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Healthiest State Initiative events set for Thursday at Statehouse

Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative will showcase its five top priorities at the Capitol on Thursday, with opportunities to learn and become more active, too. The Hy-Vee Healthy You wellness bus will be stationed near the …

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Wellmark YMCA groundbreaking to be held today

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wellmark YMCA will be held this afternoon in the former Polk County Convention Center at 501 Grand Ave at 1:30 p.m. The $30 million project was made possible through …

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Dahl’s, Science Center partner on healthy eating exhibit

The Science Center of Iowa and Blank IMAX Dome Theater will partner with Dahl’s Foods to renovate a portion of the “Small Discoveries” marketplace exhibit at the Science Center. New exhibits and content will provide …

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Youth health philanthropy initiative launched

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation announced that it has launched a Youth Health Philanthropy Initiative to reach out to community organizations to improve the health and well-being of children and youths in Greater Des Moines. The foundation …

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Broadlawns launches online Patient Portal

Broadlawns Medical Center patients now have access to key medical information and services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Des Moines hospital announced. Using its new online Patient Portal, patients can review laboratory results, …

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Health coalition hopes to raise awareness of clinical research

Gov. Terry Branstad is set to announce today the formation of an organization designed to educate citizens about the importance of clinical research.

The Iowa Coalition of Clinical Researchers is made up of a number …

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Flu activity increasing in Iowa – here’s how to protect yourself

Flu activity is increasing in Iowa. The good news is that the prevalent strain should be thwarted if you got a flu shot.
Surveillance data in Iowa shows that while still relatively low, influenza activity …

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Health care spending growth rate remains low

U.S. health care spending grew more slowly than the economy as a whole in 2012, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Overall health care spending increased at a …

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IRS ruling limits ‘affordability’ definition

The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance, one which family advocacy groups say will deny federal financial assistance to millions of Americans with modest incomes who cannot afford family …

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Wellmark announces final six large Blue Zones cities

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Healthways Inc. today named six more communities as Blue Zones Project demonstration sites in Iowa.

The communities are Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, Iowa City, Oskaloosa, Marion and Sioux City. …