BY KEYAH LEVY, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Excitement. New vision. New life. Every birth story begins with hope. It begins with anticipation, and a love for someone who hasn’t been held yet. It assumes that bringing a new life into the world will be safe, supported and celebrated. Yet, for too many Read more…
Compiled by Macey Shofroth and Emily Barske Wood More than two-thirds of Iowa women say they have experienced gender bias at work, according to a recent Business Record survey. Respondents noted challenges related to child care, not being taken seriously and wage disparities as some of the main causes of Read more…
This is third and final part of an ongoing series on maternal health care from Rachel Bruns. Iowa families navigate a challenging maternal health environment including a rise in unnecessary C-sections that are primarily driven by provider and hospital finances and maternal health policy that makes it difficult to receive Read more…
This is the second part of an ongoing series on maternal health care from Rachel Bruns. In part 1 of this series, I discussed the impact of rising C-section rates and challenges some families face in avoiding unnecessary cesareans due to a wide range of challenges including financial pressures from Read more…
BY RACHEL BRUNS, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR This is part 1 of an ongoing series on maternal health care from Rachel Bruns. I began my journey into Iowa’s maternal health system eight years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child. I asked my primary care doctor for an obstetrics recommendation Read more…
As told to Macey Shofroth | Photo by Duane Tinkey Shanna Sieck and her husband, Curtis, decided she’d stay home with their children after they were born. Her role of caregiver took on a whole new meaning when her middle son, Mason, was diagnosed with Gardner Syndrome at age 2. Read more…
Like many young adults at that time, the events of Sept.11, 2001, deeply impacted how Dr. Maija Cheung saw the world. After living in Ames from kindergarten through sixth grade and then completing the rest of her schooling in Kansas, she was attending college in the Northeast at the time Read more…
By Dr. Rachel Preisser, guest columnist As our state leads the nation in cancer rates, consistently ranking second-highest in overall cancer rate, navigating the financial landscape to access lifesaving breast cancer screening and diagnostic evaluation has become increasingly murky for both patients and physicians alike. When the Affordable Care Act Read more…
By Kate Hayden At some point in January 2020, I could tell my body was struggling. I knew how to listen. By then, it had been 12 years since I was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and I was long past the carousel of medications and strict routines Read more…
