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Imagine having an operation and recuperating without the usual discomfort or even being pain-free after surgery. Sound impossible? Maybe not, according to a University of Iowa researcher.

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Researchers at the University of Iowa played a major role in an important study that showed calcium supplements might reduce the risk of colon cancer. The study results are published in the Jan. 14 New England Journal of Medicine.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An enzyme notorious for making a bad situation worse when it comes to inflammation causes the brain's blood vessels to dilate when the brain becomes injured, a University of Iowa study revealed.

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Wood-eating termites' digestive processes that prove so maddening to homeowners may provide insight into why some animals produce more greenhouse gasses than others, said a University of Iowa researcher whose work appears in the Jan. 29 issue of Science.

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Individuals with Alzheimer's disease are likely to have a harder time identifying objects while they are walking or traveling in a vehicle than those without the disease, according to a University of Iowa study.

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Although cochlear implants have opened up the world of sound for many individuals with profound hearing loss or deafness, the devices fall short of replicating the normal hearing process. But that could soon change.

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An imbalance in how genes are expressed on a female's two X chromosomes may lead to the development of ovarian cancer in some women, University of Iowa Cancer Center researchers report in the Feb. 17 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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People accessing the World Wide Web don't want to turn to a dictionary to decipher what they are reading on any particular site. But if individuals are looking up medical materials, they likely may need such assistance, according to a recent University of Iowa study.

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For the first time ever, University of Iowa researchers have confirmed how a protein complex, when defective, causes limb girdle muscular dystrophy.

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The social environment of people with schizophrenia, specifically the quantity of social support they receive, may affect how long they live, according to a University of Iowa study published in the March 22 issue of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.