AABP EP Awards 728x90

Health and Wellness

DSC 6869

Oct. 3: Healthiest State Annual Walk

Host: Healthiest State Walk 
About: Join Iowans across the state for the eighth annual Healthiest State Walk. Register your company, school, community or group to walk for 30 minutes on Oct. 3 to support the …

DSC 6869

Artist uses gaming to help cancer patients

This Friday, Mainframe Studios’ monthly open house will feature doses of virtual reality, gaming and co-host Josh Larson’s Numinous Games, which helps cancer patients among others. 

The company’s latest release is “Galaxies of Hope,” developed …

DSC 6869

Federal rules approved for ‘skinny’ insurance plans

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a final rule amending the definition of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans, also known as “skinny” insurance. The previous rule set a maximum duration for these …

DSC 6869

NewLink’s stock tanks after earnings report, bear note

Schaeffer’s Investment Research: Biotechnology concern NewLink Genetics Corp. was down 20 percent this morning at $3 a share — a record low — after brokerage firm Stifel downgraded the stock to “hold” from “buy” and slashed …

DSC 6869

Wellmark: Report shows progress in addressing opioid abuse

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has the fourth-lowest rate of members who have been diagnosed with opioid-use disorder among Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, according to a new report. Among Wellmark members, 3 in …

DSC 6869

SoldierStrong, Eagles donate robotic exoskeleton to Younker Rehabilitation

Younker Rehabilitation at Iowa Methodist Medical Center now has a robotic exoskeleton to help patients who have had a stroke or spinal cord injury to walk again. SoldierStrong, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced …

DSC 6869

Lothe named COO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines has appointed Eric Lothe as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Lothe will assume day-to-day leadership immediately, succeeding David Stark, who was named president and CEO in June. “Eric is a …

DSC 6869

Adams to lead NAMI Greater Des Moines board

Ashley Adams, director of Optimae Rehabilitation Services, has been selected as board president of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Greater Des Moines. She will serve a two-year term leading the Central Iowa organization’s 15-member …

DSC 6869

Mercy Behavioral Health Hospital gets green light to build in Clive

Rendering by Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects, Nashville

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines will be adding 100 mental health beds in Iowa. 

The Iowa Health Facilities Council today unanimously approved Mercy’s request to construct a 100-bed inpatient …

DSC 6869

Iowa State will lead new national institute to fight antimicrobial resistance

Iowa State will lead a national institute to address a global public health concern, Iowa State officials announced in a news release today. The new Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education builds upon a partnership with …