University of Iowa News

Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated without this collaborative approach, according to a report in the November 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine .

Business description: Iowa Homeless Youth Centers works with 16- to 21-year-old homeless youth, or through 25 if they are parenting or pregnant, assisting them in making a successful transition to adulthood.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by Anna Lothson . Residents of the University of Iowa owned Parklawn Apartment building were evacuated when an alarm went off around 11 a.m. after a small fire broke out in a kitchen area.

Three months ago, Robert Cameron was hanging out of a helicopter taking pictures of Lombard Street in San Francisco.

Four of 10 Iowans feel they are financially worse off than they were four years ago, a new Iowa Poll shows.

A Minnesota activist arrested in the 2004 animal rights vandalism at the University of Iowa has pleaded not guilty in federal court.

University of Iowa Professor David Barker set out to find an example of one of the great real estate deals in history to present to his students.

'The answer to the university's communication problems isn't necessarily to hire more high salaried vice presidents and consultants.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa will lead a $9 million, five-year initiative to study the cause of facial birth defects.

Iowa City authorities said Wednesday that no one was injured by a fire that broke out in an apartment building occupied by University of Iowa students.

Dr. Arron McWilliams has been awarded a $100,000 educational loan repayment grant through the Fulfilling Iowa's Need for Dentists project, which recruits dentists to rural communities and underserved Iowa counties by helping them with their education debt.

It's early, but so far, applications to the University of Iowa College of Law are surging compared with a year ago, a law school official said.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 4:37 pm US/Central DES MOINES, Iowa An attorney says a Minnesota activist has been found in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Davenport.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Jeremi Mullins prepares specimens for testing at the Hygienic Laboratory.

Iowa's rural private drinking water wells "have several contaminant problems, some long-standing and some emerging,"A according to the results of a two-year study released last week.

An Iowa company is working to improve pharmaceuticals by making existing drugs better and safer for the patients who need them.

Sixteen years ago, I made a decision that has brought me here today. It was August 1993.

Dr. Wynne Calvert, 72, of Iowa City died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

Jerry Meis, chairman of Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware in the Iowa communities of Iowa City, Coralville and Marion, has been elected third vice president of the North American Retail Hardware Association at the organization's annual meeting.

MARNI STEADHAM represents University of Iowa Students For Sensible Drug Policy. Contact: Marni-steadham @uiowa.edu * November 14, 2009 Our criminal justice system is in dire need of reform.