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Iowa families launch Cancer Screen Iowa to improve access to screenings

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By Ben Kaplan Verified
| KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA) Verified
NEWS LEADER. KCCI 8 NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. BREAST. LUNG. COLORECTAL. CERVICAL. PROSTATE. MOST IOWANS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SCREENED FOR THESE KINDS OF CANCERS FOR FREE. BUT ASK YOURSELF, DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SHOULD BE SCREENED? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. HOWEVER, THESE IOWANS ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT. IT'S BEEN CRAZY. AND TO HAVE MY MOM AND MY DAD HERE AND MY SISTER WITH US. A DECADE LATER, THAT TRIP IS STILL ONE OF JT GARCIA'S FONDEST MEMORIES.
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Helping heroes in crisis: Guardian Response Unit works to save Iowa veterans from dying by suicide

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By Ben Kaplan Verified
| WISC-TV (Madison, WI) Verified
Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- The newest data from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows nearly 15% of deaths by suicide in Iowa are veterans. The suicide rate amongst those who served is nearly double the rate of everyone else. Veteran John Thompson started a nonprofit organization to help Iowa families navigate these unimaginable losses. Now, he's trying to stop them from happening at all. And he’s using a beat-up old ambulance to help his cause.
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Helping heroes in crisis: Guardian Response Unit works to save Iowa veterans from dying by suicide

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By Ben Kaplan Verified
| KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids, IA) Verified
DES MOINES, Iowa — The newest data from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows nearly 15% of deaths by suicide in Iowa are veterans. The suicide rate amongst those who served is nearly double the rate of everyone else. Veteran John Thompson started a nonprofit organization to help Iowa families navigate these unimaginable losses. Now, he’s trying to stop them from happening at all. And he’s using a beat-up old ambulance to help his cause.
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