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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St. Luke’s Hospital invites the community to a free informational program on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Attendees will learn about: symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, how Alzheimer’s affects the brain, causes and risk factors, the benefits of early detection, how to address a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, stages of...
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Don’t let asthma take your breath away. Learn asthma symptoms, risk factors and asthma triggers at a free seminar and screening event on Sat., March 31, 9 a.m. to noon at Lindale Mall, Center Court Lower Level. Seminar sessions will be held at  9 and 9:30 a.m. Dr Lyla Schweiger, Allergy & Asthma Clinic,...
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Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Every year, more than 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it. The risk of getting colorectal cancer increases with age....
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A bill to encourage individuals to make decisions about their end-of-life healthcare treatment choices was signed into law yesterday by Governor Terry Branstad. This new law was established because of the collaboration started in 2006 between Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital that resulted in a standardized form, called IPOST, which stands for...
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CEDAR RAPIDS  - Two Cedar Rapids organizations – St. Luke’s Hospital and the Cedar Rapids Metro YMCA – want to help local cancer patients, survivors, and families as much as possible. But to do that, they need votes. Both St. Luke’s, 1026 A Ave. NE, and the YMCA, 207 7th Ave., are competing in...
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St. Luke’s Hospital has been selected as a candidate for the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the United States. Finalists will be determined through an online voting campaign that begins TODAY, Mar. 7 at 10 a.m. CST.  Applicants with the top votes per...
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St. Luke’s Hospital is excited to announce the launch of The Real Moms of Eastern Iowa blog, therealmomsofeasterniowa.com,  an interactive online community for moms and moms-to-be. The first of its kind in Cedar Rapids, The Real Moms of Eastern Iowa follows the day-to-day experiences of five Eastern Iowa women and covers anything and everything...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — The bed where Kevin Squires sleeps isn’t his own, but the former serviceman is working his way out of the cycle of homelessness that can trap military veterans. “I kind of gave up,” said Squires, 51, of Cedar Rapids, who is staying at the Willis Dady Emergency Shelter, 1247 Fourth Ave....
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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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