For many newcomers, Iowa is an acquired taste, with its harsh winters and hot summers,…
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Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, and it is the only state…
Spring has sprung, and it’s a good time to stop, drop, and celebrate the great…
“When I waked from my ninth electric shock treatment at the Independence, Iowa Mental Health…
A delightful, helpful book about your sleep is The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is…
Ever since the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003, which created the…
In 2019, Vicki Malloy’s son Jai died suddenly at the age of 31. This traumatic…
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Medicare, a government-based health insurance program for seniors, was established by Congress in 1965. While…
As a Gen Xer whose adolescence coincided with the AIDS epidemic, I am concerned to…
Founded by internationally renowned author and aromatherapy expert Dr. Malte Hozzel over two decades ago,…
After I rinsed off, dimmed the lights, and gently lifted the hatch to the flotation…
A friend came by to drop off a camera lens he had borrowed. He knocked…
For years, I’ve had this Oprah-esque fantasy of assembling a lavish gift basket filled with…