Articles Tagged: Mercy Cedar Rapids

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Cancer treatments can have long-lasting side effects, including damage to the heart, that might not show up until years later. Cancer treatments can also exacerbate existing cardiovascular problems for patients at risk for heart disease.

Awareness of sleep apnea and its relatively common and effective treatment has grown over the past three decades.

Kathy Good has won an award for her leadership in aging and dementia care at the DeWolf Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia. Here’s how she does it.

A big green frog guided children through Cedar Rapids hospital stays

Volpara Risk Pathways is described as a state-of-the-art assessment tool that identifies women who may be at elevated risk for breast cancer, and Mercy Cedar Rapids is the first hospital in the area to offer it.

Without discussion or debate, the State Health Facilities Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed that Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids doesn’t require a certificate of need to establish an offsite location in North Liberty.

Continuing its outreach and expansion, in concert with an explosion of health care services in North Liberty, Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids is considering offering services at an “off-site location” in Johnson County — where University of Iowa Health Care is building a new 469,000-square-foot hospital and Steindler Orthopedic is constructing a new 35,880-square-foot ambulatory surgical center.

How you can keep your liver healthy

Top health officials in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City agree Iowa is facing a physician shortage, though it is not as severe in the Corridor as in rural areas of the state. The Iowa Medical Society will be discussing that and other “pressing issues” in a series of meetings with health care providers in Cedar Rapids this week.

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has notified 97,000 patients about a security breach that might have compromised their personal information -- including name, birth date, address, social security number, and medical record information like patient account number and dates of admission, discharge, and examination.

As health-care providers recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month, see why this Nebraska woman drives to Cedar Rapids for her breast cancer treatment, the advice she gives to those early in their treatment journey, and tips for those who have not yet been diagnosed.

Dr. Vincent Reid credits much of who he is today to a small lab in New York City, where he and other minorities were able to thrive through a rare oasis in a scientific world largely not built for them.

Mercy Medical Center announced it will award over $150,000 in grants to local nonprofits to bolster health equity. The grants go to programs that promote food access, health foods, mental health care access and housing affordability in the Corridor.

The DeWolf Family Innovation Center in Marion, with 23,000 square feet attached to a 237-residence senior living community, hopes to change the approach to aging and dementia care.