The Wellmark Foundation, a nonprofit foundation of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, has awarded a two-year, $49,639 grant to the Great River Foundation to fund a new school-based exercise program at two …
Mercy Clinics has begun construction on a new family practice clinic in the Prairie Trail development in Ankeny. The new clinic, Mercy Prairie Trail Family Medicine Clinic, will be located at 2605 S.W. White Birch …
Open enrollment is now in effect through Jan. 19 for the Live Healthy America 100-Day Wellness Challenge. The program, whose past participants have included Hy-Vee Inc., MidAmerican Energy Co., Iowa Health System and Meredith Corp., …
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awarded $144,765 to 25 Iowa agencies through its mini-grant program.
Mini-grants are intended to support one-time oral health projects or short-term projects of up to a year in duration. …
Consider the last time you had to navigate the hallways of an unfamiliar hospital or clinic. Now think about how much more difficult that would have been if you couldn’t read the names of the …
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has partnered with H&R Block Inc. to offer an online calculator that business owners can use to estimate their potential savings from the health-care reform small business tax credit. …
Meredith Corp. has launched its Diabetic Living brand in Russia under license with Moscow-based Dear Media. The publication features research and information about diet, exercise, food, nutrition and health. Diabetic Living is published quarterly and …
If the cardiologists who fix blockages in the heart or coronary arteries are the “plumbers,” then Dr. Steven Bailin is the cardiac “electrician.”
Bailin, a cardiologist with Iowa Heart Center, has pioneered an alternative technique …
Leaders of charitable health organizations in Greater Des Moines know just how important volunteering is.
“The need for volunteers is immense,” said Mark Slocum, executive director of the Children’s Cancer Connection. “It’s just a never-ending …
Most Iowans realize that good medical care and healthful behavior are important for maintaining their health. Despite that, many don’t take care of themselves as well as they should, according to a new statewide study …
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