• 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.
• FDA advisers: revise popular birth control labels (Reuters)
  Peter Kaboli, M.D.
• The American Society of Hematology Announces 2012 Scholar Award Winners (Sacreamento Boo)
  Anil Chauhan, PhD and Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD
• New U-I cancer facility incorporates patient design ideas (Radio Iowa)
  Geroge Weiner, M.D.
• New Hip Implants No Better Than Older Ones, Study Finds (MSN)
  Peter Cram, M.D.
• Expert says update all your vaccines, not just the flu (Radio Iowa)
  Patricia Winokur, M.D.
• U.S. panel recommends testing kids' cholesterol (Des Moines Register)
  Jennifer Robinson, M.D.
• Earlier diagnosis, better prognosis: increasing awareness for neuroendocrine tumor (NET) cancers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  Thorvardur Halfdanarson, M.D.
• New drugs effectively wipe out hepatitis C (Omaha-World Herald)
  Antonio Sanchez, M.D.
• Dengue Fever Invades United States (Empowher.com)
  Judy Streit, M.D.
• Hospitalist programs growing in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
  Scott Wilson, D.O.
• Some Alcohol Misconceptions That Could End Your Life (All Africa Global Media)
  William Haynes, M.D., Ph.D.
• IDSA: Shortage of Antimicrobials Hits Hospitals Hard (MedPage Today)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D.
• Gene Discovery Was Only First Step: At Last, Cystic Fibrosis Drugs Seem Near
  (Wall Street Journal)
  Michael Welsh, M.D.
• How Twitter Tracks the Spread of Disease in Real Time (Mashable.com)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D.
• Michael Jackson Trial: What Happened in the Final Moments? (International Business Times)
  Brian Olshansky, M.D.
• Beware of Curtain! Pat hogens Plentiful on Hospital Partitions (Internal Medicine News)
  Marin Schweizer, Ph.D.
• MRSA: Potentially Deadly Bacteria Found in Hospital Privacy Curtains (ThirdAge.,com)
  Michael Ohl, M.D.
• African American patients more likely to receive replacement surgery in low-quality hospitals (News Medical)
  Xueya Cai, Ph.D.
• Postdocs: Striving for Success in a Tough Economy (Science Careers)
  Gail Bishop, M.D.
• Superbug more common in kids who've used antibiotics (Rueters)
  Dan DIekema, M.D.
• Polgreen uses Twitter to track H1N1 influenza outbreak progression (PBS NewsHour)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D.
• Return to smoking after heart attack ups death risk (Reuters)
  David Katz, M.D.
• Rural living with COPD is risky (Health24.com)
  Thad Abrams, M.D.
• Twitter to track dengue fever outbreaks in Brazil (New Scientist)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D., M.P.H.
• Awareness of Alpha-1 is key to living with it
  (Des Moines Register)
  Jeff Wilson, M.D.
• UI is ranked in "Best Places to Work Academia" (The Scientist)
  Kevin Glenn, M.D.
• How Much Is a Drug-Resistance Death Worth? Less Than $600 (wired.com)
  Eli Perencevich, M.D.
• UNI student's death spurs family to advocate awareness, education
  (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  Mary Beth Fasano, M.D.
• Cancer survivors gather to celebrate
  (Iowa City Press Citizen)
  Roger Gingrich, M.D.
• UIHC works to improve patient satisfaction
  (Iowa City Press Citizen)
  Theresa Brennan, M.D.
• Lifestyle changes could stop tsunami of diabetes cases (Des Moines Register)
  Robert Bar, M.D.
• Caffeine-gobbling microbe found (MSNBC)
  Robert Summers, M.D.
• Breaking through the barrier (Chemistry World)
  Beverly Davidson, Ph.D.
• Don't hold back on these prunes! (TimesWellness.com)
  Satish Rao, M.D.
• Ruling opens door for stem-cell science
  (Capitol News Connection)
  Nicholas Zavazava, M.D.
• Better Hand-Washing Through Technology
  (New York Times)
  Phil Polgreen, M.D., M.P.H.
• Shorter Hospital Stays, More Readmissions After Hip Replacements (USNews.com)
  Peter Cram, M.D.
• Incidence of and Hospitalization for Dengue Fever Escalate (Modern Medicine)
  Judy Streit, M.D.
• Heard on the Hill: KU Cancer Center effort could be affected by NIH budget
  (Lawrence Journal-World)
  George Weiner, M.D.
• Infection Prevention and Comparative Effectiveness Research (JAMA)
  Eli Perencevich, MD
• Innovation: An Open Can of Worms?
  (manufacturing.net)
• UI, Eagles dedicate new diabetes center
  (Iowa City Press Citizen)
• Impact of Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit Coverage on Patient Outcomes
  (Archives of Internal Medicine)
  Brendan Young, Ph.D., Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A., and Colleagues
• How Can You Help the Medicine Go Down?
