Health and Wellness

Delta Dental of Iowa recently gave the Food Bank of Iowa more than $5,000 in food and monetary donations as a part of its corporate Giving Back and Investing in Iowa program. In addition to …

With the tax filing deadline looming, national small business advocacy organization Small Business Majority is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration to hold free one-hour educational webinars on how the Patient Protection and Affordable …

The Des Moines Sunday Register’s report about child abuse in Iowa was a reminder of the essential link between a thriving business sector and a successful, healthy society.

The numbers make it clear that poor …

The Iowa Heart Center at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines announced that it will participate in a clinical trial of a new non-surgical heart-valve replacement procedure to evaluate a non-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery. …

A Selzer and Co. poll released by the Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance found that 59 percent of respondents believe government has the right to restrict smoking, and 44 percent agree that things in Iowa are …

Medicare regulators on Thursday launched a program to encourage doctors to deliver more follow-up care to patients, which they predict will save the government as much as $960 million over the next three years while …

Dr. Andrea  McGuire has been named to the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.

McGuire is the chief medical officer and vice president of medical and network management and risk selection at American …

Des Moines-based Iowa Health System and Methodist Health Services Corp. of Peoria, Ill., have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to explore a strategic partnership between the two health systems, the companies announced today. …

Mercy Indianola Family Medicine Clinic will have its groundbreaking tomorrow at 3 p.m.

The facility will bring a new urgent care clinic to Indianola and eventually additional medical services and specialties. The building is one …