DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 7, 2020) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities will host a free workshop for people affected by cancer entitled "Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Metastatic Breast Cancer." The program will explore metastatic breast-cancer treatment, side-effect management, and psychosocial aspects of the illness. This free workshop will take place on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 5:30-7:30PM, at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities (1234 E River Drive).

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 6, 2020) — Gilda’s Club and Genesis Cancer Care Institute are pleased to announce that they are now accepting registration for their 2020 Cancer Retreats to be held at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities (1234 E River Drive).

The retreats are open to cancer patients/survivors from the Quad Cities area and one adult support person (spouse,family member or friend). Options to attend are Saturday, March 21, 2020, 8AM–5PM, or Saturday, June 13, 2020, 8AM–5PM.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 3, 2020) — Approximately 395 Iowa long-term care-providers were recognized by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) on December 16 for the quality of care they provide.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (December 10, 2019) — Students and staff in 143 additional schools across Iowa have a healthy new feature in their school buildings this fall. Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation, along with several public/private partners, donated more than $685,000 in Elkay water-bottle filling-stations, toothbrushes, water-bottles, and Rethink Your Drink educational kits, which will impact 77,100 students and staff members.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 10, 2019) — Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research is looking for people between the ages of 21 and 65 with low-back pain to take part in a clinical study.

“We’re excited about this research,” said lead research clinician and professor Robert Vining DC/DHSc. "This study can potentially shine more light on how chiropractic care influences some types of back pain."

 

IOWA CITY, IOWA (December 5, 2019) — Arlene Humble was born in the late 1950's in Ossian, Iowa, with a condition that no one had ever heard of before, clubfoot. Her feet were severely pointed down and tilted inward so that the soles nearly touched one another. The local physician thought she would never walk normally.

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 

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