week of November 14, 2005

• UI Heart and Vascular Center Specialists First in State to Place Special Stent
• November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month
• Anderson and Cohen Appointed to Departmental Chairs

Week of November 7, 2005

• Mix 96 to Broadcast Children's Miracle Network Radiothon
• Information Sessions on Medicare Prescription Program Set
• UI Receives Grant to Study Spinal Disc Replacement Implants

Week of October 31, 2005

• University of Iowa Children's Hospital Patients to Benefit from Kohl's Offer
• Murray, Sheffield Elected to Institute of Medicine
• UI Nursing Researchers Herr, Titler Receive $2.8 Million Grant

Week of October 24, 2005

• UI Study Focuses on Age of First Alcoholic Drink
• UI to Use Advanced Imaging to Improve Cancer Clinical Trials
• UI Leader Elected President of Nurse Executive Organization

Week of October 17, 2005

• UI Physicians Perform World's First Magnetic Lung Surgery
• UI Research Aims to Prevent Blindness in People with Diabetes
• Fund Drive Underway for a Hope Lodge in Iowa City

Week of October 10, 2005

• Cancer Treatment Illustrates UI, Private Sector Partnership
• Hospital Hosts Photography Display, Haunted
• Healing Garden Honors UI Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Donors

Week of October 3, 2005

• Famed Marathoner Headlines UI Sports Medicine Seminar
• Community Program to Focus on Women and Depression
• Cooper Honored for Lifetime of Achievement

Week of September 26, 2005

• Digital Mammography Found Better Than Standard Mammography for Some Women
• UI Research Shows Bacteria in Household Dust May Trigger Asthma Symptoms
• Y105 Radiothon Raises $79,000 for Children's Miracle Network

Week of September 19, 2005

• New F Clinic Focuses on Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
• Researchers Use Grant to Study Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Todd Named Head of Anesthesia

Week of September 12, 2005

• September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• 2005-06 Donor Reward Program
• Dental Diseases are Caused by Bacteria

Week of September 5, 2005

• Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Names University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery Center of Excellence
• Ronald Weigel Will Head UI Department of Surgery
• Mindfulness Stress Reduction Classes Set

Week of August 29, 2005

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask
• UI Advance in Gene Therapy Treats Hemophilia in Mouse Models
• Y105 Will Broadcast Children's Miracle Network Radiothon In Dubuque

Week of August 22, 2005

• National Cancer Institute Re-Accredits Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Topsy Turvey World
• Most Children With Elevated Levels of Lead in Their Blood Have No Symptoms

Week of August 15, 2005

• The UI Sports Medicine Center Announces a Saturday Sports Injury Clinic
• Guest Accommodations for Patients Are Available at UI Hospitals and Clinics
• Deadly Parasite Genomes Sequenced by International Team

Week of August 8, 2005

• UI Researchers Prevent Hereditary Deafness in Mice
• Too Much Iron in Your Body Is Harmful
• Car Safety Seats for Children Can Save Lives

Week of August 1, 2005

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Exercise But Were Afraid to Try
• University of Iowa Children's Hospital Opens Renovated Patient Care Unit
• UI Sports Medicine Center to Tell Supplement Truths

Week of July 25, 2005

• Digestion Is an Extremely Complex Process
• Endowed Professorships Recognize the Contributions of Richenbacher and Latenser
• Listen And Speak Up Helps Preschoolers with Hearing Impairments

Week of July 18, 2005

• Heat Stroke Can Be Very Dangerous
• $7.3 Million NIH Grant Establishes Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Announces New Schizophrenia Clinic

Week of July 11, 2005

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Specialties Rank Among the Best
• The New UI Health Care .com Site is Making Its Debut Appearance
• Mary Wilson Appointed to the Kate Daum Professorship

Week of July 4, 2005

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Leaders to Chair Institute of Medicine Groups
• DeGowin Blood Center Looking for Donors
• Mary Wilson Appointed to the Kate Daum Professorship

Week of June 27, 2005

• UI Finding Speeds Up Immunization Booster Schedule
• Together, They're Fighting to Find a Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
• Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and UI Health Care Reach Agreement

Week of June 20, 2005

• Sophisticated Computer Imaging Offers Precision Targeting
• New UI Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Approved by Board of Regents
• Advanced Infant Simulator Arrives, Will Enhance Training

Week of June 13, 2005

• Radiothon Benefits Families at University of Iowa Children's Hospital
• UI Leader Chosen as Fellow in American Academy of Nursing

Week of June 6, 2005

• UI Family Care -- SoutheastIowa City Offers New MR Services
• Celebrate Life at Cancer Survivor Day
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Receive Organ Donation Award

