Ongoing and upcoming clinical trials are testing new therapies, including oral treatments, for genetic disorders such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, and mucopolysaccharidoses.
The hospital’s focus on patient- and family-centered care is apparent throughout the unit, including architectural elements, décor, floor plan and room design.
The first patients moved into the new UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Feb. 25, 2017. Here’s to our first “birthday” in this building…and many more to come! We’re grateful for our patients, their families, and everyone who is Changing Medicine. Changing Kids’ Lives!
The University of Iowa may be one step closer to using vitamin C to fight cancer. The university has received a grant to make it possible to start clinical trials for teens for a recently approved FDA drug of high-dosage vitamin C.
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s Grief Services staff works to ease the hearts of families grieving the death of a child. Each July, the hospital hosts a Service of Remembrance for about 45 families to honor three different types of loss—babies who died before they were born,...
