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PCI Urology announces exclusive surgical partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital

Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Urology (PCI Urology) has formed an exclusive surgical partnership with UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital and Surgery Center Cedar Rapids, consolidating its inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures at the facility starting Sept. 1, 2025. The…

Hintz Biomedical, HMUIRL take top prize for Iowa JPEC Summer Track pitch

A health care startup that recently took top prize at an Iowa JPEC spring competition…

Lily Hintz, of Hintz Biomedical, gives her pitch at the Startup Incubator Summer Track Launch Day in the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa Memorial Union on July 26, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.

Cedar Rapids family provides $1 million donation to renovate Mercy downtown emergency room

Mercy Medical Center has announced a $1 million donation from a Cedar Rapids couple to…

Mercy Cedar Rapids downtown emergency room renovation

St. Luke’s hosts ribbon-cutting for new Marion ER

Leaders from UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and the city of Marion hailed the soon-to-open St.…

St. Luke's Marion ER treatment room

Med Spas in the Corridor flourish amid post-pandemic weight loss trends

The med spa industry has taken off across the nation, including within the Corridor. As…

Artwork by local photographer Christopher V. Sherman showcased in new St. Luke’s Marion emergency room

Marion-based fine arts photographer Christopher V. Sherman’s photographic artwork will be prominently displayed in the…

St. Luke's Marion emergency room artwork 1

University of Iowa biomedical center secures $425k training grant

This month, the University of Iowa’s Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB) – a unit…

A scientist wearing a face mask and lab coat holds a petri dish.

St. Luke’s Hospital named to Becker’s 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs list

Becker’s Hospital Review has named UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, to its…

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

University of Iowa Health Care ranked top Iowa hospital

University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center secured the No. 1 position for best hospital…

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Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa debuts new AI-driven CT scanner

Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI) Imaging Center in Cedar Rapids has announced the installation of…

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New licensing agreement between Integrated DNA Technologies, SeQure Dx, will advance CRISPR-based therapeutics

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has entered into a licensing agreement with SeQure Dx, a specialist…

Integrated DNA Technologies. CREDIT IDT

New director named for Iowa’s only NCI-designated cancer center

As part of its ongoing effort to combat Iowa’s rising cancer rates, the University of…

Dr. Mark Burkard

Iowa City Cancer Treatment Center closes doors

A Johnson County radiation oncology clinic has shuttered its operations after 13 years of serving…

The Iowa City Cancer Treatment Center at 3010 Northgate Dr. in Iowa City. The radiation oncology clinic opened in 2011.

St. Luke’s plans ribbon cutting, open house for new Marion ER

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital is hosting two upcoming events to celebrate the opening…

St. Luke's Marion ER opening

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital earns national cancer reaccreditation

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital’s cancer services have once again received accreditation from the…

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Mercy Medical Center awards $169,500 to local nonprofits

Mercy Medical Center has announced that, for the third consecutive year, it will award funds…

Mercy Medical Center awards funds from its Health Equity Fund to Catholic Charities. CREDIT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER