January 25, 2012 / Iowa City, IA - Mercy Iowa City announces that it has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa should put partisan politics aside and move to establish a state-run health insurance exchange, according to the Iowa Exchange Alliance, a group formed last spring that backs such a proposal. “If we pass on this opportunity to design our own plan, it’s gone forever,” said Loren Coppock, managing director of...
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IOWA CITY – In efforts to overreach their fundraising record last year, the Iowa Ladies Football Academy at the University of Iowa pledged $1 million toward the new UI Children’s Hospital. According to a news release, the academy, a daylong women’s football summer camp, ...
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The following is from the University of Iowa Foundation: IOWA CITY – As registration opens today for the second annual Iowa Ladies Football Academy, set for June 9, the event’s organizers have announced a five-year, $1 million pledge toward the construction of the new...
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Cedar Rapids- An Olympic All-star is trying to get Iowans moving. Iowa native and Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson was in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Johnson teamed up with St. Luke’s Hospital for their LiveWell community event to help Iowans live healthier lives....
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Reports of the norovirus illness have been increasing across Iowa in recent weeks, and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids is seeing more patients than usual with the symptoms. The Cedar Rapids medical center is classifying the apparent spread as a “sporadic outbreak,” with...
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(Editor’s note: find kale recipes below the article) IOWA CITY — It’s not often that Iowa can claim trendsetter status. One exception appears to be in kale consumption. The leafy, green — or purple — vegetable is a hot health item, with chefs like the...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Patients hospitalized in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area have lower complications and death rates than most parts of the country, according to a new study that ranks the Corridor’s health care system third best in the nation. HealthGrades, a health care...
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MARION- January is by far the worst month on average for donated blood. And that means blood centers nationwide nervously watch winter storm patterns that keep donors away. Right now the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center says the rate of people donating blood is...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Shawn Johnson marked her 20th birthday Thursday, but had no plans, or time, to celebrate. “I’ll just be in the gym,” says the Olympic gold medal winner, who continues to train at Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines,...
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