Elizabeth Klinge

Jan 11, 2025 | kwwl.com | Elizabeth Klinge |Ron Steele

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) It doesn't get a lot of public attention, but there's a growing concern over Iowa's yearly increase in new cancer cases and the state's rising cancer rate overall. Iowa now ranks second in the country for the number of new cancer cases, and our state is one of just a few states in the country with a cancer rate on the increase. Experts at the Iowa Cancer Registry say there are likely a lot of things contributing to the problem.

Jan 10, 2025 | kwwl.com | Elizabeth Klinge

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) - For the past 30 years researchers have been checking in on thousands of Iowa farmers through an effort called the Agricultural Health Study. "They've come out to my farm, and sampled soil, water. They've taken soil samples off my equipment," said Keith Kuper, a retired Iowa farmer who has been part of the study since it began. The study participants used pesticides and other chemicals to grow their crops.

Jan 10, 2025 | kwwl.com | Elizabeth Klinge

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) - For the past 30 years researchers have been checking in on thousands of Iowa farmers through an effort called the Agricultural Health Study. "They've come out to my farm, and sampled soil, water. They've taken soil samples off my equipment," said Keith Kuper, a retired Iowa farmer who has been part of the study since it began. The study participants used pesticides and other chemicals to grow their crops.

Jan 9, 2025 | kwwl.com | Elizabeth Klinge

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) - A sore throat that just wouldn't go away was the first sign for Keith Thraen-Borowski, of Dubuque, that something more was wrong. "This was the worst sore throat I'd felt in my entire life, and I couldn't figure out why this hurt so bad," said the Associate Professor in the Departments of Kinesiology & Biology at Loras College. After five months without a definitive answer, he consulted a specialist and friend who gave him the awful news.

Jan 8, 2025 | kwwl.com | Elizabeth Klinge

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) - For Iowa cancer survivor Maria Steele, the trouble started with a cough that just wouldn't go away. "Lung cancer was the very last thing on my mind," said the now retired nurse practitioner. "I had never smoked, my parents didn't smoke. I was in nursing and trying to do all the healthy right stuff," she said. But despite her best efforts, something had slipped through the cracks-- she believes, quite literally.