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Iowa behind in anti-tobacco spending


Iowa isn’t spending enough on programs to curb tobacco use, according to a recent report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

The state is only budgeted to spend $7.3 million in fiscal year 2011 on …

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Mercer: U.S. health benefit costs increased by 6.9 percent

Growth in the average U.S. health benefit cost per employee, which had slowed last year to 5.5 percent, increased by 6.9 percent to more than $9,500 this year, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored …

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Iowa Student Loan helps with nursing grants

Iowa Student Loan is teaming with the Iowa Nurses Association to introduce the Iowa Student Loan Nurse Educator Grant Program.

The program, unveiled this morning, is designed to help nursing educators fund their pursuit of …

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GDMLI to hold Leadership Breakfast on Thursday

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute will hold the fifth installment of its Daybreak Leadership series from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Junior Achievement of Central Iowa building, 6100 Grand Ave.

Featured speakers …

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Outcomes Pharmaceutical continues to grow


When Tom Halterman tells prospective clients he has a business model for reducing medication-related expenses that will also improve the quality of care, he’s often rewarded with a healthy dose of skepticism.

“Really, one of …

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Report: Additional 4 million uninsured in 2010

Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of whom had conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials announced Tuesday.

Four million more Americans went …

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Mercy adds helicopter in Knoxville

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines announced yesterday that it will begin operating a second air ambulance out of the Knoxville airport starting Nov. 15.

A Bell 407 helicopter will be stationed in Knoxville to …

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New option in senior housing

Vintage Hills Retirement Community, a 66-unit senior housing and assisted-living center, has opened in Indianola.

The retirement community, a $10 million project, is the first construction to be completed at Summercrest Hills, a planned 160-acre …

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Glaxo unit to pay $750 million in fines

SB Pharmaco Puerto Rico Inc., a unit of GlaxoSmithKline, pleaded guilty to charges it sold “adulterated” drugs made at a now-closed plant in Puerto Rico, federal regulators said Tuesday. Glaxo will pay a criminal fine …

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Ankeny partners with Embria in wellness trial

In a move to boost employee wellness and decrease absenteeism, the city of Ankeny has reached an agreement with Ankeny-based Embria Health Sciences to provide city employees with supplies of the company’s immune health product …