Health Info & News

St. Luke's Health System in Sioux City, Iowa provides useful health information for patients to better understand hospital procedures, diseases and the latest news in healthcare. Please, refer to the links at the left and the information below to gain vital health education tips!

 

My Nurse
My Nurse is staffed by registered nurses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Iowa Health System nurses can answer your health questions, help you find a doctor or specialist in Sioux City and the surrounding area, and register you for classes and health programs.
Call 1-800-IA-HEALTH or email your request .

Health-Diagnostic Tests
From the Harvard Medical Schools, this site offers you health information that answers your questions about diagnostic tests and procedures and tells you how to prepare for them.

Diseases Explained
Diseases Explained is approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Unlike most health content on the web, which is text based, this illustrated series is "patient friendly," and easy to navigate.

Iowa Donor Network
Iowa Donor Network (IDN) is a non-profit organization that operates as the primary contact for organ, tissue and eye donation services for the state of Iowa. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have certified IDN to function as the single organ procurement agency serving the state of Iowa. IDN also serves as the tissue recovery agency for a large part of the state.

MedlinePlus (MedlinePlus en Español)
MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.