Transplant sites clash over Iowa organ programs
Iowa public debate erupts over heart and kidney transplant programs as University Hospitals in Iowa City and Mercy Hospital in Des Moines accuse each other of withholding donor organs while federal and state oversight considers how many centers are appropriate and how organs should be distributed.
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Dale Kueter
Gazette
Iowa
University
Iowa City
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
University Hospitals
U of I
Medicare
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
National Office of Organ Transplantation
Congress
Judy Bekelman
Secretary of Health
Bekelman
Corry
Lawmakers press scrutiny of Iowa AEAs spending
Iowa legislators question AEA budgets and administrative costs after a Grant Wood AEA party funded in part by merit pay funds. They debate eliminating top administrators and reordering or shrinking the 15 AEAs while noting budget transparency concerns and district staff reductions.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa House
Aeas
Richard J. Varn
D-Solon
AEA
Cliff Ehlinger
Media
Varn
Waterloo
Creston
Ankeny
Gene Blanshaw
D-Scranton
Branshaw
Hearing ear dogs give deaf owners everyday help
A feature on hearing ear dogs trained to respond to doorbells, alarms, and cries for the deaf. The American Humane Society has provided thousands of dogs through a network of centers, with about 2,500 dollars needed for training per dog. The program aims to raise visibility and aid funding.
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Bart Jansen
Ette News
Iowa
American Humane Society
Cindy Osieczanek
The
Osieczanek
Denver
Guardian Angel Kennel
Waterloo
University researchers lead on electronic ear implants
University Hospitals researchers in Iowa City study cochlear implants that may restore hearing for profoundly deaf patients. Dr. Brian McCabe notes the near total replacement of a sense organ, with nine implant types using 1 to 22 channels and costs from 5,000 to 15,000 dollars.
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Iowa City
University Hospitals
Brian McCabe
McCabe
Otolaryngology
National Institutes of Health
Bruce Gantz
U of I
Mary Lowder
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