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NOTEBOOK:At unveiling of the children’s hospital mural, patients receive 111 surprises

Disney CEO Bob Iger, with patients at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, unveils the new Disney character mural Wednesday at Blank.
Photo by Duane Tinkey

Seventy-five years after the first Disney character murals were …

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Trump rewrites rules for Obamacare marketplaces

The Trump administration on Monday issued new rules for health plans sold through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, in a move that shifts much of the control over insurance standards from the federal government to states …

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Study links insomnia to being a jerk at work

That sandwich you took from the community kitchen fridge that wasn’t yours, the not-so-nice comment you made during a colleague’s presentation or the spat over a parking spot close to the office front door — …

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NewLink Genetics shares plummet 44% after Merck, Incyte trial failure

MarketWatch: Shares of Ames-based NewLink Genetics Corp. plummeted 44 percent by late morning today after Merck and Incyte Corp. said their trial testing a combination including a type of cancer drug called an IDO inhibitor had …

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UI receives $21 million health research grant

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a $21 million grant to the University of Iowa that enables UI to expand its research to collect data from Iowans in their home communities. The Clinical and …

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Medicaid cases top complaints to Iowa Ombudsman office

The Iowa Office of the Ombudsman is crediting a rise in complaints to the office to a 157 percent increase in cases connected to Medicaid managed-care organizations, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. The report included examples …

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Majority of TECH, TEACH graduates hired by Broadlawns

Broadlawns Medical Center announced that its spring class of Training and Education for a Career in Healthcare (TECH) participants have earned their basic and advanced Certified Nursing Assistant degrees and have graduated from the TECH …

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HomeChoice Senior Care joins BrightStar Care

HomeChoice Senior Care, a Cedar Rapids-based home care agency, announced it has become a franchise of BrightStar Care, a leading in-home care franchise, effective April 1. HomeChoice Senior Care, which operates in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids …

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Iowa-grown relief from pain is coming

Iowa bioscience leader Chris Nelson is bringing his significant knowledge in growing and extracting custom health ingredients from botanicals to the emerging medical cannabis industry. 

Nelson, the president and CEO of global nutritional company Kemin …

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University of Iowa ordered to pay $21.5 million to C.R. contractor

The University of Iowa has been ordered to pay a Cedar Rapids contractor nearly $21.5 million after a lengthy legal battle over its work on the new Stead Family Children’s Hospital and Hancher Auditorium, the …