Health and Wellness

Several health organizations have partnered to bring in health expert Tyler Norris, who will talk about healthful food systems, active community environments and health equity.

Norris will be in Des Moines Jan. 10 and 11 …

A new study shows that where patients live has strong influence on whether they will undergo surgeries that might be optional, The Des Moines Register reported.

Dartmouth College researchers found that there are large differences in …

Telligen’s charitable giving organization, Telligen Community Initiative, gave $150,000 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations in Iowa and Illinois for innovative health and wellness-related projects.

In Iowa, the 2012 grants were awarded to the following …

Gov. Terry Branstad this morning announced that Iowa will pursue a state-federal partnership to develop and operate a health insurance exchange.  

Branstad said adopting a state-federal partnership will “avoid a costly state-based model and will …

AIDS and HIV patients soon will receive medical and case management services more conveniently, and two Des Moines nonprofit agencies will save money by merging.

The AIDS Project of Central Iowa and Primary Health Care …

Iowans are losing ground when it comes to leading more healthful lifestyles and improving their individual health, according to a report released today by United Health Foundation.

Iowa’s rank slipped to 20th-healthiest among the states, …

Iowa Health – Des Moines officials added their voice to a chorus of protests by hospitals over the methods used by The Leapfrog Group  to rate hospital safety. 

Last week The Leapfrog Group, a national …