Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of whom had conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials announced Tuesday.
Four million more Americans went …
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines announced yesterday that it will begin operating a second air ambulance out of the Knoxville airport starting Nov. 15.
A Bell 407 helicopter will be stationed in Knoxville to …
Vintage Hills Retirement Community, a 66-unit senior housing and assisted-living center, has opened in Indianola.
The retirement community, a $10 million project, is the first construction to be completed at Summercrest Hills, a planned 160-acre …
SB Pharmaco Puerto Rico Inc., a unit of GlaxoSmithKline, pleaded guilty to charges it sold “adulterated” drugs made at a now-closed plant in Puerto Rico, federal regulators said Tuesday. Glaxo will pay a criminal fine …
In a move to boost employee wellness and decrease absenteeism, the city of Ankeny has reached an agreement with Ankeny-based Embria Health Sciences to provide city employees with supplies of the company’s immune health product …
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation has awarded $50,000 to the Iowa Dental Foundation, the Iowa Dental Association’s nonprofit foundation, to help fund the Iowa Mission of Mercy (Iowa MOM) project, which is scheduled for …
Some patients at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines have received the type of guest services that might be expected at a five-star hotel.
Since the hospital opened last fall, patients and their families …
Mercy Medical Center’s Central Pediatric Clinic has been named as the Des Moines area’s first Literary Rich Waiting Room.
The award is given out by Iowa Public Television (IPTV) and Reach Out and Read Iowa …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday authorized New Hampton-based Hillandale Farms of Iowa Inc. to begin shipping eggs from three of its producers.
Hillandale Farms was one of two companies that recalled 550 …
Iowa Health System was one of eight 2010 Iowa Recycling Awards recipients during an annual banquet hosted by the Iowa Recycling Association and Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations. The awards are given to individuals …
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