UI Health Care News 2007

Weeks of December 24 and 31, 2007

• ‘Tis the Season to Help Those in Need
• Remarkable Responders
• UI Hospitals and Clinics 2007 Facts

Week of December 17, 2007

• UI Receives $23.7 Million Contract to Conduct Vaccine Research
• UI Team Discovers First Moisture-Sensing Genes
• UI, Iowa Communities Add to Study: Improved Cardiac Arrest Survival

December 14, 2007

• Duke health care executive will serve as interim UI Hospitals and Clinics CEO

December 11, 2007

• Doctors Brave Storm to Save Baby

December 10, 2007

• Ann Williamson, PhD, Named Chief Nursing Officer at UI Hospitals and Clinics

December 5, 2007, 2007

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Center of Excellence^®

Week of December 3, 2007

• Katen-Bahensky Named as President and CEO at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
• Holiday Gift Ideas for Those with Special Needs
• Abboud, Heistad Honored by American Heart Association
• Parental Physical Violence Lowers Children's Standardized Test Scores

Weeks of November 19 and 26, 2007

• 'Runner's High' May Also Strengthen Hearts
• Sports Medicine Ethics Symposium Geared to Athletes, Coaches, and Parents
• Cyclocross Event Nov. 24 and 25 Set to Break Records to Benefit UI Children's Hospital

Week of November 12, 2007

• Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan Gains National Recognition
• UI's Stone Re-appointed as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
• 'Best Doctors in America' lists 269 UI physicians

Week of November 5, 2007

• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Will Host Oncology Art Exhibit
• UI Study Shows That Parkinson's Disease Impairs Normal Driving Skills
• Jane Paulson Honored for Huntington’s Research

Week of October 29, 2007

• UI Researchers Demonstrate Clinical Value of Fingerprinting Common Respiratory Viruses
• UI Receives $7.5 Million to Study Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
• Jeffrey Segar Named President-elect of Research Group

Week of October 22, 2007

• Deemed Status of UI Hospitals and Clinics Restored
• UI Signs Third $1.5 Million Alcon Contract for Study of Blinding Eye Diseases
• Community Seminar Will Focus on Breast Health

Week of October 15, 2007

• Aiming for a Cure Foundation Funds UI Pediatric Cancer Research
• American Cancer Society Recognizes Weiner for Advocacy
• UI Study: Pathological Gambling Has Serious Repercussions
• Hawkeyes Host “Attacking Breast Cancer” Awareness Match

Week of October 8, 2007

• Iowa Hospital Association Recognizes Those Who Go Above and Beyond
• Leaders Break Gound for Institute for Biomedical Discovery
• Younkers Stores Donate 1 percent of Credit Card Sales to Help Fight Breast Cancer

Week of October 1, 2007

• Linchpin Gene May Be Useful Target for New Breast Cancer Therapies
• Iowa's First Mobile Emergency Medicine Simulation Lab Debuts
• Altering a Protein Makes Mice Less Fearful

Week of September 24, 2007

• Grossology-The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body
• UI Awarded $33.8 Million for Clinical and Translational Research
• Community Seminar to Focus on Back Pain
• UI Experts Recommend Back-to-school Vision Evaluations

Week of September 17, 2007

• UI Involved in Discovery of First Gene Associated with Scoliosis
• Studies Examine Triage Guidelines for Emergency Heart Patients
• Project 3000-Hope Through Genetic Research

Week of September 10, 2007

• UI Women's Health: Your Gateway to Comprehensive Care for Women
• UI Vascular Disease Specialists Offer Free Screenings
• UI Study Shows Faulty Membrane Repair Causes Heart Disease

Week of September 3, 2007

• The 2007 Amish Harvest Tour to Cure Cancer
• Cedar Rapids Kernels Honor Cancer Survivor During Homerun For Life Event
• Updated Fact Book Profiles Health of Iowans

Week of August 27, 2007

• UI Pain Management Expert Conducts Research in Northern Ireland
• George Wiener Leads National Cancer Center Review Group
• The Livestrong® Presidential Cancer Forum Features Six Candidates
• Researchers: HIV Misinformation Online Could Have Dire Consequences
• Ferentz to Headline Kickoff Luncheon for UI Children's Hospital

Week of August 20, 2007

• Cedar Rapids Kernels Honor UI Patient
• UI Dermatologist Sets Sunscreen Story Straight
• Y105 Radiothon Raises More Than $88,000 for UI Children's Hospital

Week of August 13, 2007

• Cedar Rapids Kernels Honor UI Children's Hospital Patient
• UI Researchers Urge Caution When Using Dietary Supplements
• Now Is The Time to Immunize

Week of August 6, 2007

• Elegant New Lobby Welcomes Patients and Visitors
• UI Children's Hospital Opens New Neonatal Care Unit
• New State-wide Trauma System Improves Chances of Survival
• Y105 Radiothon to Benefit UI Children's Hospital

Week of July 30, 2007

• Cedar Rapids Kernels Honor Heart Transplant Recipient
• UI Children's Hospital Researcher Earns Prestigious International Honor
• Broderick Named UI Palliative Care Director

Week of July 23, 2007

• RAGBRAI Riders: Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.
• UI, Mayo Clinic Announce Lymphoma Research Grant Extension
• Gift Endows UI Ophthalmology Professorship; James Folk Appointed

Week of July 16, 2007

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Ranks Again Among the Best
• VP Robillard Announces Expanded Senior Leadership Team for UI Health Care
• UI Offers Sports Physicals in North Liberty
• American Cancer Society Breaks Ground for Hope Lodge

Week of July 9, 2007

• DuPont, UI Partner to Promote Rural Health and Safety
• American Gastroenterology Association Honors Two UI Doctors
• UI's Andreasen Receives Psychiatric Award

