University of Iowa Health Care has added three new da Vinci® 5 robotic-assisted surgical systems, one of the latest minimally invasive technologies on the market, as part of the health system’s continued commitment to providing patients with the most advanced treatment options before they’re available elsewhere.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its guidelines on how much screen time is appropriate for kids using a “5 C’s” approach. The 5 C's of media use are based on the child, the content, ways to calm down, what media is crowding out and ongoing communication. 5 C's guidance for each age group starts with information about the developmental stages kids are going through and how this…

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation is a procedure used to treat potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disturbances that originate in the ventricles—the heart’s lower chambers. Using catheters inserted through blood vessels and guided into the heart, physicians deliver energy (typically radiofrequency heat) to ablate—or destroy—the tissue that causes the arrhythmia.

Danika Hilmer doesn’t know how long the cancer might have gone undetected if not for her son, Banks. In the minutes after Banks was born in October 2022 at a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hospital, nurses told Danika she was losing more blood than normal, but she didn’t sense any panic from her care team.

One of the first conversations that Erin Henrichs, MSN, RN, recalls having with a patient in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at the university campus was about their love for baseball.

Come learn how you can join Iowa’s top health system in changing medicine and changing lives! With open nursing positions at all UI Health Care locations, including the downtown, university, and new North Liberty campus, now is the perfect time to explore a fulfilling career that lets you grow, learn, and make a difference for Iowans.

Patients with coronary artery disease who experience restenosis—a re-narrowing of a heart artery that had been opened with a stent—now have a new treatment option at University of Iowa Health Care.

If your shoulder pain doesn’t go away with rest, medicine, or therapy, you might consider that a shoulder replacement is the right choice for you. Also, if you have pain that affects you at night and disrupts your sleep, you might consider a shoulder replacement.

For many people, summer is a time to relax and take a much-needed vacation or travel. But for blood centers, summer is far more stressful; it’s a time when donation numbers and supplies dwindle.

BE FAST is two things, really. It’s what you do when you spot the signs of a stroke: BE FAST in getting the victim to emergency medical care. It holds the key to recognizing someone may be having a stroke. Just remember these BE FAST words: Balance Eyes Face Arms Speech Time, not a symptom but a reminder to get medical help quickly