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Competition seeks to "press out" domestic violence

Since 2003, the McCowen Learning Community has organized an annual bench press competition to raise funds for the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) of Johnson County. DVIP assists over 1,2...

Annual Doc Dash set for March 24

The 27th Annual Doc Dash 5K Run/Walk is set for 9 a.m. March 24 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City.

High doses of muscle force slows loss of bone in spinal cord injury

Loss of bone density leads to brittle bones that fracture easily. It is a major complication of spinal cord injury (SCI), which affects about 250,000 Americans every year.

Genetics professor discovers link between fly and human epilepsy

Since the 1930s, scientists have studied the prickle gene, noting that flies carrying mutated prickle genes exhibit physical malformations such as body bristles pointed in abnormal directions.