CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Mercy Medical Center is celebrating a milestone as a front runner in the early detection of breast cancer.  For 25 years, Mercy’s mobile mammography unit has been providing convenient access to mammography services for women in eastern Iowa’s rural communities.  The mobile unit has provided breast screening services for more...
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Cedar Rapids, IA – Arthritis and brittle bones cause many seniors to lose mobility.  More than one in five people, age 60 and older, and living with diabetes, have another potential challenge to their independence: diabetic foot ulcers that can lead to amputations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, melanoma and kidney cancers combined. In observance of the Great American Smoke Out, National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and COPD Awareness Month, Mercy Medical Center presents a Save Your Lungsevent at Lindale Mall on Thurs., Nov. 17, from 3 to 7...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Give a gift from the heart for the heart this holiday season.  A Heart2Heart screening shows you or a loved one your risk factors for heart disease.  It helps you understand what to monitor and learn what steps to take to minimize risk.  The screening includes cholesterol and glucose screening, massage or pedometer, Body...
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November is both Lung Cancer Awareness Month and COPD Awareness Month. Lung cancer and COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease) account for two of the leading causes of death in the United States. In fact, more people die from lung cancer than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Mercy Medical Center is holding a Save...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - One of the messages reads, “With Hope….We cancer-vive.”  Another reads, “Mom, You are the strongest person I know.  I’m so proud of you.  You fought the fight and won! ~ J.S.”   These messages and countless other heartfelt sentiments and drawings now reside within the walls of Mercy’s new Hall-Perrine Cancer Center.  The messages are handwritten on ten seperate sections of...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Dallas Oler is in an elite class. The 77-year-old Cedar Rapids man has lived with type 1 diabetes on insulin for 75 years. He is one of just 28 Americans honored for that distinction by the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston since 1996. “It’s not the norm,” said Wendy Sanders, a...
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CEDAR RAPIDS- Mercy Medical Center hosted about two dozen local high school students for Mercy Health Academy Day on Thurs., Nov. 3.  This event is coordinated through Workplace Learning Connection (WLC).  Students interested in healthcare careers applied for the job shadow experience through the WPLC. Also included in this group was a Health Science Academy class...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – On Thurs., Nov. 3, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Mercy Medical Center, 701 10th Street S.E., will host approximately 25 local high school students for Mercy Health Academy Day. This event is coordinated through Workplace Learning Connection (WLC). Students interested in healthcare careers applied for a job shadow experience through the WPLC....
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  Purple newborn caps will replace the traditional pink and blue on the tiny heads of infants at St. Luke’s Hospital, Mercy Medical Center and hospitals all over the state starting tomorrow. The hand-knitted caps, donated by a wide array of individual community knitters, are a way to remind parents about the normalcy of...
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