connie noreen helps people for a living. and she's good at it. she's a family development specialist with the welcome home program in sioux city, which offers homeless families transitional housing so they can get back on their feet. but, admittedly, connie sometimes puts her own well- being second. connie noreen, welcome home program, says, "i think that's a given, yeah. my husband would tell you that, too." so, when her employer, the community action agency, decided to offer biometric screenings as part of a new blue zones wellness initiative for employees, she took part a bit reluctantly. connie says, "i thought about it and probably would be a good thing. i probably should do that.'" it was a decision that might have saved her life. through the blood draw that's part of most routine screenings, red flags were raised. a follow-up visit with her doctor revealed connie had developed a blood disorder called polycythemia. it's characterized by an increase in circulating red blood cells in the bloodstream. left untreated, connie would be at greater

connie noreen helps people for a living. and she's good at it. she's a family development spspialist with the welcome home program in sioux city, which offers homeless families transitional housing so they can get back on their feet. but, admittedly, connie sometimes puts her own well- being second. connie noreen, welcome me program, says, "i think that's a given, yeah. my husband would tell you that, too." so, when her employer, the community action agency, decided to offer biometric screenings as part of a new blue zones wellness initiative took part a bit reluctantly. connie says, "i thought about it and thought, 'yeah, that probably would be a good thing. i probably should do that.'" it was a decision that might have saved her life. through the blood draw that's part of most routine screenings, red flags were raised. a follow-up visit with her doctor revealed connie had developed a blood disorder called polycythemia. it's characterized by an increase in circulating red blood cells in the bloodstream. left untreated, connie would be at greater

connie noreen helps homeless families get back her own health, backseat. biometrics throug her employer, the community action agency, potentially deadly blood didn't know she had. "so, it was a good thing they caught it and it was a good thing i just didn't space it off like i was thinking i probably would, and i went and had it done." jenna shares connie's condition managed just fine - coming up in your health matters at 10. coming up in sports...the honors keep rolling in for the iowa hawkeyes. find out what trophy kirk ferentz won today after the break. plus...iowa state is down one of their star seniors for the rest of the season. hear from the cyclones on the loss of naz offseason, iowa state senior naz mitrou long was able to rehab and return for the cyclones this winter. but persistent soreness led him to decide to sit out the remainder of the season. mitrou long had played in 8 of iowa state's nine games this season, averaging 12 points for the clones. he sat out sunday's game, and then along with coach steve prohm, came to the decision to hang up

connie noreen helps homeless familieses get bac on their feet. her own health, used to take a backseat. but, then routine biometricscs screenings through her employer, the community action agency, uncovered a potentially deadly blood disorder she didn'tnow she had. connie noreen says, "so, it was a good thing they caught it and it w a good thing i just didn't space it off like i was thinking i probably would, and i went and had it done." jessica rae: here's something senteresting about connie's story. her condition is hereditary, so she had family get tested, too, also has it. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: we anticipate a breezy west an push through. as the day continues, we' have some clearing will warm as we as highs g into the sunshine. overall, the pattern appears to be pretty quiet with no significant watch me whip wp watch me nae nae >> tt isets you in the holiday spirit. all righ the whip and naeae nae. >> eggnog sounds like a great >> look at our crew. >>>> the men and women of ma." ririt there. and they are in it. th