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A Closer Look: Adam Lathrop

Adam Lathrop was promoted to executive director of the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council in July. He began working for the nonprofit organization a year earlier as assistant executive director. He succeeded Laura Johnson, who retired after …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 21, 2016
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Spotlight Innovation obtains license for genetic disorder treatment

Spotlight Innovation Inc., a West Des Moines bioscience firm, today announced that it has obtained an exclusive, worldwide license from Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. to commercialize STL-182, an orally available small molecule that …
By BPC Staff | Oct 19, 2016
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Mercy makes improvements to joint replacement program

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines’ Joint Replacement Program was recently highlighted in Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 10 hospitals taking their total joint replacement programs to the next level. Mercy has worked throughout the past year on …
By BPC Staff | Oct 18, 2016
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Doctor’s startup creates app to help patients understand what they’ll face in surgery

Jonathan Fialkov worked as a urologist for the Iowa Clinic for 14 years. The native of South Africa and son of a physician had watched many presurgery discussions with patients. Often, the interactions weren’t pretty,…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 18, 2016
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Two ISU professors elected to National Academy of Medicine

Iowa State University professors Alicia Carriquiry and James Roth have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Carriquiry is an ISU Distinguished Professor of statistics whose work has advanced the understanding of nutrition and dietary assessment. She joined …
By BPC Staff | Oct 18, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Safety Council, EMC partner to bring fall simulator to Greater Des Moines

  Can people learn how not to trip, slip or fall? As a Virginia-based safety technology company has discovered, the answer is yes, and its new training device could revolutionize how Central Iowa companies approach…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 18, 2016
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State to establish more permanent drug ‘Take Back’ sites

Gov. Terry Branstad today announced a new initiative to create more permanent year-round Prescription Take Back locations throughout Iowa to augment the biannually scheduled Take Back Days. The initial goal is to ensure each county …
By BPC Staff | Oct 17, 2016
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Mercy College to launch two new degree programs

Mercy College announced today that it will launch bachelor of science degree programs in health information management and public health in January. The Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management program will be offered at Mercy College’s …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2016
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UnityPoint Health Des Moines raises minimum pay to $10.50 hourly

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines announced today that it will raise its minimum pay to $10.50 per hour for all positions, an increase from the current minimum of $8.55 per hour. There are 292 employees who will …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2016
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Nov. 1: Healthiest State Initiative Bringing It Home

Host: The Healthiest State Initiative About: The Healthiest State Initiative invites Iowans to celebrate the successes of the last five years and learn how Iowans can engage in efforts to make Iowa the healthiest state…
By BPC Staff | Oct 11, 2016
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