The Associated Press is reporting today that the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds...
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If chocolate is your treat of choice to hand out to Halloween ghouls, you’re in good company. A new survey by Delta Dental shows that 79 percent of dentists who give candy to trick-or-treaters choose chocolate. “Chocolate dissolves quickly in the mouth, so it lessens the time on the teeth,” says Dr. Ed Schooley,...
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 June 24th, 2011 (DES MOINES, IA) – Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PP Heartland) and Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma (PPAEO)  have signed a management contract with intent to merge into one affiliate by January 1, 2012.  “We are excited to join PP Heartland in a new, multi-state affiliate that will be...
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The following was sent today from the EPA: Bobby Joe Knapp, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James E. Gritzner to 41 months in prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act.  The former owner and operator of the Equitable Building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, was...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Eastern Iowans will soon be able to order locally produced vegetables, meat, wine, cheese and more from an online co-op. The Iowa Valley Food Co-op has chosen a downtown Cedar Rapids distribution site and will begin operating in August, said Jason Grimm, one of the co-op organizers. “Things are really moving...
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Iowa’s last independent affiliate of Planned Parenthood will merge with Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, officials announced Monday, May 23, 2011. Burlington-based Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa and the Des Moines-based site have signed a letter of intent to merge into one affiliate by June 30, 2011. Once the merger is complete, the only...
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A volunteer-driven walk in Cedar Rapids helped the Iowa chapter of The ALS Association earn The Association‘s Walk to Defeat ALS Chapter of the Year honors. Cedar Rapids was one of three communities in Iowa to host a walk, along with Des Moines and Sioux City.  Iowa’s 2010 Walk to Defeat ALS raised $425,400, more...
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  DES MOINES - At a press conference in Des Moines today, Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin was joined by Iowa doctors, cancer advocates and local leaders to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act.  The event was organized by a coalition of Iowa health care advocate groups including...
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Local hospitals aren’t experiencing the same vermin problems that health care officials in Des Moines have seen. Part of Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines was temporarily shut down so workers could eradicate bed bugs from the facility, according to reports from KCCI. Representatives from St. Luke’s Hospital, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids,...
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IOWA CITY — Andrew Hinze won’t get another heart. With his health deteriorating as he approaches a transplant milestone, however, the 50-year-old Oelwein man is grateful for the second chance at life his second heart has given him. “I’ve had all the joys and all the heartaches and everything that goes along with a...
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