Health and Wellness

In the not-too-distant future, cancer treatments will be tailored to a patient’s individual genetic makeup, enabling doctors to order therapies that target specific types of cancer cells based on the “markers” that specific tumors emit …

The business of running continues to soar in a struggling economy, according to a June report by Running USA.

“Races all across the country are selling out or have record fields,” said Ryan Lamppa, media …

Bill Throckmorton can tell you the exact number of radiation doses he received as he fought prostate cancer four summers ago.

Three hundred forty-two.

Every morning for 40 days, Throckmorton would ride his bicycle to …

Last fall, West Des Moines made a huge leap – from having no community hospital to a choice of two state-of-the-art hospitals. Though the hospitals may be taking longer than expected to operate at full …

The 2010 Executive Health Challenge draws to a close this week as 175 businesspeople are put to the test.

Formerly known as Fittest Executive Challenge, the annual 10-week program has been retooled to focus more …

For the past three years, Des Moines University (DMU) students have visited homeless camps along the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, faithfully bringing warm clothes, hot coffee, fresh batteries and other simple necessities every Sunday …

Steven Schreiner remembers the first time he felt the pain. He was walking down a stairway at his workplace about a year ago when he felt a strange stabbing sensation across his right cheek.

“I …

As Iowa’s Baby Boomers get older, will there be enough nurses to provide care for them? If present trends continue, the nursing work force will fall far short of the increasing demand from the state’s …

Jody Jenner has an extra spring in his step these days.

It may be all those construction trailers parked on the Broadlawns Medical Center campus, and the state-of-the-art 27,000-square-foot emergency department now taking shape that …