Health and Wellness

The American Hospital Association (AHA) will recognize the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) with a national quality award. The IHA and the Washington State Hospital Association will receive the inaugural Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for …

Broadlawns Medical Center will install 35 palm scanners in a move to improve patient security and make registration more efficient, the hospital announced today. The Des Moines hospital will be the first in Iowa and …

Suku Radia, president and CEO of Bankers Trust Co., will serve as the corporate chair for the 2011 Walk to Defeat ALS. He succeeds Ric Jurgens, CEO of Hy-Vee Inc., as chair of the event, …

A steep rise in people caring for elderly parents is taking a toll on the health and finances of many Baby Boomers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

A new study says older caregivers who work …

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines will collect donations today and tomorrow to send to Joplin, Mo., to help tornado victims. Supplies will be collected from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days in the …

Bicyclists will depart at 7 a.m. June 25 from Ankeny for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society North Central States chapter’s annual Bike MS: Cruise the Cornfields event.  They will spend the evening in Marshalltown and …

Iowa Health – Des Moines had two hospitals recognized for surgical excellence by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Iowa Methodist Medical Center has been named a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement …

The skyrocketing cost of new cancer treatments is putting advances in fighting the deadly disease out of reach for a growing number of Americans, Reuters and MSNBC.com reported.

Cancer patients are abandoning medical care because …

The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation has awarded $88,082 to 16 Iowa agencies to improve the oral health of the state’s residents. These Greater Des Moines organizations received grants: Children and Families of Iowa, $5,000; …

The Central Iowa chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation raised $1.5 million in this year’s Walk to Cure Diabetes, more money per capita than any other walk in the world, the foundation said in …