A new stem-cell transplant and cellular-therapies unit has begun research and treatment at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as part of the Blood & Marrow Transplant Program.
The unit prioritizes...
Forbes has just released its second ranking of America’s best employers for diversity, and the University of Iowa made the list.
UI Health Care was No. 24 among a list of 500 top diversity-focused...
When former head basketball coach Mark Lofgren’s 2-year-old son was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma in 2016, he and his family were met with overwhelming support from their hometown of Riverdale, Illinois....
An immune reaction to an infection that could be viral, could be bacterial, and could be in any organ system in the body, sepsis is a life-threatening illness of the blood that is classically difficult...
The University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research recently received a $5-million gift from Alice and John Butler to establish the Alice L. and John E. Butler Vision Research Fund, which will go toward...
As medicine advances and treatments for chronic illness are consolidated into small tablets or pills, swallowing the latter is routine for most people. However, some may not be aware of the danger that...
Although the majority of slots in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine are reserved for in-state students, many have continually opted to leave the state for their residencies, a pattern that...
At a preliminary drill on Tuesday, the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics tested its ability to respond to a “suspected emerging bio-infection,” receiving a patient at the Iowa City Municipal...
Researchers at the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $9.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to see if high-dose vitamin C can be used to treat cancer.
Existing...
Three research papers co-written by a University of Iowa clinical professor has shown that daily low-dose aspirin may cause harm in older, healthy adults.
The papers focused on the Aspirin in Reducing...
Since the 1940s, the model by which doctors understand the human arousal system involved projections from the brain system to the thalamus. In the last few years, a new UI study has challenged this idea,...
After nearly 20 years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, new UI Hospitals & Clinics CEO Suresh Gunasekaran jumped at the opportunity to land in Iowa City because of the University...
