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Kernels Veterans Memorial Stadium

Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, Kernels to host prostate cancer awareness game June 7

Mercy Urology Clinic and Hall-Perrine Cancer Center are partnering with the Cedar Rapids Kernels to honor prostate cancer survivors and raise awareness about the disease during a special game Sunday, June 7, at Veterans Memorial Stadium. First pitch is scheduled…

IDT partners with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to automate cancer gene sequencing

Integrated DNA Technologies, a Coralville-based genomics company, is partnering with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to…

An Integrated DNA Technologies lab

Eastern Iowa Health Center to open walk-in clinic

The Eastern Iowa Health Center will open a walk-in clinic Nov. 17 inside its pharmacy…

Eastern Iowa Health Center pharmacy

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services opens expanded facility in downtown Cedar Rapids

UnityPoint Health – AbbeHealth Services – Abbe Center for Community Mental Health will hold a…

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services' new facility at 615 Fifth Street SE in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns national recognition for outpatient orthopedic surgery

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Center Point Regional Ambulance sets groundbreaking Thursday for new facility

Center Point Regional Ambulance will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new facility designed…

Center Point Ambulance Service

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital opens Linn County’s first milk bank dispensary

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has partnered with the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa…

St. Luke's Center for Women's and Children's Health

Alzheimer’s Association expands caregiver support programs

To honor the nearly 12 million unpaid Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in the U.S. during…

Alzheimer's Association logo

Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Mercy Medical Center has appointed Dr. Matthew Fox as chief medical officer, effective December 2025.…

Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Mercy announces leadership change at Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia

Mercy Medical Center announced a leadership transition Tuesday at The Chris & Suzy DeWolf Family…

DeWulf dementia innovation center

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids taps Kristin McVay as chief nursing officer

Kristin McVay will take the helm as chief nursing officer at UnityPoint Health – Cedar…

Kristin McVay, chief nursing officer for UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids

UI ophthalmologist Edwin Stone elected to National Academy of Medicine

The University of Iowa has announced that ophthalmologist Edwin Stone has earned election to the…

Dr. Edwin Stone, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and director of the Institute for Vision Research at the UI.

St. Luke’s Hospital to host annual NICU reunion Oct. 19

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital will host its annual NICU reunion Oct. 19 from…

Charlie Eichhorn, today aged 8, was born at 28 weeks weighing 3 pounds, 3 ounces.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks No. 1 in Iowa, earns national recognition

University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranked as the state’s top children’s…

Stead Family Children's Hospital NICU

MedQuarter, St. Luke’s Hospital unveil new public art mural

The MedQuarter Regional Medical District and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital have installed a…

The MedQuarter District's new mural titled "Seasons We Enjoy" by Cedar Rapids artist John Paul Schafer.

Mercy Medical Center introduces contrast-enhanced mammography for breast cancer detection

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has introduced contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), a breast imaging technology…

Mercy contrast-enhanced mammography