Living

For most patients, treating cancer can’t come fast enough. Mercy Cedar Rapids’ Hall-Perrine Cancer Center can help, with care all in one place to diagnose and quickly develop and begin a treatment plan.

My husband and I flew to Fairbanks, Alaska, eager to see the dazzling light display officially known as the aurora borealis. Fairbank’s generally clear winter skies and low levels of light pollution, make it one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights.

With the arrival of the holiday season, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Here are some ideas to help keep yourself healthy and focused on the real reason for the season.

From Amana to West Branch, events include Old World fare, tree-lighting ceremonies and visits from Santa Claus.

Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society

A number of our favorite houseplants are mildly to severely toxic to cats and dogs, so it’s smart to educate yourself and prevent if not a tragedy, a sick animal in pain.

An Urbandale hospital says it is implementing procedures to ensure it doesn't repeat a mistake made last weekend, when more than 100 children were given the wrong dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Bundled-up tree-hunters with mittened kids in tow lined the road along the Ely evergreen market before it opened at 9 a.m. Friday. And at Solon’s Handley’s Holiday Hillside Inc., about 30 minutes south, dozens of parked vehicles squeezed the gravel road from both sides for as far as the eye could see.