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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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LCS adds to Des Moines-based executive team

LCS, the nation’s third-largest senior living operator, announced that two of its top executives have relocated to Des Moines. Rick Exline, executive vice president and senior managing director of LCS’ life plan communities division, moved …

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100 Great Iowa Nurses announces honorees

The 100 Great Iowa Nurses program has announced its 2018 honorees. Nurses selected for this honor represent many sectors of health care, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and school and office nurses. The 100 honorees represent 42 …

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Johansen wins Drake’s highest pharmacy award

The Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will award its highest honor, the Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, to Iowa pharmacist and entrepreneur Greg Johansen. The award goes to …

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Midwestern chiropractic network plans expansion

Fulcrum Health Inc., which operates one of the largest independent networks of credentialed chiropractors in the Upper Midwest, announced it will open a new, larger headquarters this month in Plymouth, Minn., as part of a …