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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,…
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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 …

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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…
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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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…
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Healthiest State Walk engages all 99 counties

Iowans in all 99 Iowa counties (among them Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers spotted wearing a Healthiest State Walk T-shirt at yesterday’s Power Breakfast) supported the Healthiest State Initiative with 30 minutes of …

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Kemin files ITC complaint alleging patent infringement by competitor

Des Moines-based Kemin Industries Inc. announced today it has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission requesting an investigation into alleged unlawful and unauthorized importation of supplement products by a competitor that infringe on …

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Study: Iowa employer health premium increases moderate under ACA

Employer health insurance rates in Iowa are continuing to rise, but nowhere near the sickening pace of the individual market — and interestingly enough, rate increases for Iowa employers are advancing at a much slower…