DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 30, 2023) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities will host Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Multiple Myeloma — this program is created for people diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The materials educate patients on the types and stages of multiple myeloma, potential treatments and side effects, clinical trials, and the emotional concerns of a multiple-myeloma diagnosis.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 14, 2023) — Leaders at ImpactLife are preparing for potential changes to eligibility requirements for blood donation after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on donor eligibility in late January. The FDA draft guidance proposes a shift that will create more equitable donor-eligibility standards for prospective blood-donors by using gender-inclusive, individual sexual behavior-based questions in pre-donation screening.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 23, 2023) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE educational program for anyone impacted by cancer on Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:30-1:30PM, at our Gilda’s Club Quad Cities Moline Clubhouse located at 600 John Deere Road, Moline, Illinois, 61265.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 20, 2023) — The Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance hosted a reception Tuesday, February 14, at the state capitol to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Iowa’s Smoke Free Air Act.

The measure was signed into law in 2008, prohibiting smoking in places of employment to protect employees and the general public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. The Smokefree Air Act helped reduce the smoking rate for Iowa adults from 21.5% in 2007 to 14.6% in 2021.