Crestview Specialty Care Fined Over Care Failures
An Iowa nursing home Crestview Specialty Care in West Branch was fined 5687 for quality of care issues leading to one resident death and two hospitalizations. Investigators cited four regulatory violations from nine complaints, including missed medical interventions and faulty transcription of insulin orders.
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Weight loss drugs linked with lower cancer risk in obesity
New evidence suggests GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss drugs may lower the risk of several obesity related cancers. A JAMA Network Open study of 1.6 million Type 2 diabetes patients found fewer obesity linked cancers versus insulin, but not better than metformin.
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American Cancer Society
Kamal
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Naloxone vending machines expand access in Linn County
Linn County installed naloxone vending machines in mid June stocking 36 Narcan units each, plus harm reduction tools. The $150000 grant from Opioid Settlement Funds supports this policy shift amid rising opioid deaths. Restocking surged within days and continued as overdose risks grow across Iowa communities.
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Meador
Iowa
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Access Center
Linn County Mental Health
Foster
Ezell Ruffin
Linn County Mental Health Access Center
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