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Health and Wellness

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NAMI Greater Des Moines offers motivational speaker series

NAMI Greater Des Moines is launching a new virtual series featuring some of the top motivational speakers in the country. The lineup of six speakers begins today and follows on an eight-week series that NAMI offered …
By BPC Staff | Feb 3, 2021
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Limited additional ACA enrollment period to open Feb. 15

Iowans will have a new window to enroll for health insurance for 2021 on HealthCare.gov, but only for a limited time. On Thursday President Joe Biden signed an executive order for the U.S. Department of …
By BPC Staff | Jan 29, 2021
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Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completes record 125 kidney transplants in 2020

UnityPoint Health’s Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completed a record 125 life-saving kidney transplants in 2020, the health system announced. The number of transplants conducted last year was the highest since the program’s inception more than 30 …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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House of Mercy to dedicate new behavioral health center

MercyOne House of Mercy will dedicate the new Joseph & Dorothy Schuster Behavioral Health Center with a virtual event on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The center, located in the House of Mercy’s lower level at 1409 …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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Republican lawmakers reject proposed mask mandate at Iowa Capitol

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday rejected Democrats’ proposals to require face masks in the Iowa State Capitol during this year’s legislative session. Democrats proposed myriad face mask requirements as legislators approved changes to …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2021
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Eight Iowa facilities recognized as Blue Distinction Centers for bariatric surgery

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has recognized eight Iowa health care facilities as part of the Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program in the area of bariatric surgery. These facilities have been designated as either …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2021
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Cedar Rapids airport to start mandatory health screenings

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mandatory health screenings at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids will be in place Jan. 25 for all passengers following changes in Federal Aviation Administration guidance. The airport and Mercy Medical Center initially …
By BPC Staff | Jan 18, 2021
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MercyOne receives accreditations from National Committee for Quality Assurance

MercyOne announced it has received two quality accreditations from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improvising health care quality. The health system received the Case Management Accreditation and the …
By BPC Staff | Jan 15, 2021
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New medical marijuana manufacturer coming to Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Seven months after Iowa Relief closed its medical marijuana manufacturing facility in Cedar Rapids, the city is poised to get another manufacturer. The Iowa Department of Public Health on Dec. 22 issued a …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2021
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Tyson Foods to provide access to vaccines

Quad-City Times: Starting early this year, Tyson Foods Inc. will partner with Matrix Medical Network to provide COVID-19 vaccine access and education to all of its U.S. employees. Tyson will deploy mobile health clinics staffed with …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2021
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