Cancer clinical trials are research studies that test new treatments to see if they are safer and more effective than older treatments. These treatments may include new medicines, new ways to use existing medicines, or even new types of surgery or radiation.

A new study led by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care has revealed a significant association between high blood pressure during pregnancy (gestational hypertension) and an increased risk of seizures in children.

New study by UI Health Care researchers shows proliferation of specialty tobacco shops and weak enforcement penalties cause high rates of violations.

Based in the Department of Internal Medicine and its cardiovascular medicine division, the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center’s roster includes more than 200 investigators from the Carver College of Medicine as well as the UI Colleges of Pharmacy, Public Health, and Liberal Arts and Sciences.

When a beloved family member died of cancer, Iowa native Lillian Wischmeyer knew what she wanted to do with her life — and that the University of Iowa was the best place to prepare her for it.

Radiation has been a mainstay cancer therapy for almost 100 years. But its potent cell-killing power, so effective against tumors, is a double-edged sword when healthy tissue gets in the way. Borrowing from one of nature’s toughest survivors, researchers at University of Iowa Health Care, MIT, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are creating a unique approach to protect healthy tissue during…

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Iowa, Lindsey Knake, MD, ventured out on a winding path. Knake stayed at Iowa to earn an MD degree at the Carver College of Medicine and then did residency training in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. She went on to complete a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and receive a master’s degree…

University of Iowa Health Care’s Val C. Sheffield, MD, PhD, and Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD, are the recipients of the 2025 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research, awarded by global brain and vision research nonprofit BrightFocus Foundation and the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education.

Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, and pediatrics in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. He is part of the 2025 class of 120 members and 30 international members.

As a cancer-fighting organic compound, University of Iowa researchers knew vitamin C worked in cells. They knew it worked in mice. They even knew it worked in a small group of cancer patients. What the Iowa team didn't know was how well it could work—so well, in fact, that they ended a phase 2 clinical trial early.