Cedar Rapids, IA – Mercy Medical Center announced today that it will name its new cancer center the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. Mercy is recognizing Howard and Margaret Hall and Beahl and Irene Perrine because they have generously supported Mercy for five decades and collectively bestowed more than $25 million to develop cancer facilities, programs,...
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St. Luke’s Hospice is holding a memorial service to help grievers remember loved ones who have died. The memorial service will be held Sunday, March 6 at 1 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital in the lower level of the Helen G. Nassif Center for Women’s and Children’s Health. The service will include various readings,...
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The 2010-11 “Best Doctors in America” database recognizes 316 physicians from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. Of the 316 UI physicians, all are members of University of Iowa Physicians, the faculty group practice of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,...
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      Sumner, Iowa – Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) is pleased to announce that the $1.5 million minimum goal has been reached.             In November, CMH announced publicly the plans for “The Heart of Your Community” Capital Campaign.  The fundraising campaign is part of the $17.4 million project to build a replacement facility.  The new...
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 St. Luke’s Child Protection Center is offering two support groups aimed at helping parents.  Parenting Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused  When:            Beginning Monday, April 4. Meeting the first and third Mondays each month from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Where:         St. Luke’s Child Protection Center, 1095 N Center Point Rd. Hiawatha This is a...
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Genghis Grill is introducing Health Kwest, a journey into a healthier lifestyle where contestants will dedicate themselves for three months by eating Genghis Grill’s healthier meal options everyday, for free and have a chance to win $10,000. Genghis Grill and St. Luke’s have partnered in the past and are teaming up once again with...
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With school out for the holiday many kids are taking advantage of the Christmas Eve snowfall seen in Eastern Iowa. Every year approximately 20,000 children a year are injured in sledding accidents. Of these injuries about nine percent are traumatic brain injuries. These statistics were the result of a study published in the journal...
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St. Luke’s Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Silver Plus Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes St. Luke’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations. To receive the...
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St. Luke’s Hospital received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR® ACTION Registry®–GWTGTM Gold Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes St. Luke’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and signifies that St. Luke’s has reached an aggressive goal of treating coronary artery disease patients with 85...
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 Cedar Rapids--There are many more smiles in eastern Iowa thanks to St. Luke’s Dental Health Center. Since it’s opening in 1976 the goals have remained the same — to provide quality, low cost, dental services to infants, children and adolescents in need of financial assistance and developmentally disabled adults.   “We provide routine dental...
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