Dyersville- An Eastern Iowan community spent their Saturday registering to be a match. Hundreds participated in a bone marrow drive inspired by 8-year-old Ryan Burchard who is battling leukemia. The more people on the list, the better odds of finding a match for people Burchard. “This is only one simple way that you can...
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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. Besides winning one gold and three silver medals at the...
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Iowa City- The heartbreaking diagnosis of an 8-year-old Dyersville boy sparked an effort to help save more people facing life-threatening illnesses. Next weekend, Eastern Iowans can donate to save more lives. Ryan Burchard is a state champ in wrestling, he’s now determined to take down a rare form of Leukemia. “They only treat maybe...
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Vinton- It’s been more than five months since strong winds ripped through the town of Vinton, and left millions of dollars in damage behind. Despite the physical and financial dent it put on the community, people living there still haven’t stopped giving. People in Vinton, Van Horne, Urbana and other surrounding areas have raised...
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Cedar Rapids-State officials issued a warning for parents about synthetic drugs on Thursday. Substances that mimic pot, cocaine and other illegal drugs are landing more teens in the emergency rooms. K-2 and seven other synthetic drug compounds were been banned in July of 2010. But that hasn’t stopped teens from turning to other things...
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Cedar Rapids- In a national effort to get kids healthy, one of the nation’s largest child-care providers in the U.S., the YMCA, announced it’s adopting new healthy living standards for youth on Wednesday. The organization teamed up with first lady Michelle Obama to encourage all YMCA’s to provide healthier options and more exercise for...
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Iowa City- For more than a decade, Dance Marathon at the University of Iowa has been raising millions of dollars to help kids with cancer. On Friday, Dance Marathon leaders made a new commitment to the U-I Children’s Hospital. Dance Marathon at the University of Iowa keeps growing in numbers and growing in donations....
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Cedar Rapids – Infectious disease’s are on the rise in Iowa. According to an Iowa Department of health report, in 2010 more than 60,000 disease’s were reported. That’s compared to 53,000 the year before, and 50,000 in 2008. Whopping cough is one disease that significantly increased. The disease jumped 229 percent last year, compared...
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Patients were first to break ground at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Medical Pavilion at 4 p.m. Thursday in Cedar Rapids. PCI doctors, staff and patients were in attendance, along with city and business leaders and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. The Medical Pavilion, the first-of-its-kind in Iowa, marks the first private investment...
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