AstraZeneca Partners With Primary Health Care to Help Iowa Uninsured
WILMINGTON, Del., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN ) announced today that it will provide free medication to eligible patients through Primary Health Care in Des Moines, under one of the company's prescription savings programs. The AZ&Me(TM) Pr...Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help Iowa Workers Hurt by Recession
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The "Help is Here Express" bus tour will be stopping in Iowa throughout the week of July 13 - 16 at various cities in order to help uninsured and financially-struggling Iowans access information on programs that provide prescription medicines fo...Record-Breaking Internet Pharmacy Prosecution Nets Millions for Iowa Law Enforcement
6-Year Federal Investigation Results in 26 Convictions, Forfeiture of Over $7 Million, and Sharing of Over $4 Million in Dubuque , Cedar Rapids , and Des Moines Areas CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 24, 2003, a corner drugstore in Dubuque, I...Faith Leaders Call on Iowa Members of Congress to Support Legislation to Protect Kids from Tobacco
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A diverse coalition of clergy and lay members from faith organizations throughout Iowa held a press conference today to call on U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Charles E. Grassley and the entire Iowa congressional delegation to support legislation...CVS/pharmacy Delivers Disaster Relief in Iowa Communities Impacted by Recent Flooding
WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Caremark, announced today that it has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief efforts throughout the more than 80 counties in Iowa declared federal or state ...Renowned Iowa Orthopaedic Surgeon, John Albright, MD, Inducted into Sports Medicine Hall of Fame
University of Iowa sports medicine specialist, John Albright, MD, will join three other physicians as a 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Hall of Fame inductee. Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) July 2, 2008 -- University of Iowa sports medicine speci...Pediatrics review of underage drinking prevention programs led by Iowa State researcher
AMES, Iowa -- Underage drinking is a national concern that led the U.S. surgeon general to issue a "Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking" ( http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/ ) last year. Now, a new report by an Iowa State University researcher assesses the ef...HHS Takes Action to Help Medicare Beneficiaries and Providers in Iowa and Indiana
WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency in the flood-stricken states of Iowa and Indiana. The action gives HHS' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers grea...Message to Iowa Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight
Campaign to Visit Des Moines to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets DES MOINES, Iowa, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads...Study Shows Brain Fitness can Save Medicare Billions
...) software showed significant savings. "Our results have important health policy relevance," said Frederic Wolinsky, PhD, of the University of iowa who was lead author on the article. "The reduced costs were equal to about three-to-four percent of annual healthcare costs for Medicare patients at t...Des Moines Register Reports SpectraScience LUMA Enhances Cervical Cancer Exams
...ffectiveness of cancer exams at the University of iowa . Since Last July, researchers at the University of iowa have used the LUMA Cervical Imaging System in mo...ter." The trial at the University of iowa is expected to be complete in 2010, with analysi...Unexpected Side Effect: Makes You Happier
...ng, health related quality of life and ability to engage in activities required for independent living," said Fred Wolinsky, PhD of the University of iowa , the lead author on this study. "This study is important because it shows that a relatively small amount of the right kind of brain fitness training...A Functional Immune System Can Be Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells, Preliminary Study Finds
... Internal Medicine and Director of Transplant Research at the University of iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and Staff Physician at the iowa City VA Medical Center. "Therefore, we're hopeful that these exciting findi...'Second Thoughts about Fluoride,' Reports Scientific American
...iabetics," writes Fagin. Fagin interviewed Steven Levy, director of the iowa Fluoride Study which tracked about 700 iowa children for sixteen years. Nine-year-old "Iowa children who lived in commu...National Wrestling Coaches Association Teams Up With CSG/SportsCoatings(TM)
... As part of the partnership, CSG/SportsCoatings products and treatments will be used exclusively at the National Duals at the University of Northern iowa on Jan. 12-13. All 18 mats at the meet will be treated with the SportsAide(R) system to help eliminate potentially harmful bacteria such as staph, MRS...K-State Researchers Bringing Expertise to Kansas City Symposium on Disease and National Security
...a viruses. Richt is currently lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and is an adjunct professor with iowa State University's College of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine. He will officially join K-State's faculty in April 2008. Nagaraja wi...American Association for the Advancement of Science honors four Iowa Staters
AMES, Iowa Four Iowa State University researchers have been named AAAS Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The honor is bestowed on association members by their scientific peers. The association named 486 fellows this year for "their scientifically or socially d...State fund advances titanium powder research, 9 other Iowa State projects
AMES, Iowa A research team led by Iver Anderson is developing a cheaper and better way to make a titanium alloy powder that can be used to manufacture artificial joints. That could mean titanium joints, which can resist corrosion for the lifetime of a patient, could be affordable enough to re...Decade of the Mind symposium in Iowa to emphasize need for $4 billion in federal support