Week of July 2, 2007

• Wal-Mart Associates Raise $127,000 for UI Children's Hospital
• Gift Provides Relief for Huntington's Disease Patients, Families at UI
• Fairley Named to Strauss Chair in Dermatology

Week of June 25, 2007

• UI Study Shows Race Affects Heart Attack Care for Medicare Patients Across U.S.
• UI Study: Heavy Alcohol Use May Increase Severe Influenza Risks
• Shilyansky Named to Soper Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Week of June 18, 2007

• Special UI Event to Honor Coach Fry, Fund Cancer Research
• UI Receives $10 Million to Study Brain Systems Regulating Blood Pressure
• Alan Reed Named New Transplant Program Leader

Week of June 11, 2007

• Community Program June 16 to Focus on Heart Failure
• Aiming for a Cure Organizers Donates Funds
• Blood Centers Emphasize Worldwide Donor Need

Week of June 4, 2007

• Combining NSAIDs with Chemotherapy, Radiation May Improve Cancer Treatment
• Children's Miracle Network Celebration Supports UI Children's Hospital
• Women's Magazines Provide Mixed Messages About Breastfeeding
• Study Links Emotions and Moral Judgment

Week of May 28, 2007

• Outdoor Eating--Food Safety Tips
• Gifts Endow UI Ophthalmology Position; Carter Named to Chair
• UI Researcher Promotes Quitting Smoking as Achievable Process

Week of May 21, 2007

• STAR 102.5 Radiothon Supports University of Iowa Children's Hospital
• Community Seminar to Focus on Emergency Treatment of Stroke
• Emergency Medical Services Professionals Honored

Week of May 14, 2007

• UI's Andreasen Leads Report on VA Post-Traumatic Stress Cases
• Private Web Service Helps Families of Patients Keep in Touch
• UI Physicians Named as Top Doctors for Men

Week of May 7, 2007

• Healthcare Recognitions
• Support for Kids
• Rodnitzky Named Head of Neurology

Week of April 30, 2007

• Ponseti Receives National Children's Miracle Network Award
• UI Physician Leads Stroke Care Update
• Antidepressants Improve Post-Stroke "Thinking Outside The Box"

Week of April 23, 2007

• Cover the Uninsured Week Is April 23-29
• Manchester Boy Honored as Children's Miracle Network 'Champion'
• UI Specialist to Answer Your Questions about Rhinoplasty

Week of April 16, 2007

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Says "Thanks" to Volunteers
• UI Specialists Screen for Head and Neck Cancer
• University of Iowa Children's Hospital Changes Its Name

Week of April 9, 2007

• University of Iowa Children's Hospital Opens Renovated Patient Care Unit
• Melanie Bloom's Seminar on DVT is Scheduled for April 16
• Unity HealthCare and UI Health Care Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Week of April 2, 2007

• UI Health Sciences Campus to Go Smoke-free April 2
• Melanie Bloom's Seminar on DVT is Scheduled for April 16
• Compulsive Buying Deserves Greater Consideration

Week of March 26, 2007

• Encouraging News in the Fight Against Cancer
• Blood Tests May Be Possible For Mental Health Conditions
• UI Researchers Are Part of an International, Multi-center Emphysema Project

Week of March 19, 2007

• Ambulatory Surgery Center to Open at UI Hospitals and Clinics
• Cancer Expert to Discuss Cancer Clinical Trials
• Overcoming Obesity Seminar Scheduled for Wednesday

Week of March 12, 2007

• 100 Great Iowa Nurses Announced
• Potential Genetic Testing for Substance Abuse Raises Hope, Concern
• UI Program Offers Free Dental Care for Children With Disabilities

Week of March 5, 2007

• UI Stroke Center Awarded Certification from the Joint Commission
• UI Researchers Begin Project 3000: A Recipe for Hope Through Genetic Research
• UI Study Reveals Value of Schizophrenia-Related Gene Variation

Week of February 26, 2007

• UI Physicians, Volunteer Are Named Corridor Heroes
• Younkers Community Day
• Autism Researchers Report Key Genetic Finding

Week of February 19, 2007

• Community Program to Focus on Heart Failure
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , Echocardiography Laboratory Receive Recognition
• Buckwalter Receives Prestigious Orthopaedics Award

Week of February 12, 2007

• Community Seminar to Focus on Advances in Heart Imaging
• Toxic Synovitis—A Common Cause of Hip Pain in Children
• UI Radiologist Helps Set New Guidelines for Assessing Lymphoma Treatment

Week of February 5, 2007

• UI Family Care Center-North Liberty Grows With Community
• UI and USC Scientists Identify Brain Region That Maintains Addiction
• Pregnant Women Can Minimize Risk of Rodent-based Virus

Week of January 29, 2007

• UI Dance Marathon Kick-Off
• Clear Channel Radiothon to Kickoff UI Students Dance Marathon
• Iowa High School Football Linemen Reach Overweight, Obesity Levels

Week of January 22, 2007

• Robillard Named UI Vice President For Medical Affairs
• Everett Assumes Presidency of Nurse Executive Organization
• New Dual-chamber Heart Pacing Device Could Lead to Improvements for Heart Failure Patients

Week of January 15, 2007

• UI Study: Adults Living with Children Eat More Fat
• Cancer Specialists Issue Warning About Indoor Tanning Risks
• Genetic Inability to Detoxify Cigarette Smoke Increases Cleft Lip Risk

Week of January 8, 2007

• University of Iowa Children's Hospital Ranks Among Best in the Nation
• "Blue-Light" Therapy Can Help Ward Off Skin Cancer
• UI Hospitals and Clinics Reports Annual Service Statistics