Articles Tagged: Diseases

A mother, an Iraq War veteran and the former director of New Mexico’s medical marijuana program made the case for …

Ever since 10-year-old Iowa City boy Sully Hall watched his younger brother endure months of chemotherapy and eventually beat cancer, …

State health officials are warning Iowans that the latest flu season is under way. Officials with the Iowa Department of …

Johnson County officials think unpasteurized cider is behind cases of an illness that can cause diarrhea for weeks if untreated. …

A farm traced to cyclospora outbreaks in Iowa and Nebraska has re-opened after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration assessment …

By R’becca Groff, for The Gazette Somewhere along the way heart disease got a reputation as a man’s disease. It’s …

The number of confirmed cases of cyclospora in Linn County continues to increase, according to new monitoring numbers released Monday …

UPDATE: The number of confirmed cases of cyclospora in Linn County have doubled this week.However, public health officials said they …

The Iowa Department of Public Health is urging the public to take the necessary precautions to prevent bug bites after …

UPDATE: The breast cancer mortality rate in Iowa has dropped significantly over the past 20 years, University of Iowa doctors …

Despite a national push, fewer teens than expected are getting vaccinations that prevent a type of cancer transmitted through sexual …

Doctors recommend getting a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer every 10 years, starting at the age of 50. Kim …

Cancer screenings, like mammograms, are becoming more commonplace. But health authorities are still trying to get the message out about …

As one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States, colorectal cancer touches thousands of families each …