DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 3, 2019) — Throughout 2019, Genesis Health System has been reflecting on its past, responding to today’s needs of the communities it serves and is also looking forward as it celebrates 150 years of service. December 7 is the anniversary of the opening of the first Davenport hospital in 1869.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 3, 2019) — Delta Dental of Iowa has announced individuals and families can now purchase DeltaVision, a comprehensive vision-care insurance plan. Since 2010, DeltaVision has provided vision plans for small and large businesses in Iowa. Beginning January 1, 2020, Delta Dental individual and family plan members can bundle plans to take advantage of DeltaVision's broad eye care coverage.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 20, 2019) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE Lunch and Learn workshop titled “Prostate Cancer and Cancer Experience Registry” on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, noon–2PM, at Unity Point Health — Trinity Cancer Center in the Moline Education Center (500 John Deere Road, Moline).

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (November 18, 2019) — A $9.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will help the 

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 12, 2019) — The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation to establish a professorship in Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry. Dr Howard Cowen, a dentist and instructor at the university, was recognized as the professorship's first awardee.

 

AMES, IOWA (November 12, 2019) — Elana Amsterdam, the New York Times bestselling author, is a food pioneer, having founded Elana’s Pantry, the go-to website for easy, healthy, gluten-free recipes, over a decade ago.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 12, 2019) — A February 2009 study by Kaiser Family Foundation and American Cancer Society found that high cost-sharing, caps on benefits, and lifetime maximums leave cancer patients vulnerable to high out-of-pocket health-care costs. Additionally, cancer patients and survivors are often unable to find adequate and affordable coverage in the individual market.

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (October 31, 2019) — Iowa residents who are interested in free help to learn how they might enroll or re-enroll in health insurance under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now have a new resource. Iowa Navigator is a non-profit project that received grant funding from the federal government to help Iowa residents select a health insurance plan. Last year, there were no navigators in the state to assist residents in enrollment, and rates dipped about 7%.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 31, 2019) — In honor of National Diabetes Month, Hy-Vee Inc will provide free Hemoglobin A1C screenings throughout its eight-state region during the month of November.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 30, 2019) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE workshop titled “Peripheral Neuropathy and Fall Prevention” on Monday, November 18, 2:45–3:45PM, at Gilda’s Club (1234 East River Drive, Davenport, Iowa).

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