Antibiotics may be a good choice for some, but not all, patients with appendicitis, according to results from the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) Trial reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Researchers from the University of Iowa have discovered a safe new way to manage blood sugar non-invasively.
Rainbo Hultman, PhD , assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is one of 53 early-career scientists from across the nation to receive an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Hultman, who joined the UI faculty in 2019 when she...
A new study of approximately 80,000 patients shows that people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have a 30% higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than people without the neurodegenerative condition.
More than 150 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine students showed up at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track Sept. 20, for the third annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run.
Growing up in the South helped shape the person Andrea Marshall, PhD, is today. Marshall encourages young Black students to consider scientific careers.
Radiation Sciences students Madison Graeve, Miranda Olson, and Conner Wharff receive Scot Heery Scholarships.
University of Iowa is participating in a large-scale, international clinical trial to study the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19.
Antentor Hinton, PhD, was recently recognized by the blacklist100, created to amplify emerging voices within the Black community that represent bold, innovative, and culture-making thought-leadership.
Steven Varga, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been selected to serve as chair of the Virology B Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health.