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UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Electrophysiologist Talha Farid, MD, holds a set of Abbott AVEIR DR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker devices. Implanted into the upper and lower chambers of the heart, these devices communicate and pace the heart without the use of lead wires. Dr. Farid is one of the first cardiologists in Iowa, and the only one in Cedar Rapids, who is trained to implant the AVEIR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system.

St. Luke’s performs Cedar Rapids’ first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has performed Cedar Rapids’ first implant of the AVEIR DR, the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system. The procedure was completed by electrophysiologist Dr. Talha Farid, the first in the city to be trained…

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital promotes healing

By Cindy Hadish From its oversized windows with panoramic views of the outdoors to its…

Find your own way to get through the day

By Sarah Halbrook / Guest Column If you’re anything like most busy, working Americans, you…

Businesses bringing alternative therapies to Corridor

By Cindy Hadish Cedar Rapids Titans kicker Michael Georgetti trains during the off-season in Florida…

Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller | Integrative Medicine

Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller specializes in integrative medicine, the practice of medicine that reaffirms the…

Investing in health protection

By Christopher Atchison / Guest Column When Mike Last looked into his microscope in the…

Social workouts motivate people to get up and move

By Cindy Hadish Participants in T-shirts, leggings and sneakers trot past revered works of art…

Mercy expands options for patients with coronary artery disease

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids is the first hospital in Iowa to utilize a…

EMS Week acknowledges first responders in Cedar Rapids

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, May 21-27, acknowledges that local first responders, including Cedar Rapids…

Bionic hand gives Iowa City man flexibility

By Cindy Hadish Ryan Rezin is not defined by his bionic hand, which prompts questions…

Crystal Group expansion aims to tap new markets

Employee-owners at the Crystal Group configure network servers to customer requirements on the final chassis…

Lil’ Drug Store exclusive marketer of several healthy snack brands

Cedar Rapids-based Lil’ Drug Store Products announces its role as exclusive convenience channel marketer of…

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Mercy to host Especially for You health and wellbeing event

Mercy Medical Center continues its Especially for You series on Women’s Health & Wellbeing, with…

Iowa City VA to celebrate veterans at appreciation event May 19

The Iowa City VA Health Care System is hosting a Veterans Appreciation Event on May…

New leaders to ‘relaunch’ regional workforce efforts

Doug Neumann, executive director of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, welcomes attendees to its…

New leaders to ‘relaunch’ regional workforce efforts

Doug Neumann, executive director of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, welcomes attendees to its…