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8-Driven by new technology and baby boomers with money, spas that offer Botox, chemical peels and other facial treatments are emerging beyond typical dermatology or plastic surgery offices.

"There is a growing trend," said Kent Nebel, legal affairs director for the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners.

"There's a huge market, and physicians are taking advantage of that." Ten years ago, only a dozen such spas existed nationwide, said Charlie Baase, spokesman for the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.

Now, they number about 1,700.

In Cedar Rapids, Ob-Gyn Associates last month opened Cosmetic Solutions, offering microdermabrasion, laser rejuvenation and other skin care under medical director Dr.

Johanna Abernathy, an obstetrician/gynecologist.

Dr.

Richard Stangler, an ophthalmologist trained in plastic surgery around the eyes, has offered Botox and other facial services for several years at Fox Eye in Cedar Rapids.

That part of his business has grown to the point where half his work involves cosmetic procedures, he said.

He also treats eye disorders, such as glaucoma.

Dr.

John Vander Zee, a Cedar Rapids plastic surgeon, doesn't object to eye doctors moving into cosmetic ar...

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Obituaries Police Blotter Guerin on way to sainthood BY CATHRYN GRAN STAFF WRITER The person a River Grove institution is named for is on the path to sainthood.

Mother Theodore Guerin, who in 1840 founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana, has been cleared for sainthood, said Sister Nancy Nolan, president of Guerin Prep High School, at a recent River Grove Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Mother Guerin was born Anne-Therese Guerin on Oct.

2, 1798, in village of Etables, which is in the Cote du Nord region of France, according to information provided by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

In 1823, she entered the Sisters of Providence of Ruille-sur-Loir, France, which was a community of religious women who served as teachers and cared for the sick.

In October 1840, Mother Guerin and five companion sisters arrived at the site of their mission at Saint Mary-of-...

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Editorial Editorial Obituaries Police Blotter Mother Guerin on way to saint BY CATHRYN GRAN STAFF WRITER The person a River Grove institution is named for is on the path to sainthood.

Mother Theodore Guerin, who in 1840 founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana, has been cleared for sainthood, said Sister Nancy Nolan, president of Guerin Prep High School, at a recent River Grove Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

"As president of the high school named after Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence, I am proud and excited that this woman may soon become the eighth person in the United States to be publicly declared a saint by the church," Nolan said.

"Each day at Guerin Prep, during our homeroom advisory period, we pray as a school, and we end that prayer by saying, 'Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, pray for us,'" Nolan said.

"Soon, we will be able...