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Friday, May 24, 2013  Capital Region Medical Center announced Friday morning that the hospital will add a 115,000 square foot expansion to the current main center on Madison Street.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Hospitals see wave of products to fight superbugs; penalties loom if patients catch infections

Sunday, March 24, 2013  A Sunday benefit is planned for a Columbia cancer patient facing stem cell transplant.

Monday, March 18, 2013  The eight-story facility includes a new home for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  The assault that led to the death of a 77-year-old man in the Columbia VA hospital was the second altercation between the victim and the suspect that day.

Friday, January 25, 2013  They're planning a new clinic on the south side of Columbia.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. (AP) -- Officials are trying to determine what went wrong after seven patients receiving kidney dialysis treatment at a St. Louis County facility became seriously ill and had to be hospitalized.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Eleven hospitals in rural Missouri will share $262,000 in federal grants to help speed up their Internet connections.

Friday, August 31, 2012  University researchers have teamed up with the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation to develop new products and services for cancer patients, burn victims and a wide variety of illnesses.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School raise money for cancer.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  The abortion clinic at Columbia’s Planned Parenthood office is getting a new doctor in February.

Monday, January 23, 2012  AP IMPACT: Crude new meth recipe fills hospitals with burn patients, contributes to closures

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  St. Mary's hospital expands its behavioral health unit and its technology.

Saturday, December 03, 2011 

Monday, November 14, 2011  Supreme Court will hear arguments over health care overhaul, a key Obama initiative, in spring