Drawing on modern culinary techniques, University of Iowa researchers have developed a carbon-monoxide-infused foam that can be applied topically to wounds and improves healing in models of diabetic wounds and pressure ulcers. The results of the study, led by James Byrne, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology and biomedical engineering, were published March 12 in Device, a Cell Press journal.
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Researchers at the University of Iowa and Stanford University have developed a new tool that allows scientists to safely and accurately measure the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on the activity of deep brain structures. The new technique, known as TMS-iEEG (intracranial electrocorticography), is providing hard data on how TMS works and may lead to improvements in the technology that is currently used to treat several neuropsychiatric conditions.
Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA, has been appointed chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Radiology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective Feb. 26.
Join Gerard Clancy, MD, and his guests, Carol Harshman, RN, Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW, and Bryan Struck, MD, as they discuss discuss guidance on best practices for goals of care discussions among those with serious illness and prognosis. CME credit available.
Join Gerard Clancy, MD, and his guests, Carol Harshman, RN, Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW, and Bryan Struck, MD, as they discuss discuss guidance on best practices for goals of care discussions among those with serious illness and prognosis. CME credit available.
Emergency medicine physician Allie Kim (18MD, 21R) and anesthesiologist Sung Kim (15MD, 20F) share the stresses and joys of balancing starting their medical careers with starting their family.