March 28, 2021
Rare Disease Treated at IU Health; Can Take Years to Diagnose
IU Health Simon Cancer Center
By IU Health Senior Journalist T.J. Banes, tfender1@iuhealth.org
At first, there were vague symptoms, easily masked by other ailments. For nurse Mich...



March 18, 2021
Grant expands IU Health virtual behavioral health services to rural counties
A highly regarded IU Health virtual behavioral health program has received $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...

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Never Too Young - Here’s how this 22-year-old is Fighting Stage 4 Colon Cancer
IU Health Simon Cancer Center
By IU Health Senior Journalist, T.J. Banes, tfender1@iuhealth.org
She’s 22. She was 21 when she was diagnosed with a disease that she could not even wrap her brain around. Kierstyn Roberts is an acti...

Rare Disease Treated at IU Health; Can Take Years to Diagnose
IU Health Simon Cancer Center
By IU Health Senior Journalist T.J. Banes, tfender1@iuhealth.org
At first, there were vague symptoms, easily masked by other ailments. For nurse Michelle Ayres, it started with fatigue, shortness of ...

Diagnosis: Hodgkin’s lymphoma - She spent her birthday in the hospital
IU Health Simon Cancer Center
At first she thought she had allergies, and then Christine Kirk heard the word, “cancer.”
By IU Health Senior Journalist T.J. Banes, tfender1@iuhealth.org
It was the day after her 36th birthday, and...

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Patient moved to Indy for treatment of multiple myeloma
IU Health Simon Cancer Center
By the time she got her diagnosis and became a patient of IU Health, Irene Johnson was so relieved and encouraged by her care that she and her husband took up residency in Indianapolis.
By IU Health S...

Memorial & meditation: Doctor says ‘It is from the intensity of the loss we felt’
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Deep sadness, feelings of helplessness, and overwhelming anxiety of what’s to come - medical professionals have lived it all in the past year. And now, one doctor is helping his team members discover ...