Carrying and giving birth to a child is a transformative event in a mother’s life, but with that change can come increases in anxiety and depression.
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Carrying and giving birth to a child is a transformative event in a mother’s life, but with that change can come increases in anxiety and depression.
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Everyone dreads hearing from their dentist that they will need a root canal. Thankfully, advancements in the area have made the root canal procedure much less painful and much quicker.
Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and among the top five causes of death in the United States: more than 795,000 people in the U.S. experience a stroke, approximately 610,000 of which are first-time strokes.
Robotic surgery was first introduced in the late 20th century and has long since found its place in the medical community. Yet despite its considerable use, robotic surgery is often misunderstood by patients.
In seeking its own batch of records from a bankrupt Mercy Iowa City — which last week won a court order for voluminous documents in its ongoing liquidation battle — the community hospital’s former managing affiliate MercyOne is airing new details about backroom discussions, discord, and deals that precipitated Mercy Iowa City’s downfall.
After two-plus years fighting a medical negligence lawsuit involving the death of a 75-year-old University of Iowa cancer patient — who was found unresponsive on the floor next to her inpatient bed three days postsurgery — the state has negotiated a settlement to pay the family $1.5 million.
As politicians demand that more Medicaid recipients work, many people with disabilities say their state programs’ income and asset caps force them to limit their work hours or turn down promotions.
The physician shortage is not exclusive to Iowa, as the projected physician shortfall could reach as high as 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. But compared with other states, Iowa’s shortage is one of the most dire.
A federal judge this week ordered MercyOne to produce a long list of records associated with its six-year management of the bankrupt Mercy Iowa City after a committee overseeing the hospital’s liquidation accused the former managing partner of withholding documents and details about what led to Mercy Iowa City’s “swift financial decline.”
Agriculture chemical companies would be protected from lawsuits over warning labeling on their products to inform consumers of health risks under a bill passed by the Iowa Senate Wednesday. This bill is now headed to the House, which did not take up a similar bill that was passed by the Senate last year.
Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” could be administered to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder under a bill advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee Tuesday.
Dentist was the subject of two prior emergency orders from licensing board
A worker’s union has intervened in the state of Iowa’s lawsuit to block nursing home staffing mandates, arguing the new requirements will help ease a national shortage of caregivers.
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