Mercy Care North clinic opens in Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital opens Mercy Care North at 375 Collins Road NE with hours 8 am to 10 pm weekdays and 8 am to 5 pm weekends and holidays. An open house Saturday offers free tests including pulmonary screening and blood pressure checks plus cancer screening info and self examination packets. Director Dr G L Schmit cites fast, accessible care to support the hospital emergency system and local doctors.
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Mercy Hospital
Mercy Care
Collins Road
New Clinic
Mercy Care North
G.L. Schmit
Cedar Rapids Area
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Yang Ahn
Medicenter West
Ahn
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Immediate Care Medical Center
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Mercy
Weland Clinical Laboratories
Eye safety program aims to cut eye injuries nationwide
Norbert Schaefer credits eye protection for saving his sight after an anhydrous ammonia spill on his Lacuna farm. OSHA and NSPB launched a campaign with training and materials to prevent workplace eye injuries, noting 90 percent are avoidable, while Iowa reports lower injury rates but undercounts remain.
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Joe Sullivan
Drake Universit
Des Moines — Iowa
Norbert Schaefer
Schaefer
U.S. Labor Department
National Society To Prevent Blindness
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NSPB
OSHA
Steve Cave
Kansas City
Cave
Iowa
National Safety Council
Iowa Labor Bureau
Jeanne Burmeister
The
Iowa Society To Prevent
Burmeister
NSC
Iowa Industrial Commission
Iowa Newspaper Association
Health roundup of groups classes and events at area hospitals
St Luke's Hospital offers Basic Cardiac Life Support for individuals and groups with evening and weekend sessions. call 369-7555 for details. Mercy Hospital hosts a forensics talk by Dr Richard Feister at 2 pm Tuesday, fee 5 dollars. A three hour nurses course on injection technique runs April 27 at 6 30 pm, fee 12 dollars. call 398-6143. Health fair Sunday 4 to 8 pm. aerobics Monday 6 30 am. blood pressure checks and nutrition analysis during day. first aid and health risk talks in evening. Secretaries stroll Tuesday, 1 1 2 miles option. Wednesday offers walk jog run and talks on drinking, communication, and birth control. Write Luther College Health Service Decorah IA 52101 or call 1 319 387 1045 for info.
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Mercy Hospital
Richard Feister
Mercy
Luther College Health Service
Decorah
Iowa
Herpes Support Group Meeting Details
The Herpes support group meets Monday at the United Way Building, 712 Third Ave SE, for a slide presentation on Herpes Current Facts and Therapy by Dr Michael Saunders of Doctors Ought to Care. Anyone seeking info may call the VD hotline at 362-2174.
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Fitness author Dr Kuntzleman to speak at Luther College
Dr Charles Kuntzleman author of more than 40 books on fitness and weight control will speak at Luther College Wednesday at 10 am. The talk is free and open to the public. He is national director of the Living Well Program in corporations nationwide and directs the Feelin Good Program for cardiovascular health in children from kindergarten through ninth grade. The talk is part of Wellness Awakening a week of events to raise awareness.
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Charles Kuntzleman
Luther College
Kuntzleman
Schizophrenia expert to keynote Iowa meeting
Dr Henry A Nashrallah will headline the spring meeting of the Iowa Schizophrenia Association at St Andrew s Lutheran Church Ames on April 24. Registration starts 1 p m with a 1 30 p m lecture titled Schizophrenia as a Brain Disease. The public is invited contact IA Schizophrenia Association P O Box 334 Eagle Grove Iowa 50533.
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Iowa Schizophrenia Association
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Ames
Nashrallah
The
P.O. Box
Eagle Grove
Lowa
Free breast self screening program set for April 26
Some appointment times remain for Linn County women in the April 26 program of free breast self screening and education at the Witwer Senior Center 305 Second Ave SE. Reservations are available by calling 365-5241.
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Linn County
Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
Mercy Hospital Blood Bank Seeks New Donors Anytime
Mercy Hospital Blood Bank enrolls new members at any time per director Barb Moore. Donors aged 18 to 65 in good health are welcome. All blood types are needed. To enroll call 398-6007.
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Mercy Hospital Blood Bank
Barb Moore
Sexual intimacy in therapy harms patients study finds
A study of 559 cases finds 90 percent of patients harmed by sexual intimacy with therapists. The report notes most involve male therapists with female patients and cites ethics codes and rising actions. Survivors describe lasting trauma and abandonment after involved therapists.
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Joan Sweeney
Angeles Timac Sargic
Dudley Moore
Professional Psychology
American Psychological Association
California State Psychological Association
Code of Ethics
American Psychiatric and Psychological Associations
National Association of Social Workers
Moore
Bouhoutsos
On the Job Blood Pressure Programs Cut Hypertension
A New England Journal of Medicine study shows work-site hypertension programs at Ford plants in Michigan, with regular followups, halved uncontrolled blood pressure. Nurses recheck biannually, provide guidance, and result in 56 to 62 percent of workers reaching control after three years, reducing employer costs.
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Boston
University of Michigan
Ford Motor Co
Southeastern
Michigan
Andrea Foote
John C. Erfurt
New England Journal of Medicine
CPR classes set in Johnson County
Johnson County offers monthly CPR training with multiple providers. American Red Cross lists April 23, Iowa City Fire Department schedules by arrangement, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offers April 19 and 21 sessions, Mercy Hospital hosts May 12 and June 6 13 with recertification dates, plus Johnson County Ambulance Service and National Guard by arrangement. Contact Elaine Mayer at 304 Kimball Road or CPR information line 1-354-9088.
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National Guard
Elaine Mayer
Johnson County
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