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UI researcher receives $2 million for gene-editing work on airway diseases

A University of Iowa researcher has received a $2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Paul McCray, executive vice chair in the Stead Family …

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Tickets still available for mental health film tonight

A few months back we told you about a local woman striving to bring awareness to mental health through a movie showing. Kristin Sauter has been in the Des Moines area for about a year…
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HCI Care Services changes name

HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa has changed its name to EveryStep. In recent years, HCI Hospice Care Services, VNS Home Care, Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa, Kavanagh House on 56th Street, Amanda …

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Prevent Child Abuse Iowa to pilot workplace program

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa has been awarded a $50,000 Community Development Grant for its Connections Matter program from the Polk County Board of Supervisors. The funding will support the development of curriculum specific to the business sector …

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UI Hospitals and Clinics to open psychiatric crisis unit

The psychiatry department at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics next week will open a 24-hour Crisis Stabilization Unit, designed for people experiencing an emotional crisis or psychiatric emergency. The new unit in Iowa City …

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Young professionals sought for UnityPoint Health advisory council

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines is seeking young professionals to serve on its Young Advisory Council. The group was formed in 2017 to engage young professionals in Central Iowa with UnityPoint Health-Des Moines board members and senior …

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LCS hires Friedman to lead HR

LCS has hired Monica Friedman as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Friedman, most recently senior vice president of human resources for Nationwide, will join LLC on Nov. 12. The Des Moines-based senior …

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Study: Community programs effective in addressing childhood obesity

A new University of Kansas study indicates that community investments in programs to address childhood obesity are making a difference among U.S. students. 

The Healthy Communities Study, conducted between 2010 and 2016, looked at community policies …

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Farm Bureau Health Plan to begin enrollment Nov. 1

Farm Bureau Health Plan announced it will start taking applications for individual coverage beginning Nov. 1. The Iowa Legislature earlier this year authorized the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation to offer the health plan benefit to …

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State programs help domestic violence survivors

The Iowa secretary of state has launched an initiative to connect survivors of domestic violence with state and local resources available to them. Safe at Home is an address confidentiality program that helps survivors of domestic violence, …