Healthy You

Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center’s Dr. Brian Privett has a few tips to spot, treat and keep eye infections at bay.

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University of Iowa Health Care’s SAINT® therapy only takes 10 minutes, and within a month, more than 80 percent had remission of symptoms.

LASIK is a quick procedure, with patients usually back in their cars within 30 minutes. Both eyes can be treated the same day, and the surgery takes place at the doctor’s office.

You don’t need to live with that nagging soreness in a shoulder, elbow or other joint.

Carrying and giving birth to a child is a transformative event in a mother’s life, but with that change can come increases in anxiety and depression.

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Everyone dreads hearing from their dentist that they will need a root canal. Thankfully, advancements in the area have made the root canal procedure much less painful and much quicker.

Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and among the top five causes of death in the United States: more than 795,000 people in the U.S. experience a stroke, approximately 610,000 of which are first-time strokes.

Robotic surgery was first introduced in the late 20th century and has long since found its place in the medical community. Yet despite its considerable use, robotic surgery is often misunderstood by patients.