Health and Wellness

Des Moines-based insurance holding company American Enterprise Group Inc. has hired Dave Keith as chief operations officer. Keith was most recently senior vice president of Clinical Reference Laboratory Inc., a Kansas-based company that …

Working on the premise that everybody deserves to live, work, learn and play in a safe and healthy environment, the Wellmark Foundation is expanding its focus this year to include grant proposals that provide access …

A local specialist on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia will kick off a six-month speaker series at Drake University to educate the public on issues related to aging. Dr. Robert Bender, a geriatric physician at Broadlawns …

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines has been formally recognized by the American College of Surgeons as a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. Mercy’s Adult Trauma Center had already gained that recognition. The verification process …

Delta Dental of Iowa and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics are 2016 recipients of the ADEA Gies, the American Dental Education Association Foundation Award for Outstanding Innovation by a Public …

Des Moines-based Mercy Children’s Hospital & Clinics has been accepted for membership into the Children’s Hospital Association, which represents more than 220 children’s hospitals nationwide. As champions for children’s health, the association advances public policy enabling hospitals …