Health Care
Record-breaking participation at 2025 Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer
A sea of walkers and runners in “scuba blue” T-shirts washed over downtown Cedar Rapids, Saturday, Oct. 4. They were the record 16,682 people registered for the 35th annual Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer at Mercy Medical Center,…
Cedar Rapids area company teams gearing up for CycleNation
Dozens of employee teams from leading companies around Cedar Rapids will ride to improve brain…
Bankruptcy trustee objects to UI’s plans for a speedy purchase of Mercy Hospital
A federal bankruptcy trustee has objected to plans by the University of Iowa to fast-track…
Canine healers join UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Two new furry employees will soon greet patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family…
Mercy acquires new breast specimen imaging system
Cedar Rapids-based Mercy Medical Center has acquired the first CT (3D) breast specimen imaging system…
UI sports medicine offers walk-in clinic for injured student athletes
Injured student athletes will have easier access to treatment thanks to walk-in clinics hosted by…
Officials ‘grateful’ as new Coralville VA outpatient clinic opens
An expanded Veterans Administration (VA) community-based outpatient clinic in Coralville, in the works for several…
Niermann named UnityPoint East Division COO; Greene named Cedar Rapids market president
UnityPoint Health has appointed Michelle Niermann, UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids President and CEO, as…
UI study shows hemodynamic screening halves risk of death, brain bleed in premature babies
When neonatologists Patrick McNamara and Regan Giesinger started the hemodynamic screening program at the University…
Becker names Mercy Cedar Rapids a top recommended hospital in Iowa
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids was named as a top recommended hospital in Iowa…
The many moving parts of Mercy Iowa City’s proposed acquisition
The ongoing circumstances surrounding Mercy Iowa City’s proposed acquisition will continue to develop, as the…
NAMI class to help families cope with mental health
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, has developed a new course that will…
Regents approve $20 million UI-Mercy acquisition
The Board of Regents moved to accept University of Iowa’ s request to purchase Mercy…
BREAKING: University of Iowa to acquire Mercy Iowa City hospital and clinics
Mercy Iowa City announced Monday, Aug. 7 it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI)…
Dr. Matthew Ferroni designated as a UroLift Center of Excellence
Dr. Matthew Ferroni, a urologist at Mercy Urology Clinic, has been designated as a UroLift…
UIHC cardiologists complete first-in-state procedure with VR, 3D technology
A cardiology team at the University of Hospitals & Clinics completed the first-in-state transcatheter procedure…
