By many measures, cancer care at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in west central Iowa is going well. The 99-bed hospital located in Carroll, Iowa, a community of 10,000, opened an adjacent cancer center in 2020. It offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, and infusion therapies and draws some 15,000 patients a year from a 17-county area. But Lori Pietig, the hospital’s director of cancer…
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In summer 2023, 17-year-old Jackson Webber enjoyed a sunny day on the golf course with Cassim Igram, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with University of Iowa Health Care. When the two first met, in January 2021, it was under very different circumstances. Jackson, who lives in Peosta, Iowa, had been goofing around in the snow with his friends when he tried to do a front flip off an electrical box. The…
How was Mary Harris—an 89-year-old matriarch for 5 kids, 16 grandkids, and 18 great-grandchildren—going to beat colon cancer? And, more importantly, would she maintain her independence when the standard treatment is major surgery? Worried about that surgery, Harris was grateful for another option with University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center in the form of a clinical trial that meant…
What happens when state-of-the-art technology meets a wealth of human expertise? Just look closely within University of Iowa Health Care’s Heart and Vascular Center, where a blend of faculty members who specialize in cardiac electrophysiology (EP) are working together to revolutionize outcomes and expand treatment options for patients. Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, is one of three cardiac…
Imagine sitting in a waiting room for your child’s doctor. Sure, the room is warmly decorated and there are games to occupy the little ones, but this is their third ear infection this year. Are you dreading going through their health history again, worried you might forget something or overstate it? Or maybe, you feel at ease because this is the doctor who sees all three of your kids as well as…
More and more people across the country are finding themselves affected by colorectal cancer. While researchers look for answers about that increase, now may be a good time to reflect on your own risk of developing cancer. Oncologists with University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center say there are a number of things you can do right now to protect yourself.
Many people get tired around 3 p.m. every day and joke that they need caffeine to get themselves going. Why does that happen? One reason may be that they are not getting adequate sleep each night. Sleep is one of the three pillars of health – eating a healthy diet, exercising, and getting enough sleep. Adequate sleep can lower your risk for certain diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. It…
Mark Brown was 10 years old when he first came to the University Hospital School for children with disabilities in the early 1970s as a resident student. While there he met Ron Lough, who taught industrial arts—woodworking, graphic arts, metal working—at the school now known as the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), located on the University of Iowa Health Care main campus in Iowa…
UI Sports Medicine is the official medical provider of the Iowa Heartlanders, the professional minor league hockey team based in Coralville, Iowa. Terese Whipple, MD, serves as the Heartlanders’ team lead physician, and Jason Geisler, LAT, ATC, is the team’s athletic trainer. Whipple and Geisler are care providers with UI Sports Medicine, part of the UI Department of Orthopedics and…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a medical technology created by a University of Iowa faculty member to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib) in January 2024. Now, physicians in the cardiac electrophysiology division of UI Health Care are the first in the state to begin using the technology in clinical care. “Pulse field ablation, particularly Farapulse, offers a safe, more…