Week of May 30, 2005

• Anderson Named Director of UI Division of Cardiology
• Rodnitzky Named Interim Head of Neurology
• Arthritis Funding Legislation Introduced in U.S. House and Senate

Week of May 23, 2005

• STAR-102.5 Continues to Support University of Iowa Children's Hospital With Its Fifth Annual Radiothon
• Older People Are Living Longer, Healthier and More Active Lives
• More Than 40,000 People a Year Suffer Eye Injuries While Participating in Sports

Week of May 16, 2005

• Study Adds Information Linking Gene to Blinding Disease, Kidney Disease
• Study Shows Medication Reduces Recurrence of Breast Tumors
• May 15-21 is National Emergency Medical Services Week

Week of May 9, 2005

• Community Program To Focus On Aging in Iowa
• Children's Miracle Network Announces Fund-Raising Milestone by Wal-Mart
• A Calling to Care

Week of May 2, 2005

• National Nurses Week
• UI Study Compares Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and General Hospitals
• UI Helps Show Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Reduces Infection

Week of April 25, 2005

• Task Force Issues Report on Antibiotic Resistance in Iowa
• Child Life Specialists Help Children Cope
• UI Study: Exercise-Induced Shortness of Breath Is Not Always Asthma

Week of April 18, 2005

• Volunteers Recognized For Their Contributions
• Community Program to Focus on Robotic Surgery
• UI Physicians Listed Among "Best Doctors in America"

Week of April 11, 2005

• Artman Sets Course for UI Pediatrics, University of Iowa Children's Hospital
• Departments of Otolaryngology and Radiation Oncology to Host Cancer Screening
• April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Week of April 4, 2005

• Dubuque Boy Is Children's Miracle Network "Champion"
• UI Studying Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men
• Specialists to Offer Free "Preparing for Baseball" Seminar
• Lawry Honored by Iowa Chapter of American College of Physicians

Week of March 28, 2005

• State Health Registry Reports "Cancer In Iowa: 2005"
• Brain Imaging Studies Investigate Pain Reduction by Hypnosis
• Hemophilia Patients Can Bleed Internally or Experience Longer Bleeding Episodes

Week of March 21, 2005

• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Approved by Commission on Cancer
• Study Shows Link Between Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer
• The Brain and How to Protect It

Week of March 14, 2005

• UI Center for Statistical Genetics Research Awarded $471,000 Grant
• This Is National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Gift Funds University of Iowa Children's Hospital Family Suite

Week of March 7, 2005

• Emergency Treatment Center Construction Project Is Under Way
• Colon Cancer Screenings Set for Johnson County
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Starts March 29

Week of February 28, 2005

• UI Heart and Vascular Center opens new service at UI Family Care Center, North Liberty
• Paul James to Lead UI Family Medicine, Family Care Center
• Nursing Career Day Set

Week of February 21, 2005

• Good Dental Habits Should Start Early
• UI Pharmacy Students Offer Free Blood Glucose Screenings
• Teaching a Less Obvious Medical Skill—Ethical Decision-Making

Week of February 14, 2005

• Community Program to Focus on Stroke
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Pioneers Bar Code System for Blood Transfusion Safety
• Heartburn is an Uncomfortable Inconvenience Rather than a Medical Problem

Week of February 7, 2005

• Iowa Man Benefits From UI Portion of National Stroke Study
• Supervision and Guidance Are Steps Parents Can Take to Teach Children Fire Safety
• UI Researcher Receives American Heart Association Grant

Week of January 31, 2005

• Go Red for Women Raises Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
• Balance Disorders Clinic Offers Unique Services
• Meredith Hay Named UI Vice President for Research

Week of January 24, 2005

• ISU Dance Marathon to Support University of Iowa Children's Hospital
• Estrogen Therapy May Increase Risk of Gallbladder Disease
• Iowa City Man and His Family Mark Special Day by Overcoming Tumor-Induced Kidney Failure
• UI Audiologist Leads Largest Federally Funded Clinical Trial of Tinnitus Treatment

Week of January 17, 2005

• Fall on the Ice? Here are Some Suggestions that Might Help Your Back
• NIH Grant to Help Head and Neck Cancer Patients
• Winter Travel Tips

Week of January 10, 2005

• Resolve to Quit Smoking with Help From Quitline Iowa
• Four Seasons of Life Campaign Continues
• Scientists Uncover New Mechanism for the Amygdala in Fear Recognition

Week of January 3, 2005

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Reports Annual Service Statistics
• UI Researcher Examines Rural Injuries
• Take Precautions to Protect Yourself in Cold Weather