A dangerous trend has emerged online: counterfeit car seats. These fake products look like popular, trusted brands, but they lack the essential safety features, testing, and engineering required to protect a child in a crash.

Iowans should be on their guard outside during winter months, particularly against damage to the nose, ears, toes, and fingers, explains Hans R. House, MD, an emergency medicine physician at UI Health Care. Several factors determine how much damage is done by the cold, he notes. Temperature, dampness, and the duration of exposure are among factors, of course, but, also, immobility of the victim-…

Working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the university campus, Chrissy McCullough, BSN, RN, CCRN, has always taken a patient-centered approach to nursing, guided by her own version of the golden rule: “If this were my own child, how would I want them to be cared for?” That same philosophy resonates with fellow PICU nurse Cale Muhlhausen, BSN, RN, CCRN.

Looking to quit smoking? Maybe you tried once, but it didn’t work out? Don’t get discouraged. On average, it could take you as many as seven attempts to give up tobacco use before you quit for good, says Autumn Carstens, MEd, tobacco treatment specialist at UI Health Care.

University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center has begun treating its first patient with T-cell receptor therapy, an innovative treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to fight synovial sarcoma — a rare and aggressive cancer.

Staying active is vital in maintaining a healthy lifestyle at every stage of life by strengthening your bones and muscles and supporting cardiovascular and mental health.

Every year, the Office of the Patient Experience highlights units and clinics that excel in patient experience and teamwork, based on patient feedback from a nationwide survey.

It’s a rare thing to contribute to research that helps people live longer, healthier lives. It’s even rarer to be one of the people your own research ends up helping.

Physician Leon Jons, a weight management specialist at UI Health Care and clinical associate professor of internal medicine at the Carver College of Medicine, helps patients lose weight — and keep it off.

Even though a causal link between vaping and lung cancer hasn’t been shown, there is plenty we do know about vaping’s immense dangers.