Public health officials have found that influenza vaccination rates among adults dropped in recent years, leading some experts to conclude …
Michaela Ramm Health Care and Medicine Nov. 18, 2018 2:07 pm2504d ago
Public health officials have found that influenza vaccination rates among adults dropped in recent years, leading some experts to conclude …
Staff Columnists Nov. 17, 2018 7:00 am2505d ago
Opioid abuse in Iowa seems to be falling. That’s the good news. On the more troubling side of things is …
Los Angeles Times
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 15, 2018 2:44 pm2507d ago
In a new strategy for preventing heart attacks and strokes, leading cardiologists are urging their fellow physicians to focus on …
Anna Edney | Bloomberg
Government & Politics Nov. 15, 2018 12:03 pm2507d ago
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called the presence of menthol flavors in nicotine products a major …
Tim Jamison, Waterloo Courier
Government & Politics Nov. 15, 2018 4:20 pm2507d ago
WATERLOO – A second lawsuit could be in the works against the insurers who oversee Iowa’s Medicaid program. Black Hawk …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 14, 2018 6:37 pm2507d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Foundation has received a nearly $4 million gift from a Cedar Rapids native, one …
Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post
Nation and World Nov. 13, 2018 5:22 pm2509d ago
MARRERO, La. – By the time Jourdan Loyola was finally diagnosed with a rare and baffling condition called acute flaccid …
By Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune
Business News Nov. 13, 2018 2:02 pm2509d ago
One pair of glasses was crushed. A second pair lost their shape and kept slipping off his nose. That’s because …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 10, 2018 5:50 pm2511d ago
Out of a belief many mass killers seek twisted infamy through their actions, my preference is to not mention them. …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 10, 2018 11:20 am2512d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The departure of Ted Townsend, outgoing head of a Cedar Rapids hospital, marks the end of nearly …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 10, 2018 11:00 am2512d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County Public Health recently released its annual report for fiscal 2018, highlighting local efforts for the …
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 10, 2018 12:14 pm2512d ago
DES MOINES — The good news: Iowa’s opioid problem is declining. The bad news: methamphetamine activity seems to be surging. …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 9, 2018 7:01 pm2512d ago
In an effort among the first of its kind in the state, researchers have taken steps to understand the health …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 8, 2018 8:09 pm2513d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Lisa Schares craves a sense of normalcy. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August and …
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