Des Moines, Iowa April 30, 2008 Internationally respected scientists will gather next week for a symposium in Des Moines to explore how a brain creates a mind and to emphasize the need for $4 billion in federal support for scientific research over the next 10 years. Presented by Great Ape Trust...U. Iowa study finds biological link between pain and fatigue
A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Working with mice, the researchers, led by Kathleen Sluka, Ph....ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State
ConocoPhillips will establish an eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University dedicated to developing technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant is part of ConocoPhillips' plan to create joint research programs with major universities to produce viable solutions ...University of Iowa scientists explore function of 'junk DNA'
University of Iowa scientists have made a discovery that broadens understanding of a rapidly developing area of biology known as functional genomics and sheds more light on the mysterious, so-called "junk DNA" that makes up the majority of the human genome. The team, led by Beverly Davidson, Ph.D...U. Iowa researchers improve Huntington's disease symptoms in mice
Researchers at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have taken another step toward a potential treatment for Huntington's disease (HD). Using an approach called RNA interference (RNAi), the scientists reduced levels of the disease-causing HD protein in mice and si...ISU researchers find possible treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
... AMES, iowa - Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the second-leading ca...ngh, associate professor in biomedical sciences at iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine,...team Natalia Singh and Maria Shishimorova, both of iowa State University's biomedical services department;...Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances
...tially poisonous foods may also play a role in protecting your airway from harmful substances, according to a study by scientists at the University of iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. The findings could help explain why injured lungs are susceptible to further damage. The study, p...Sticky protein helps reinforce fragile muscle membranes
... A new study by scientists at the University of iowa shows why muscle membranes don't rupture when healthy people exercise. The findings shed light on a mechanism that appears to protect cells from me...Tommy Thompson's Iowa strategy isn't far-fetched
Waukesha, Wis. - Speaking at last week's state biotechnology conference, former governor and federal cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson sounded a lot like a man with higher office on his mind. Make that an oval office. Thompson, who was last elected governor of Wisconsin in 1998 and who resign...Imago sells microscope to Iowa State
Madison, Wis. - The Madison-based Imago Scientific Instruments has sold one of its atom-probe microscopes to Iowa State University's College of Engineering for use in the new W.M. Keck Laboratory for High Throughput Atom-Scale Analysis. The lab will be the primary research center of ISU's ...DuPont and Arzeda Collaborate to Develop Improved Crops to Increase Productivity
... Custom Enzyme Design Technology to Bring More Options to Global Agriculture Des Moines, iowa and Seattle, Wash. (Vocus) July 13, 2009 -- DuPont and Arzeda Corp. today announced a technology collaboration to develop new traits to increase ...Web of Science(R) Renewals Remain Strong Despite Tough Economic Climate
...Social Sciences(TM) that delivers comprehensive backfile and cited reference data from 1900 to present . Recent sales include Ryerson University , iowa State University , Wesleyan University and King Fahd University For Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia. "Recent sales of Century of Soc...Research Reinforces Economic, Environmental Benefits of Corn Cobs as Source for Cellulosic Ethanol
...ient content, based on results from the first year of a multi-year study by iowa State University (ISU). POET's process for producing cellulosic etha...e for 25 million gallons per year of commercial production in Emmetsburg, iowa in 2011. The ISU research was funded by POET as part of the company's o...REG Signs Agreement with Three Biodiesel Plants to Consolidate
...eader to acquire 105 MGY of additional capacity in iowa and Illinois to meet diesel market demand. Ames, iowa (Vocus) May 12, 2009 -- Renewable Energy Group®...h three commercial-scale biodiesel plants. Western iowa Energy, which operates a 30 MGY facility in Wall L...Cambrex Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
... resulting in these costs being classified as either Inventory or Cost of Goods Sold and the consolidation of the New Jersey R&D facility into the iowa facility. Operating Profit increased to $8.3 million in the first quarter 2009 from $7.5 million in the first quarter 2008. Operating Profit, ex...New Pleio Medication Adherence Service Increases Prescription Refills Up To 53%
...trolling utilization through the provision of patient-friendly, face-to-face personal pharmacist services. The company is headquartered in Des Moines, iowa and may be found online at Outcomes . ### Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2361584.htm . ...American Geographical Society awards honor Henson, Smith on April 15 at UD
...he served two years in the U.S. Army and taught at the Milton Hershey School. He held posts at the Pennsylvania State University and the University of iowa before going to the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin, where he served two decades as professor and director of the Golda Meir Library. He is the brot...Cochlear Americas Provides Support for Cochlear Implant Recipients to Pursue Higher Education
... Tyler Wagner (Ackley, IA), a sophomore at University of Northern iowa , lost his hearing after a tragic trampoline accident in 1998. Shortly aft... implant. Tyler excelled in athletics in high school, placing sixth in the iowa State Wrestling Tournament his senior year. Tyler is currently pursuing a ...