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Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

By Lyle Muller | October 4, 2018

Iowa hospital representatives are not surprised by an American College of Emergency Physicians survey revealing that nearly 50 percent of emergency physicians have been physically assaulted on the job. An IowaWatch supplement to a FairWarning story.

The Growing Alzheimer's Threat In Iowa

‘Alzheimer’s Tsunami’ Threatens Growing Dementia Care Demand As Medicaid Funding Gets Tighter

By Cindy Hadish | October 9, 2017

Several times a week, Lou Stepanek drives to the Hiawatha Care Center in Iowa to spend time with someone who hasn’t seemed to recognize him for more than a decade: his wife.