The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) a five-year, $7.9 million grant to continue investigating environmental health effects arising from rural and agricultural exposures and serving as a primary environmental health resource. The center, based in the College of Public Health, includes...
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Mercy Webinar Thursday, May 17, noon to 1 p.m. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer and accounts for nearly half of all cancers in the United States. Robert Barry, M.D., dermatologist, will discuss common skin cancers, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Tune in live to this Webinar, originating at Mercy...
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Most of the state’s whooping cough cases this year have been reported in Eastern Iowa. More than 150 cases have been confirmed in Iowa so far in 2012, an increase of 121 percent over this time last year, but not a record number, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Scott County has...
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LGBT CANCER NETWORK NOW DIRECTS PATIENTS TO 400 SCREENING FACILITIES IN MOST STATES; NEW TRANSGENDER-FRIENDLY DESIGNATION May 4, 2012 – The National LGBT Cancer Network, the first program in the country to address the needs of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people with cancer and those at risk, is pleased to announce...
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Misuse of Prescription Drugs Thursday, May 10, noon to 1 p.m. Live Webinar   The use of prescription drugs for non-medical purposes (most commonly to “party” or “get high”) has become a serious problem in today’s society.   Join Mercy Medical Center’s online Webinar, and Shawn Stepp, LMHC, CADC, Program Coordinator at Mercy’s Sedlacek...
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Linn County was given mixed grades in the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report. The county received an A in the number of high ozone days, but an F for particle pollution. Johnson County did not have data collected for ozone days, but received a D in particle pollution. Trend charts and...
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MARION, IA – MercyCare Community Physicians announces the addition of Thomas Serbousek, MD, to its medical staff.  Dr. Serbousek will begin seeing patients on May 7 at the new MercyCare Marion Urgent Care clinic. The urgent care clinic will operate in a joint space with MercyCare Marion, an established family practice clinic, located at...
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ORAL, HEAD AND NECK CANCER SCREENING EVENT WHEN:     Thurs., April 26, 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE:   Hall Perrine Cancer Center, Mercy Medical Center, 701 10th St. SE, Cedar Rapids WHO:       Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa—Ear, Nose & Throat •             Dr. Ryan Dempewolf •             Dr. Jeffrey Krivit •             Dr. Mary Susan Pruzinsky With oral cancer on the...
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From the Iowa Board of Medicine: DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Board of Medicine saw a 9.4 percent increase in number of new medical licenses issued in 2011, continuing a trend of significant growth in the number of physicians seeking licensure in Iowa. The Board issued 776 new licenses in 2011, up from...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – The new leader of Linn County Public Health sees the department’s role as a partnership with other agencies, organizations and individuals. Pramod Dwivedi, 47, won’t tell restaurant owners what to post on their menus or demand changes without community input, he said. “Public health is a team sport,” said Dwivedi, who...
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