Nine out of ten Americans who know someone with Alzheimer’s are concerned that they or someone they know will one day develop Alzheimer’s disease....
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Mercy Medical Center is pleased to announce it has earned full Chest Pain Center Accreditation with PCI from The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international not-for-profit organization committed to improving timely, quality care for cardiac patients. The PCI designation stands for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention which means not only...
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Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids is now taking registrations for the next session of its Chronic Disease Self Management Program. This program is part of a structured six-week course offered once a week at various locations throughout the Cedar Rapids community. It takes a comprehensive approach to helping patients and their caregivers learn...
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St. Luke’s Hospital recently received two prestigious designations from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA). St. Luke’s has been designated as a Primary Stroke Center and Heart Failure Certified. St. Luke’s is the only Iowa hospital to receive the Heart Failure certification and one of ten hospitals statewide...
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IOWA CITY- The earlier doctors detect life-threatening health issues, usually the better the chances for a cure. And doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics began applying that theory on Tuesday to all babies just a day or two after delivery. The routine newborn screenings that began on Valentine’s Day will...
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Modern Healthcare magazine has announced Terri Christoffersen as its 2012 Trustee of the Year for a Large Hospital. Christoffersen joined the St. Luke’s Hospital board of trustees in 2000, chairing the board from 2005 to 2007 and the governance effectiveness committee from 2008 to 2010. Currently, she is chairwoman of St. Luke’s Health Care...
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IOWA CITY – A new form of newborn screening at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics could save the lives of babies born with heart defects. Pulse oximetry is a quick, non-invasive way to screen for seven forms of critical congenital heart defects, said Dr. Ben Reinking, a UI pediatric cardiologist. According to the...
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Lace up your walking shoes. Bring your heart health questions. Take a walk with a doc. Join Mercy Medical Center and Nicholas Hodgman, MD, Cedar Rapids Heart Center, P.C., and learn simple steps you can take to add years to your life, then get your individual heart health questions answered as you walk with...
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IOWA CITY — The Iowa City VA Health Care System invites the public to participate in activities February 11, from 1-3 p.m., in observance of The National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans. “It is a bright spot in our hospitalized Veterans day when they are visited by someone and given a Valentine. It lets them...
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Tune in Wed., Feb. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. for this live webinar. Join Dr. Nicholas Hodgman, cardiologist with Cedar Rapids Heart Center P.C. to learn more about treatment and prevention options that may lower your risk for a heart attack. Plus, you can ask Dr. Hodgman any questions you have about your own,...
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Mercy Iowa City will sponsor a free community seminar titled, “The Chest Pain Challenge: What you need to know,” on Saturday, February 11, at 9 a.m., in the McAuley rooms, Mercy Medical Plaza, 540 E. Jefferson St., Iowa City. A complementary breakfast will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Stephen Scheckel,...
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