Articles Tagged: Diseases

Cancer screenings, like mammograms, are becoming more commonplace. But health authorities are still trying to get the message out about …

As one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States, colorectal cancer touches thousands of families each …

Over the past 10 years, Cathy Faulkner, of Cedar Rapids, has been diagnosed with cancer three times. But she hasn’t …

You’ve just turned 50 and you know you need to make That Appointment … to schedule your first colonoscopy. But …

Legislation that would require facilities offering mammograms to also give patients information on breast density will be considered by state …

This fall, a few Iowa teens might be saying “ouch.” Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, incoming  students in certain …

Iowa ranked first in the percentage of adults aged 65 and older vaccinated against the flu last year, according to …

Like the rest of the nation, Iowa is battling a high influx of influenza cases, with the peak not expected …

More and more Iowa flu cases have been reported, and officials say the seasonal outbreak could get even worse now …

Reports of the flu are on the rise in Iowa and the rest of the country. State epidemiologist Dr. Patricia …

Influenza surveillance is being heightened in Cedar County after a child there was diagnosed with a “variant” flu virus that …

For six months, U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Casteel slept just 100 yards from an open-air burn pit that devoured everything …

St. Luke’s Hospital is offering radiation therapy for the first time in its history to patients with breast cancer. Intraoperative …

IOWA CITY – About 50 people living with HIV/AIDS in southeast Iowa will have a new service provider after MECCA …

Surveillance by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Department of Public Health indicates a larger number …