Endocrine System

Le Mars Area Dialysis focus is on fundraising, renovation (10/01/08)
Le Mars Area Dialysis Services is stepping up its fundraising efforts. Currently the not-for-profit group has two main focuses -- one is to continue raising money, and the other is to plan renovation of its newly acquired building in downtown Le Mars...

New feeding clinic may help children eat (09/19/08)
Some children don't like to eat or have difficulty eating. Floyd Valley Hospital's new children's therapy services will try to determine why and how to overcome those problems through its feeding clinic using sensory and motor equipment. Erin Schroeder, OTR/L, an occupational therapist, said those tools, like a trampoline, an obstacle course, a slide and a large ball, can help settle a child down in preparation for eating...

West Nile bites western Iowa with first confirmed case (08/05/08)
West Nile virus has been confirmed in a woman in western Iowa, but Plymouth County remains in the clear. The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Friday the first human case of West Nile virus disease in 2008 was confirmed in an adult female...

Fundraiser at Eagles Club benefits dialysis center (08/05/08)
The Le Mars Eagles Club will host a fundraiser in support of the Le Mars Area Dialysis Services beginning at 5 p.m. this Friday, Aug. 8 at the Eagles Club, 104 First Ave. S.W. in Le Mars. The group is hoping to raise funds to help support the effort of raising an additional $600,000 in order to complete renovation of the newly acquired facility at 104 First St. S.W., which will eventually provide local services for kidney dialysis patients...

Starzl lights flame of hope at Transplant Games (07/15/08)
The athletes who took the field for the 2008 U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh, Penn. -- all recipients of organ transplants -- each carried a story marked by trial and triumph. So did the man who, during the opening ceremonies, lit the games' symbolic flame...

Hold the tomatoes (06/11/08)
Salmonella scare makes tomatoes scarce in Le Mars

Teacher's actions credited with saving student's life (05/28/08)
Vicki Borchers saved 7-year-old Andrew Cummings life. That's what Andrew's parents, Colleen and Gary Cummings believe. When the Le Mars boy was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City May 19, Andrew's blood sugar had spiked into the 500s -- normal blood sugar levels are between 75 and 110...