The Iowa Board of Pharmacy Monday denied another request for the board to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I designation. Carl Olsen of Des Moines, who founded Iowans for Medical Marijuana, submitted the request. He says keeping marijuana as a Schedule I substance...
A board member of a national group that's seeking to head off the federal legalization of marijuana spoke at a forum in Johnston Thursday. Kevin Sabet of "Smart Approaches to Marijuana" or SAM, says the group takes a new approach to the issue. "Right now there is a...
A legislative committee's tie vote this afternoon means rules that would ban so-called "tele-med" abortions in Iowa can move forward. The Board of Medicine has proposed rules that would no longer allow doctors in Iowa to dispense abortion-inducing pills via a...
A coalition of anti-abortion groups is calling on the Iowa Board of Medicine to shut down Planned Parenthood's system of dispensing abortion pills via telemedicine in rural areas of the state. At a news conference today, Maggie Dewitte - executive director of Iowans...
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will meet today and could issue a recommendation to the Iowa Legislature that the state allow marijuana use for medical purposes. Board executive director Lloyd Jessen says hundreds of Iowans voiced their opinion on the issue during four...
State regulators today heard from dozens of people who believe medical marijuana use should be legalized in Iowa. The testimony in Des Moines was part of the first of four public hearings planned around the state by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. Dr. Joe McSherry, a...
A prominent northeast Iowa doctor who faced criminal charges a few months ago will be able to continue practicing medicine. The former chief medical officer at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah will be allowed to keep his medical license. Dr. David Heine was placed...
The dean of Iowa State University's College of Agriculture can add a line to her resume. Catherine Woteki has been appointed chair of the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board. Woteki will serve a three-year term on the panel, which is part of the National Academy of...
The University of Iowa's College of Medicine today received a 63-million dollar gift from the Roy J. Carver Trust of Muscatine. The gift is the largest in the history of the Carver Trust, which is the charitable organization created after the Muscatine businessman's...
What would normally be a routine appointment by Governor Vilsack has onesegment of the medical profession buzzing. Vilsack has appointed a doctor ofchiropractic medicine to the Iowa Board of Health -- the first chiropractornamed to the board in the state's history....