Health group notes and classes at Mercy and St Luke's
News notes list ongoing health groups and classes across Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. Sessions include back and neck pain support, breast cancer self exam teaching, impotence support at St Luke's, cancer treatment talk, infant growth play classes, creative parenting, cesarean birth class, TOUCh cancer support, a Culinary Heart Kitchen program, neurological and weight control programs, prenatal classes, pediatric pre op parties, cancer support group meetings, genetic counseling, and PMS support, with contact numbers and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s
Mind and disease linked by emotions in research
Scientists report growing evidence that emotions influence illness and healing though data are scarce. Psychologists cite placebo responses and brain immune links while cautioning against overinterpreting results. Studies note melanoma patients venting anger show slower cancer cell growth and stronger immune activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Digest
Barrie Cassileth
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Marcia Angell
New England Journal of Medicine
Steven Schleifer
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York City
Linn County Crusaders push cancer awareness drive
Cedar Rapids and Marion volunteers join nearly 2,000 residents to distribute free pamphlets on lifestyle and cancer risk as part of the 1986 Linn County Cancer Crusade during Cancer Control Month. The effort runs through April with a kickoff in Marion and guidance from ACS leaders including Nurse of Hope Carole Zingula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Crusaders
American Cancer Society
Crusade
Richard C. Wenzel
ACS
Linn County
Eastside
Alice Anderson
Linda East
Westside
Marie Pigman
Diane Montgomery
Montgomery
First Presbyterian Church
Carole Zingula
Hormone use tied to lower arthritis risk for women
Researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam studied women aged 59 to 68 and found that those who used noncontraceptive hormones or previously used oral contraceptives had a notably lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kemeny
Ucla Medical Center
Erasmus University
Rotterdam
Nether
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Park
Fountain
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Diane Wilken
Mercy Education Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Arthur W Devine
Devine
Keith Wright
Witwer Senior Center
Witwer
St. Luke’s BirthCare Center
Creative Parenting
St. Luke’s Schwartz Center
T.O.U.C.H
Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s Heart Institute
New York Heart Association
Culinary Heart Kitchen
Heart
Winthrop Risk
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Counseling Services
Mercy Hospital Genetic Counseling Office
PMS
University of California
Lydia Temoshok
San Francisco Medical Center
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Linn County Crusaders Crusade Against Cancer
Fabricut
Flexalum
Armstrong Draperies
29Th St
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