Indianola voters yesterday approved the city’s proposed wellness and recreation center project, with 77 percent voting in favor of a $12.5 million bond issue needed to move forward with the project, the Indianola Record-Herald reported. …
OK, cubicle warriors, it’s time for true confessions. How often have you found yourselves locked in the same position at your keyboards for three or four hours or longer without taking a break? Be careful …
A poll released yesterday by the Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance said that 73 percent of Iowa voters do not want the Smokefree Air Act, implemented in 2008, to be repealed, and 63 percent want to …
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa has raised $16,600 for the Ames Parks and Recreation Department and nearly $7,000 for the Des Moines Park and Recreation Department as part of a promotion with …
Less than six years after she launched her staffing agency, Katie Roth’s business employs 75 people. But she’s concerned that additional regulations and costs tied to health-care reform may force her to scale back her …
The Wellmark Foundation announced that it has funded 13 health improvement grants in Iowa totaling nearly $1.15 million. Among the projects receiving the two-year grants were the Iowa Food Bank Association, which was awarded $150,000 …
Most of Iowa’s metro areas are controlled by one or two health insurers, to the detriment of physicians and consumers, according to a study by the American Medical Association (AMA). These findings were derived …
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulation this week designed to ensure that students enrolled in health insurance plans through their college or university would benefit from consumer protections created by the Patient …
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines’ Women & Infants’ Center helped welcome more young Iowans into the world than any other single Iowa hospital last year, according to Mercy administrators. The center delivered 4,940 babies …
An organization dedicated to promoting the benefits of soybeans has launched an initiative to teach teenagers healthier eating habits.
The Soy for Life Foundation was established three years ago by The Soyfoods Council as a …
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