Pediatricians and other breastfeeding advocates often encourage new mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of their infants’ lives based on the purported health benefits to both mothers and children. Many breastfeeding proponents also argue that breastfeeding has financial advantages over formula-feeding—breastfeeding is free, they say. But, according to...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – The effects of extreme weather are still evident in Cedar Rapids, nearly four years after flooding devastated the city’s core. A new report released Thursday, Feb. 16, by Environment Iowa warns that severe storms will become more common in the future in Iowa and the rest of the nation. The report, In...
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New survey results released today by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) showed more patients sought out social networking sites, rather than friends, for advice and information on facial plastic surgery before choosing a procedure in 2011. Academy surgeons found 42 percent of patients receive most of their information about...
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Iowa has set a goal to become the healthiest state in the nation in the next five years. Scientists at Iowa State University are helping to lead the charge by promoting an “Exercise is Medicine” campaign designed to educate Americans about the health benefits of exercise. The challenge is implementing solutions that initiate movement...
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Researchers predict tax would help prevent more than $17 billion in medical costs over a decade New York, NY – A nationwide, penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would prevent thousands of heart attacks, strokes, cases of diabetes and premature deaths, helping avoid billions of dollars in medical costs over 10 years, according to a...
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The following report is from Gallup: Twenty percent of insured Americans smoke compared with 36% of the uninsured This is the second in a series of articles about health insurance coverage in America among adults aged 18 to 64. Part one revealed that health insurance and health outcomes are not necessarily related.  WASHINGTON, D.C....
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From Iowa State University: AMES, Iowa – Douglas Gentile says his own research has found both positive and negative effects from playing video games. And the Iowa State University associate professor of psychology cites examples of both in a new article he coauthored in the December issue of Nature Reviews/Neuroscience. In the “Brains on...
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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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CEDAR RAPIDS — Chemicals banned decades ago persist in soil throughout the city, but experts are divided on the risk they pose to people living in Cedar Rapids. “There’s a fairly big gap in our knowledge,” said Hans-Joachim Lehmler, associate professor of occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa College of Public...
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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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