IOWA CITY – In efforts to overreach their fundraising record last year, the Iowa Ladies Football Academy at the University of Iowa pledged $1 million toward the new UI Children’s Hospital. According to a news release, the academy, a daylong women’s football summer camp,  is collaborating with the UI football program to help reach...
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IOWA CITY – Blood centers report a greater need for donations following the holidays, and ask donors to step up their visits, or at least schedule them during the slow period, marked as January’s National Blood Donor Month. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which serves 80 Midwest hospitals, including Mercy Hospital and the...
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AMES – An Iowa State University media researcher says harnessing the teaching potential of video games is crucial to minimize their potential harmful effects. According to a news release, Douglas Gentile, an associate professor of psychology at ISU, co-authored “Brains on video games,” an article focusing on six researchers’ investigations from the U.S., Singapore...
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IOWA CITY – A new motor vehicle safety study from the UI shows that nearly 25 percent of young Iowa teens remain unrestrained in cars – something researchers consider “alarming.” According to a news release from the College of Public Health, to monitor child passenger law, surveyors spent three months observing 3,000 youth in...
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IOWA CITY – A lot more people in Johnson County are turning to one online chat portal for help, especially to talk about suicide. The Crisis Chat was established in May in response to becoming more in tune with online communication, Community Intervention Director Keri Neblett with the Johnson County Crisis Center said, adding...
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