CEDAR RAPIDS   – St. Luke’s Hospital officials say they are holding off on demolishing a church for as long as possible as supporters scramble to raise funds to save the historic structure. Daily demonstrations outside First Christian Church, 840 Third Ave. SE, have been postponed because of Third Avenue construction, but work continues behind...
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Patients will see a growing collaboration between University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. The collaboration between the two hospitals, announced Wednesday, April 4, is part of an effort to move forward with components of health care reform, even if elements are overturned in court,...
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Decorah is among 10 towns announced today, April 4, as one of the small communities selected to receive site visits for the Blue Zones Project. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield also announced the following communities were chosen to compete to be a demonstration site: Algona, Audobon, Fairfield, Harlan, Osage, Red Oak, Spirit Lake,...
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UPDATED: 3:52 P.M.: The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General has opened a review into allegations of a “vindictive” atmosphere at the Iowa City VA that impact patient care. “At this point, we’re in the gathering-information stage,” said Cathy Gromek, spokeswoman for the office in Washington, D.C. Gromek said none of...
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Appanoose County didn’t take its last-place finish in a health rankings report lightly. Residents in the south-central Iowa county formed a wellness coalition after it was named least healthy in the state last year by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “We’ve made really great strides,” said Joyce Bieber, executive director of the Centerville-Rathbun Lake...
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IOWA CITY — Health experts say Iowa will fall short in its “healthiest state” goal if legislators continue to slash tobacco control funding. That funding is necessary to combat the state’s leading fatal cancer: lung cancer, according to the State Health Registry of Iowa. The tobacco industry spent $100 million in Iowa last year,...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Public health leaders are concerned that funding cuts for lead poisoning prevention programs will severely impact Iowa children. At 7 percent, Iowa has more than four times the prevalence of lead poisoning among children under the age of 6, compared to the national average of 1.6 percent, according to the Iowa...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A new organization was trying to beat a deadline to raise money and save First Christian Church from demolition. The Friends of Preservation was given until Friday, March 23, to provide a $90,000 check to St. Luke’s Hospital as earnest money on the church and two mansions-turned apartments next door, said...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Demonstrators said a “funeral” seemed a fitting way to protest the pending demolition of a historic church in Cedar Rapids. Wearing black and holding signs that lamented the loss of First Christian Church, a handful of protesters stood in front of the site this morning at 840 Third Ave. SE. Cemetery...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Options for cancer care are growing in Eastern Iowa as another cancer center prepares to open its doors. Staff at Mercy Medical Center’s new Hall-Perrine Cancer Center will begin seeing patients on one floor Monday, with another floor scheduled to open this spring. “Everything is here,” said Dee Eadie, who was...
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