Health and Wellness

CICS and its partner organization, Eyerly Ball Mental Health Services, announced today they will provide new mobile crisis response services for Central Iowans in the 10-county area served by CICS, which supports individuals with mental illnesses, intellectual …

The Healthiest State Initiative and officials from Grand Blue Mile are again partnering to encourage Iowa communities to “Set the Pace” in 2018. The Set the Pace challenge encourages Iowans to develop sustainable, healthy habits …

Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative on Thursday recognized the winners of its inaugural HSI Awards during a ceremony at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines. 

Meredith Corp. received the Large Workplace Award in the …

The American Lung Association in Iowa announced that lung health experts will gather in Des Moines on May 9 for the Lung Force Expo. The expo is a program designed for health care professionals, patients …

Overall, 2017 was a challenging year for Americans’ well-being, according to the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index for 2017 released today. 

The national Well-Being Index score in 2017 was 61.5 – a decline from 62.1 in 2016. This overall …

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the nonprofit Lung Cancer Alliance for its commitment to responsible lung cancer screening. Low-dose CT screening for lung cancer carried out safely, efficiently and …

The Embrace Aging speaker series will return to Des Moines University beginning Feb. 20. The free one-hour programs are focused on helping health care providers, patients and families learn more about aging-related topics, particularly about …