Health and Wellness

In an effort to help prospective parents find hospitals that deliver quality, affordable maternity care, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced the first hospitals in Iowa to receive the Blue Distinction Center and Blue …

The International Association of Counseling Services Inc. has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Terry Mason, former assistant vice president for student affairs at Iowa State University. Mason, currently the treasurer for the organization, has …

Friends of Iowa CASA and ICFCRB, a nonprofit organization serving abused and neglected children, announced that its board of directors has selected Dr. Tim Pearson, a chiropractor and owner of Panora Chiropractic …

An assistant professor at the University of Iowa has been working on a system that uses a solar cell smaller than your fingernail to detect certain types of cancer. The chip, covered with millions of …

In an effort to boost the dangerously low blood supply, LifeServe Blood Center will offer be open for blood donation between 8 a.m. and noon this Sunday, Feb. 7, at the Des Moines and Urbandale donor centers. …

The Healthiest State Initiative board of directors has elected Laura Jackson as president of its board. Jackson, who is executive vice president of health care innovation and business development for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue …