Health and Wellness

Iowa is the second-best state in which to grow old, according to a new Caring.com report that examined a variety of financial, health care and quality of life categories. Neighboring South Dakota and Minnesota ranked first and …

The Wellmark Foundation recently announced 13 recipients of its 2016 Healthy Communities small grant program. The Healthy Communities small grant program supports projects of $25,000 or less with the goal of encouraging new collaborations focused …

This summer, the Iowa Community Health AmeriCorps Program will work with the Des Moines Public Schools to connect children with healthy, local foods through the Summer Food Service Program and school gardens. The program is …

Ankeny-based Embria Health Sciences has expanded the market for its fermented immune supplement ingredient EpiCor into Central and Eastern Europe with a new distribution agreement with Hermes Consilium. Through this agreement Hermes Consilium will be …

The Wheaton Franciscan Sisters finalized an agreement previously announced in October, making the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Iowa operations part of Mercy Health Network as of May 1. The Wheaton Iowa operations include Covenant Medical …

A Memphis company’s attempt to win state permission to build a 72-bed psychiatric hospital in Bettendorf failed to get the votes it needed at a hearing Wednesday, as members of Iowa’s State Health Facilities Council …

Cedar Rapids has been named a certified Blue Zones Community, the 15th city in Iowa to earn the designation. A collaboration of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Healthways Inc. and Blue Zones LLC, the …

Iowa’s move to Medicaid managed care was delayed for a second time on Tuesday afternoon when the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told the state that it would approve an April 1 start …

Chalk up another bragging right for Greater Des Moines. The metro area ranked 48th among 190 communities evaluated nationally by the Gallup-Healthways Community Well-Being Rankings released today. The Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area scored relatively high …