Nine out of ten Americans who know someone with Alzheimer’s are concerned that they or someone they know will one day develop Alzheimer’s disease....
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IOWA CITY- The earlier doctors detect life-threatening health issues, usually the better the chances for a cure. And doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics began applying that theory on Tuesday to all babies just a day or two after delivery. The routine newborn screenings that began on Valentine’s Day will...
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IOWA CITY – A new form of newborn screening at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics could save the lives of babies born with heart defects. Pulse oximetry is a quick, non-invasive way to screen for seven forms of critical congenital heart defects, said Dr. Ben Reinking, a UI pediatric cardiologist. According to the...
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The following is from the University of Iowa College of Public Health: A new class of former atomic workers at the Ames Laboratory has been declared eligible to receive compensation for illnesses resulting from their employment at the Iowa State University research facility. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, all...
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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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The following is from the University of Iowa Foundation: IOWA CITY – As registration opens today for the second annual Iowa Ladies Football Academy, set for June 9, the event’s organizers have announced a five-year, $1 million pledge toward the construction of the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. In partnership with the UI...
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IOWA CITY – Retail pork products in the United States. have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. MRSA can occur in the environment and in raw meat...
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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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IOWA CITY — Photos from Christmas one year ago show a beaming Chastity Thomas, her long blonde hair topped with glittering garland for her role as an angel in a church play. This Christmas, the 10-year-old Burlington girl will be lucky to make it out of the hospital. Diagnosed in September with a form...
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The following is from the University of Iowa Foundation: University of Iowa graduates Jared S. and Carol Tangen Hills of Cedar Rapids have made a $1 million gift commitment to advance the university’s research efforts on polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an inherited disorder affecting nearly one in 1,000 Americans. Support from the Jared and...
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University of Iowa researchers and colleagues have discovered how malaria manipulates the immune system to allow the parasite to persist in the bloodstream. By rescuing this immune system pathway, the research team was able to cure mice of bloodstream malaria infections. The findings, which were published Dec. 11 in the Advance Online Publication of...
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