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Carver College of Medicine gets $12 million grant for cochlear implant research

The Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has received a five-year, $12 million grant renewal from the National Institute on Deafness …
By BPC Staff | Mar 13, 2018
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Des Moines’ well-being score slips in national index

If you’re looking for the community with the best overall well-being in the nation, you can’t beat the Naples metro area in Florida. For a third consecutive year, that Gulf Coast community had the highest …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 13, 2018
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Two companies bid to replace AmeriHealth Caritas in Iowa

Iowa officials announced the identity of two companies bidding to replace AmeriHealth Caritas in Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program, reports the Des Moines Register. Missouri-based Centene and Washington, D.C.-based Trusted Health Plan — whose board chair, Tom Scully, …
By BPC Staff | Mar 13, 2018
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Health ranking for Iowa women and children rises

The latest version of America’s Health Rankings places Iowa ninth in the nation when it comes to the health of women, infants and children. The 2018 ranking was the fifth consecutive increase in Iowa’s relative …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 12, 2018
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Optimae’s southeast Iowa division receives accreditation

Optimae Home Health Services announced that its Southeast Iowa division, which serves 13 southeast Iowa counties, has received its first three-year accreditation from Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) Inc. The accreditation process entailed an in-depth …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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Walking Fed to accept drive-through donations for food bank Saturday

Zombies should go hungry, but kids shouldn’t. On Saturday donations of food and cash made to the Food Bank of Iowa during the Walking Fed event will help provide food to students whose school-based meal …
By BPC Staff | Mar 8, 2018
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CTE Hope launches pilot study to identify concussions in high school athletes

The Indianola-based nonprofit CTE Hope announced the launch of a new pilot study to explore potential relationships between proteins in athletes’ saliva and cognitive measurements taken by the ClearEdge assessment tool — the only FDA-approved concussion assessment …
By BPC Staff | Mar 8, 2018
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Loan repayment awards help 7 Iowa dentists practice rurally, less indebtedly

Seven Iowa dentists are the latest recipients of up to $100,000 educational loan repayment awards from the Fulfilling Iowa’s Need for Dentists (FIND) project, a collaborative public-private partnership. The program engages dentists to establish a …
By BPC Staff | Mar 8, 2018
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The surprising secrets to living longer — and better

The secrets are really not so secret in this Time magazine article on health research and interview with centenarians — exercise, eat pretty well. But there are some other bits in this piece that are …
By SUZANNE BEHNKE | Mar 7, 2018
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Legislators approve association health plan bill

The Iowa Senate has moved forward with a bill that would enable small businesses to form association health plans as a potential cost-saving option, the Des Moines Register reported. The proposal, Senate File 2349, passed the Iowa Senate on …
By BPC Staff | Mar 7, 2018