Health notes list local cancer, grief, and fibromyalgia support events
Mercy Medical Center hosts Caring and Sharing Cancer Support Group at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Hall Radiation Center and the Especially For You group meets at 7 p m in the McKinley Room with speaker Susan Enzle. Fibromyalgia classes run Thursdays and Fridays at Mercy Medical Plaza in Scanlon Room. Additional events include Parkinsons disease talks, grief support for children, and La Leche League leader Tina Meyer launching monthly meetings. Blood drives are set for Monticello High School and Washington High School.
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Mercy
Mercy Medical Plaza
Scanion Room
Iowa City
New Hope
Mercy Hallagan Education Center
Michael Rosenfeld
Physician's Clinic of Iowa
Kenneth Follett
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Mercy Medical Center
Blue Room
Hospice of Mercy
Crohn
St. Luke’s Room
St. Luke’s Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s Center For Health and
Marvelous
St. Luke's
Tina Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Meyer
American Red Cross
Monticello High School
Washington High School
Forest Dr. SE
Platelet levels and risks in thrombocytopenia examined
Dr Donohue explains platelet function and thrombocytopenia with counts around 103 000. He notes that risks rise below 50 000 for surgery or trauma and below 20 000 for minor injuries, but a stable 103 000 over years poses no current danger.
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Donohue
C.K
Measles history and vaccine impact and advice
A historical overview notes measles outbreaks in earlier decades, the 1963 vaccine reducing cases by about 99 percent and preventing an estimated 52 million cases in twenty years. It warns that unvaccinated children faced epidemics, emphasizes a second dose, and urges consulting a physician on immunization status. It ends with contact for Bob Sample in Cedar Rapids.
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Hippocratic Oath gets update by medical groups
The Washington Post reports doctors from three groups publish the Charter of Medical Professionalism to add patient autonomy and social justice to Hippocratic ethics. It calls for confidentiality, better access, and avoidance of conflicts of interest.
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Washington Post
Hippocrates
Apollo
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Troyen A. Brennan
Harvard Medical School
Stroke screening event at Linn County Farm Bureau Center
Life Line Screening will offer carotid, leg artery, abdominal aorta, and bone density tests at the Linn County Farm Bureau Conference Center on April 10. Tests cost 40 for each vascular test, 35 for osteoporosis, 99 for complete vascular, or 125 for all four. Pre registration required. Call 1 800 407 4557.
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Linn County Farm Bureau Conference Center
Boyson Rd
Hiawatha
Free Johnson County smoking cessation clinic for pregnant women and spouses
A free seven week program begins April 9 in Johnson County for pregnant women and partners. Sessions run Tuesdays 6 30 to 8 p m at the Johnson County Department of Public Health 1105 Gilbert Ct with orientation from 6 30 to 8 30 p m. Weekly attendance incentives and registration via Ericka at 819 356 6040 extension 124.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Ericka
Mercy embraces overhead system with surgeon friendly interface
Mercy unveils a new surgical system mounted on overhead booms to keep wires away from teams. The flat screen monitor on a boom positions in the surgeon line of sight to view PAC images without interrupting procedures. Surgeons will train the system and create voice cards to recognize their commands.
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