CEDAR RAPIDS — Don’t bother looking for a sugary snack at Midwest Metal Products. “You won’t find a candy bar in our building,” says Mikki Tritle, a customer service representative at the metal fabrication company, 800 66th Ave. SW. “Our vending machines don’t even have candy.” Midwest Metal co-owner Rita Jelinek says she has...
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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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  IOWA CITY  – Iowa has been selected as an Action Coalition by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, coordinated through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality, patient-centered...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — At first glance, Dr. Lee Birchansky’s in-office cataract surgery appears to be an innovative model for lowering health care costs, but state health officials don’t see eye-to-eye with the Cedar Rapids ophthalmologist. The Iowa Department of Public Health denied a rehearing on Birchansky’s notice to perform the common procedure in his...
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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 — Harriett Cooper has a personal motivation to participate in an upcoming summit on black women and breast health. “Whenever I think of breast cancer, of course I think of my sister, Sylvia,” says Cooper, 58, of Cedar Rapids. Sylvia Russell, Cooper’s oldest sister, died of breast cancer in 2003 at age...
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The following is from the AARP: Des Moines, February 29, 2012—AARP called on the Iowa Legislature to professionalize Iowa’s largest workforce – Direct Care Workers, asking the question, “Is Iowa Prepared to Care?” for our rapidly aging population during a news conference this morning at the Iowa Statehouse.   AARP Iowa State Director Kent...
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MARION – Dr. DeAnn Fitzgerald calls concussions the “invisible injury.” “Sports, cheerleading – anytime you’re upright,” an athlete can be at risk of a concussion or brain injury, Fitzgerald said. A conference that begins Friday explores the treatment of concussions, especially among student athletes. Tackling Concussions: More than Meets the Eye is scheduled for...
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Five Iowans are among the victims of a multi-state E.coli outbreak that health officials believe to be linked to eating raw clover sprouts at Jimmy John’s restaurants. Polly Carver-Kimm, spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Public Health, said all of the Iowa patients have recovered. One of the cases was in Linn County; one...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – The effects of extreme weather are still evident in Cedar Rapids, nearly four years after flooding devastated the city’s core. A new report released Thursday, Feb. 16, by Environment Iowa warns that severe storms will become more common in the future in Iowa and the rest of the nation. The report, In...
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