Internal Medicine in the News

• Inpatient Cardiac Arrest Less Deadly for Kids (MedpageToday)
  Saket Girotra, M.D.
• Google and Twitter Help Track Influenza Outbreaks (National Geographic)
  Phil Polgreen , M.D.
• Deadly 'superbugs' invade U.S. health care facilities (USA Today)
  Eli Perencevich, M.D.
• Study shows how CaM kinase II triggers cell death following heart damage
  (News-Medical.net)
  Mark E. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
• Study: substance in fruits may help you lose weight (Radio Iowa)
  Christopher Adams, M.D.
• Eastern Iowa hospitals partner with University of Iowa on telehealth project
  (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
  Gary Rosenthal, M.D.
• Study finds significantly higher hospital costs for surgical patients who smoke (MedicalExpress.com)
  Aparna Kamath, M.D.
• Concern over radon in Iowa sparks discussion (The Daily Iowan)
  Thomas Gross, M.D.
• Coronado Biosciences Announces Phase 1 TSO Data to be Presented at the 8th International Congress on Autoimmunity
  (Wall Street Journal)
  David Elliott, M.D.
• Iowa family presented annual check to university hospital for hepatitis C research Tuesday (Daily Iowan)
  Warren Schmidt, M.D.
• In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease (Wall Street Journal)
  Robert Summers, M.D.
• American Heart Association's Go Red For Women® Movement asks the women of Johnson County to uncover the truth about heart disease (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
  Kelly-Ann Light-McGroary, M.D.
• Conquering kale (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
  Terry Wahls, M.D.
• UI researchers involved in herpes vaccine study (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
  Jack Stapleton, M.D.
• Twitter kept up with Haiti cholera outbreak (Science News)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D.

Study finds possible link between diabetes, increased heart attack death risk

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UI participating in new flu vaccine study

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UI organizations shed light on HIV/AIDS epidemic

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Subspecialties Ranked

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced July 17 that UI Hospitals and Clinics is included once again on a widely recognized list of leading U.S. hospitals.

"The Best Hospitals in America" listing is compiled annually by U.S. News & World Report.

Three Internal Medicine subspecialties ranked in the top 50, while three were ranked as "high performing."

• Cancer (23rd nationally)
• Nephrology (32nd)
• Pulmonology (42nd)
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery (high performing)
• Diabetes and Endocrinology (high performing)
• Gastroenterology (high performing)

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