Health and Wellness

Consumers and small businesses in Iowa would face significantly higher insurance premiums and could experience coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress or in the …

Cardiologists and vascular surgeons at Iowa Lutheran Hospital have begun using a new, state-of the-art cardiac catheterization laboratory that will enhance the detection and treatment of heart and vascular disease, Iowa Health – Des Moines …

Broadlawns Medical Center has hired two additional physicians to help staff its recently expanded emergency department. Dr. Ryan Bakke and Dr. Martin VanZee both received their medical degrees from Des Moines University and completed their …

Iowa health-care providers will be among the first in the nation to begin receiving direct incentives next month for installing electronic medical records in their offices, according to the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Doctors, …

The Wellmark Foundation, a nonprofit foundation of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, has awarded a two-year, $49,639 grant to the Great River Foundation to fund a new school-based exercise program at two …

Mercy Clinics has begun construction on a new family practice clinic in the Prairie Trail development in Ankeny. The new clinic, Mercy Prairie Trail Family Medicine Clinic, will be located at 2605 S.W. White Birch …

Open enrollment is now in effect through Jan. 19 for the Live Healthy America 100-Day Wellness Challenge. The program, whose past participants have included Hy-Vee Inc., MidAmerican Energy Co., Iowa Health System and Meredith Corp., …

The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awarded $144,765 to 25 Iowa agencies through its mini-grant program.

Mini-grants are intended to support one-time oral health projects or short-term projects of up to a year in duration. …