  (Wall Street Journal)
  Alan Christensen, Ph.D.
• Nightly commitment eases daily life
  (Des Moines Register)
  Douglas Somers, M.D.
• Dried Plums (Prunes) Shown More Effective Than Psyllium in Treating Constipation (BusinessWire.com)
  Satish Rao, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.
• More cancer, fewer cancer deaths expected in Iowa (Iowa City Press Citizen)
  Adrian Holm, D.O.
• Local VA at forefront of telemedical research (Iowa City Press Citizen)
  Peter Kaboli, M.D., M.S,
  Eli Perencevich, M.D., M.S.
• Gene dean talks personalized medicine (Muscatine Journal)
  Paul Rothman, M.D.
• Christensen assesses improved doctor-patient relationships (MSNBC)
  Alan Christensen, Ph.D.
• Patient celebrates 25th anniversary of UI heart transplant (Eastern Iowa Health)
  Fran Johnson, M.D.
• Elevated levels of the hormone prolactin are associated with infertility, low sex drive and bone loss (Health Canal)
  Janet Schlechte, M.D.
• Study sees no link between vitamin D, diabetes (Reuters)
  Jennifer Robinson, M.D.
• Defining Moment: Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (The Hospitalist)
  Melinda Johnson, M.D.
• UI seeks new ways to prevent flu (Daily Iowan)
  Jack Stapleton, M.D.
• Pump bridges the gap from old heart to new (Omaha World-Herald)
  Frances Johnson, M.D.
• Can the Presence of Family and Friends Help You Heal? (ABC News)
  Brian Olshansky, M.D.
• Worming Your Way to Better Health (Science News)
  David Elliott, M.D., Ph.D.
• Iowa opens new debate over use of stem cells (Des Moines Register)
  Nicholas Zavazava, M.D., Ph.D.
• End-of-life counseling means 'survival panels' (Daily Iowan)
  Ann Broderick, MD, MS
• Worms and Flies and Basic Research (opposingviews.com)
  Raymond Hohl, M.D., Ph.D.
• Are Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Overused? (ABC News)
  Brian Olshansky, M.D.

News Items

• Cedar Rapids couple commits $1 million for UI kidney disease research (12/16/2011)
• New UI cancer clinic offers improved efficiency, comfort (11/30/2011)
• UI study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture (11/17/2011)
• Thinking about a flu shot? Adults can benefit from other vaccines too (11/16/2011)
• UI researchers develop innovative protocol of treatment for MS patients (11/14/2011)
• Internal Medicine physicians named 'Best Doctors' (9/7/2011)
• Iowa's first total artificial heart recipient discharged (8/10/2011)
• Gordon Receives Patient Care Partner Award (7/18/2011)
• Diabetes Research Center announces initial research grants (7/18/2011)
• Horwitz Named Cardiology Clinical Chief (7/15/2011)
• Higher Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers Among Black High-Risk Nursing Home Residents Is Related to Site of Care (7/12/2011)
• UI Health Care names first Diabetes Faculty Scholar (7/12/2011)
• New App is All About Gout (7/12/2011)
• UI physicians implant state's first Total Artificial Heart (7/11/2011)
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center's status renewed by National Cancer Institute (7/6/2011)
• UI scientist honored for lifetime contributions to hypertension research (6/27/2011)
• Brennan named new chief medical officer for UI Health Care (6/22/2011)
• Bieber receives Collegiate Teaching Award (6/13/2011)
• Apple peel makes mice mighty (6/7/2011)
• Snyder Named Vice Chair for Faculty Advancement (5/26/2011)
• UI study: Carbon black nanoparticles activate immune cells, causing cell death (5/18/2011)
• Abboud receives $4 million training grant renewal for Cardiovascular Research Center (5/12/2011)
• Sigmund honored by American Physiological Society (4/14/2011)
• Mark honored by American Physiological Society (4/14/2011)
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, UI dedicate new diabetes research center (4/1/2011)
• Pig model of cystic fibrosis improves understanding of disease (3/17/2011)
• UI team investigates function of 'junk DNA' in human genes (2/28/2011)
• Elliott to Direct Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2/24/2011)
• Davidson to discuss molecular medicine at Presidential Lecture Feb. 27 (2/21/2011)
• 'Best Doctors in America' recognizes 91 Internal Medicine physicians (2/15/2011)
• UI Presents MLK Celebration of Human Rights January 17-28 (1/10/2011)
• Growth defects in cystic fibrosis may start before birth (11/10/2010)
• Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center Leadership Announced (10/29/2010)
• Vogelgesang appointed to new Strottmann Chair for medical education (10/22/2010)
• UI Heart and Vascular Center honored for heart care (10/4/2010)