As per reports, it has got revealed that an American woman has given birth to a baby boy who weighs 13lbs 13oz and is 23.5ins long. Most astonishing part of the story is that Kendall Stewardson delivered baby without surgery enduring labor pains for six hours.

The demand for advanced practice nurses in Iowa is growing constantly. Despite the fact that a large number of students opt of these courses there is a shortfall of the advanced practice nurse practitioners in the health care industry.

The removal of a Federal regulation last year means that coal powered electricity plants in Iowa would no longer have to measure the levels of mercury they emit. It needs to be noted here that these are the very plants responsible for the increasing levels of air pollution in the state.

According to a study by US researchers, carried out by the Medical College in Wisconsin and Iowa's Maharishi University, patients with coronary heart disease who practice Transcendental Meditation for some minutes everyday significantly reduce their chances of dying from the condition.

Health officials in the Washington, DC, area reported the sixth and seventh confirmed measles cases Tuesday. The first case was discovered in Virginia while there are six other sites, including Iowa and Pennsylvania, where people might have been exposed to this contagious disease.

According to a new study carried out by researchers at Iowa State University (ISU) and the National Institute on Media and the Family, about one in 10-video-game players exhibit signs of addictive behavior responsible for negatively affecting their family, friends and school work.

The oral arguments in a pivotal same-sex marriage case, filed in 2005 by six same-sex Iowa couples, will be heard by the Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday.

IA-based VIDA Diagnostics Inc. has informed that its primary product, Pulmonary Workstation 2.0 (PW2) has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance for sale.

Iowa Telecommunications Services, one of the leading telecommunication service provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Sherburne Tele Systems, Inc. for $80.6 million, subject to certain balance sheet and tax adjustments.