Mercy Medical Center News

Teresa Dudley of Pleasant City and Robert and Laura Dudley of Cumberland announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their son, Adam Robert Dudley, to Lydia Rene Faber, both of Byesville.

Alliance resident Maria Frase, R.N., BSN, was among those singled out when Mercy Medical Center recently honored the 2012 Nursing Clinical Excellence Award winners at a special luncheon.

Des Moines police say a police cruiser has run over the legs of a woman who was partially lying in a street.

A man died this morning after he slipped while trying to jump from the roof of a houseboat to another Friday night on Lake Shasta.

National Cancer Survivors DayA is Sun., June 3.A This 25th annual celebration of life will be held in hundreds of communities worldwide.

Two Western Massachusetts hospitals are among seven in the state that will share $628 million to find innovative and less-expensive ways to treat the poorest patients.

On his way toward earning a Reading Merit Badge, Boy Scout Willy McLaughlin, 12, of Garden City, brought one patient - Philip Daly, of Jamaica Estates - at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre a touch of his ancestral home.

Since 2000, the rate of teens with diabetes and prediabetes nearly tripled, from 9 percent to 23 percent.A In addition, one of four kids ages 12 to 19 have two or more risk factors for heart disease.

The Pediatric Practitioner in the Full Term Nursery setting, in collaboration with physician, NP and nursing staff, is responsible for providing care to all infants in the Full Term Nursery.

Williston police responded to a shooting inside on Ninth Avenue Northwest on Saturday night that left one woman dead.

Funeral services for Tom Wee, 56, of Sioux Center, formerly of Estherville, will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 22, at First Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center.

Already, hospitals in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City have the device. Soon, surgeons at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque will have greater accuracy.

Des Moines police and fire crews are on the scene of the gas leak at 89 University.A That's just west of the river bridge near Mercy Medical Center and the main Des Moines post office.

The man who stopped breathing in the back of a Cedar Rapids police squad car last week will be pulled off life support, according to his cousin.

Mercy Medical Center officials are pleased with the results of this year's new addition to its health fair -- the 5K Stroke Awareness Run -- which drew 152 runners.

Up until 3 weeks ago, patients were solely responsible for remembering an appointment at Mercy Medical Center.

"We want the babies to be with their mothers at all times," said Robert Atlas, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Mercy Medical Center.

Donald Joseph "Red" O'Brien of Des Moines and formerly of Emmetsburg, died of natural causes on Monday, May 7, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A car collided with a light rail Friday afternoon, sending three people to Mercy Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids will be one of four Catholic healthcare organizations in Iowa to simultaneously participate in a celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Dubuque on Mon., May 7 at 2 p.m. A The concurrent observances will include prayer, songs and scripture readings at the following hospitals: The Diocese of ... (more)