Iowa allows therapists to evaluate patients without doctor referral
The 1971 Physical Therapy Practice Act lets licensed physical therapists perform initial musculoskeletal evaluations without a physician referral. Critics say only therapists assess these cases, while doctors worry about safe diagnosis and treatment. Supporters cite time savings, cost efficiency, and improved access to care across private practice and hospitals.
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Anne Garry
Frank Hazelton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Physical Therapy Association
Jerry Gillon
Gillon
Leonard Roggeveen
William Eversmann
Eversmann
John Koch
Alan Campbell
St. Luke’s Hospital
Campbell
Mercy Hospital
Mike Scott
John Barr
Health Roundup Calendar drives community health events
The Cedar Rapids Community Calendar returns with Mercy and St. Luke's Auxiliaries selling it for 3 in hospital craft shops and Engle's Fashion Corner in Marion. It lists 30 plus local activities from school calendars to museum shows and theatre with proceeds to the auxiliaries. Free health classes at St. Luke's 5-West run to 10 a.m. Aug events include NICU reunion Aug 26 at Jones Park Parkview Pavilion with several attractions.
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Cedar Rapids
Temple Juda
Mercy
St. Luke's Hospital
Engle’s Fashion Corner
Marion
Marion Area
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
St. Luke’s 5
St Luke's Alive and Well Store at Lindale Mall Weekly Activities
St Luke's Alive and Well Store at Lindale Mall hosts a week of drop in equipment use and health classes. Activities include blood pressure screenings break dancing sessions Fresh Start stop smoking exercise physiology and parenting tips with schedules across Monday to Saturday. Call 393 2443 to register for the three dollar break dancing sessions.
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St. Luke’s Alive and Well
Lindale Mall
CME Programs at Schwartz Center St Luke Hospital
CME offerings for doctors at the Schwartz Center St Luke's Hospital this week include neurology case conference on head injuries led by Dr. James LaMargese at 7:30 a.m Monday. Wednesday features hypertension in children and coarctation of the aorta with Dr. M Naser Payvandi at 7:30 a.m. Thursday presents Family Practice Conference Rx for Malpractice Prevention via AAFP videotape at 7:30 a.m. OB case on gestational diabetes with Drs. Atwood and Christiansen at noon in room 163. Friday covers fluid and electrolyte management in infants and children with Dr. Gary Gray at 7:30 a.m.
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CME
Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
James LaMargese
M. Naser Payvandi
Michael Atwood
Rodney Christiansen
Gary Gray
St Luke's Stroke Club Meets Monday Afternoon
St Luke's Hospital hosts a Stroke Club for patients and families every Monday from 2 to 3 PM in room 163. For information call 369-7740.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
Pre operative party for St Luke's Hospital children
A pre operative party for children undergoing surgery at St Luke's Hospital will be held Wednesday and August 29 at 7 p.m. Parents siblings and others of the child having surgery are welcome. Call 369 7247 for information and registration.
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Mercy Hospital
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospital
COPD Classes Offered by St Luke's Therapy Dept
The St Luke's Respiratory Therapy Department offers COPD classes every Tuesday through Thursday as a series starting at 9. The program aims to educate patients on managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and improving quality of life through targeted therapy and lifestyle adjustments.
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St. Luke’s Respiratory Therapy Department
Papaverine drawn as hopeful impotence treatment
The column notes papaverine as an experimental approach to impotence, warns erections lasting hours may cause damage, and says it offers clues rather than a cure. It also shares user tips on aluminum chloride for sweating and cautions about Accutane sun sensitivity and skin drying.
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Dean Edell
Study finds more men than women die by their own actions
An AP report notes a study showing higher male suicide rates while crisis centers see more female callers. Susie Raymond of Community Telephone Counseling cites 1983 data: 269 female callers over 18, 179 male callers, and 68 percent of 491 callers were women.
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Des Moines
Susie Raymond
Community Telephone Counseling Inc
Raymond
James Leeper
University
Leeper
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Hazelton
Koch
NICU
Jones Park Parkview Pavilion
Mambo the Clown
Billy Bob
Mercy Hospital Genetic Counseling Office
Mercy Hospital Speakers Bureau
DES Information
DES Action
Women's Resource and Action Center
Iowa City
P.O. Box
Kristin Evenson
REACH
Westminster Presbyterian Church
C.O.P.D
Vv As
Perm
Oil Lorentown
the People’s Pharmacy
Joe Graedon
King
University of Alabama
Georgia Horan
Sture Osten Designs
Clipida
Kanekalon
Stovelon
Armstrong
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