Governor Vilsack reshuffles Fort Madison prison leadership
Gov. Tom Vilsack ousts Fort Madison warden Ken Burger after an escape by two inmates. John Ault, former warden at Anamosa, replaces Burger at the Iowa State Penitentiary as the state weighs replacing the 166 year old Fort Madison facility with a new prison, possibly costing 40 million to build. The shake-up follows an internal probe into the Nov. 10 escape and prompts staff reassignment and other security reviews.
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Thanksgiving travel forecast with millions on the move
About 37.3 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles this weekend, a 0.8 percent rise. Thursday will be the busiest travel day. 30 million will drive despite higher gas prices. Gas costs locally vary, with Iowa self-serve gas at 2.12 dollars.
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Competition heats up for teachers training sites
Leaders at Iowa's 15 community colleges say Hamilton College's five month old for profit nursing program is unnecessary and may create shortages of faculty and sites for hands on nurses training. Mary Lou Lauer of Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids says colleges are running out of slots to train nurses at hospitals and nursing homes even before Hamilton opened its program. We could throw a lot of money at it but there will still be a problem with
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Mary Lou Lauer
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
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Nursing enrollments in Iowa shape on site training needs
Susan Spivey president of Hamilton College’s Cedar Rapids SCHOOLS discusses how Iowa nursing enrollments in 2003-04 drive on site training unless new hospitals are built. The interview highlights statewide workforce implications and education strategy.
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Hamilton College
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Breastfeeding Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk for Mothers
Analysis of 157000 nurses over 12 years finds women who breastfed at least one year had about a 15 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Researchers caution findings are not conclusive and suggest metabolism changes may influence blood sugar and insulin sensitivity.
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Alison Stuebe
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Journal of the American Medical Association
Breastfeeding lowers risk of type 2 diabetes in women
Women who breast-fed for at least one year show a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those who never breast-fed. The study suggests duration of lactation as a protective factor for metabolic health in later life.
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