As the Fourth of July approaches, ophthalmologists at University of Iowa Health Care are reminding Iowans to celebrate safely and be mindful of the serious risk fireworks can pose to eye health.

“The food we eat is fertilizer for our microbial garden,” says Terry Wahls, MD, a clinical professor of internal medicine. “If you eat more fruits and vegetables, you’re fertilizing health-promoting bacteria. But if I’m inhibiting those helpful microbes by having lots of sugar, lots of white flour, lots of food-like chemicals, then I may be fertilizing new bacterial species that are creating…

Heat illness is a result of your body temperature rising to a dangerous level during hot weather. It normally occurs from staying in the heat for too long without taking adequate measures to cool down. Take steps to prevent getting sick from the heat. Remain in shaded or air-conditioned areas on hot and humid days. Drink plenty of water if you have to be outside, especially during exercise. Know…

Measles is an extremely contagious airborne disease caused by a virus. Currently there has been an increase in reported cases across several U.S. states (including Iowa), Canada, and Mexico.

Patients who experience a specific type of aortic tear now have a new treatment option available at UI Health Care. The AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis, the world's first aortic arch remodeling device, was recently approved for DeBakey Type 1 aortic dissection patients.

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.

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.

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…

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.