High-dose vitamin C proves safe and well-tolerated in brain and lung cancer trials

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Evidence is growing that adding high-dose, intravenous vitamin C in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiation treatment is a safe, relatively inexpensive approach that may improve outcomes for patients with a wide range of cancers.

UI undergrads tackle pressing health problems

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Heart disease. Diabetes. Alzheimer’s. Most people reading this know someone affected by one of these serious medical conditions. They take a huge toll on populations across the globe, leading to millions of deaths each year and billions of dollars in health care costs.

Faculty Focus: Ling Yang, PhD

Monday, March 27, 2017
Meet Ling Yang, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology.
Two medical studens embrace

UI Carver College of Medicine graduates find out where they’re going next

Friday, March 17, 2017
Medical students graduating from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine gathered in the atrium of the college’s Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF) this morning, filled with anticipation as they waited to see where they would spend their residency.

Faculty Focus: Huxing Cui, PhD

Monday, March 6, 2017
Meet Huxing Cui, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology.

Faculty Focus: Kimberly Staffey, MD

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Meet Kimberly Staffey, MD
Nerve pain

New study finds vitamin B3 prevents nerve pain caused by cancer drugs

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
A new study in rats suggests that nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, may be useful for treating or preventing nerve pain (neuropathy) caused by chemotherapy drugs.
Two providers standing in pasture

Greener Pastures: Needing rural doctors, Iowa grows its own (and pays for the training)

Monday, February 27, 2017
In a few years, Shea and Michael Jorgensen will be top recruits for Iowa—not as blue-chip athletes for the Hawkeyes but as doctors for a small community. The couple are fourth-year students in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, preparing to interview for residencies where they will do their specialty training. Ultimately, they want to practice in rural Iowa, she in psychiatry and he in family medicine.