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UI professor wins 2025 Horwitz Prize for muscular dystrophy research

Dr. Kevin Campbell, professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.…

Iowa City native becomes youngest Right at Home franchisee

Zach Peterson wasn’t always on the path to entrepreneurship and in-home care. Going into college,…

Zach Peterson, owner of Right at Home Iowa City poses at his office at 1210 Highway 6. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

President of Mercy Medical Center Foundation announces retirement

The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has announced the upcoming retirement of its president, Lorrie Erusha,…

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St. Luke’s Hospital is using AI technology for colon cancer detection

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids has announced that it is now…

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

St. Luke’s hospital installs new aquatic therapy equipment

A lead gift from the Hall Perrine Foundation and many other significant gifts have allowed…

A patient uses the new HydroWorx aquatic therapy machine at St. Luke's hospital. CREDIT ST LUKE'S

UnityPoint’s PACE Senior Care Center to open in Hiawatha

UnityPoint’s newest PACE Senior Care location, 1450 North Center Point Rd., Hiawatha, is slated to…

Officials celebrate the upcoming opening of UnityPoint's newest PACE Senior Care location, 1450 North Center Point Rd., Hiawatha, with a ribbon cutting. CREDIT UNITYPOINT

Mercy’s Kathy Good recognized with Worldmaker Community Weaver Award

Mercy Medical Center has announced that Kathy Good, senior director of The Chris & Suzy…

Mercy’s Kathy Good recognized with Worldmaker Community Weaver Award

UI Nurse Innovators program transforms patient care solutions

For the many advancements in technology and innovation within the surgical sector, University of Iowa…

Operating Room nurse Jill Droste pitches her Droste Drape at the Nurse Innovators seminar and pitch competition Nov. 14 at the UI Health Care Medical Center. Her idea won first place and $20,000. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Mercy Medical Center Foundation, Fairfax State Savings Bank announce Giving Tuesday match challenge

The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has announced that Fairfax State Savings Bank will match financial…

Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, 701 10th St. SE, Cedar Rapids. Mercy

Mercy Medical Center earns top state ranking in CHIME Digital Health recognition

Mercy Medical Center has achieved level 9 certification in the 2024 CHIME Digital Health Most…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Kepros Physical Therapy expands its Marion location

Kepros Physical Therapy & Performance celebrated its Marion expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday,…

Kepros Physical Therapy & Performance celebrated its Marion expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, October 24.

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns accreditation for metabolic, bariatric surgery

Mercy Cedar Rapids has announced that it has once again earned accreditation from the Metabolic…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Mercy Cedar Rapids introduces AI technology to enhance breast cancer surgery

Mercy Medical Center and Hall-Perrine Cancer Center have announced a new partnership with SymBioSys to…

Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, 701 10th St. SE, Cedar Rapids. Mercy

EIHC initiative will provide high-tech solution to ‘pharmacy desert’

The Eastern Iowa Health Center’s (EIHC) plans for a new, largely automated pharmacy in the…

A medical professional examines a young patient at the Eastern Iowa Health Center. CREDIT EIHC

St. Luke’s, PCI announce bariatric surgery program

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital and Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI) have launched a…

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UI Health Care reaches halfway point on Emergency Department expansion

The University of Iowa Health Care Emergency Department, one of the busiest in the state,…