Health Care and Medicine

When a farmer complains of lower back pain – especially during the peak of harvest season – it’s no joke. …

Hy-Vee has issued a recall on six meat and potato products after learning of a possible salmonella and listeria contamination. …

CHICAGO – Richard Packman first donated blood after a family at his church organized a blood drive because their child …

Emily Eekhoff was in the 33rd week of her second pregnancy when she made an unsettling discovery. As she had …

DES MOINES ­— Achieving ‘harmony’ and ‘calm’ in trying to cope with agonizing pain and disease soon will come in …

  MedPharm, one of two licensed distributors of medical marijuana products in iowa, announced Wednesday that it will be producing …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Being clean for nearly two years wasn’t even imaginable to Stephen Washburn when he entered the Linn …

IOWA CITY – Inpatient units for adults across the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics campus are packed – regularly …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The call to action is appreciated, but some attendees at a public listening post placed an emphasis …

Maia Hightower serves as University of Iowa Health Care’s chief medical information officer, but she almost became an engineer instead …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Faced with a proliferation of new electronic cigarettes and a sharp rise in teen vaping, the …

Last flu season was the most deadly in years and Chicago public health advocates are urging residents to get vaccinated. …