June 14, 1981
Topeka
Topeka
Development
Midland Care Connection
Development Associate
Kristin Jones
reposted
Pain Management throught Palliative Care
to Caregivers Support Group
September 14
Did you know that each year, over 12.7 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million people die from the disease? If no action ...
Dads of Douglas County and the Lawrence Public School Parents as Teachers program invite dads and their kids to enjoy "Dad & Me at the ...
Former legislator supports administration's recent change in food stamp policy Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department ...
Two bills before a House corrections committee are aimed at growing problems among youths in Leavenworth County, according to county officials. Proponents of the bills, ...
Today, sisters Lilianna, 10, and Nora Grotewohl, 8, received dental care for the first time in four years. They got free exams, cleanings and sealants ...
Clinic ran a little late today, but right at noon we were able to assemble just some of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department staff for ...
Heartland Community Health Center wears red in celebration of Go Red Day!
It's National Wear Red Day! It's part of the American Heart Association's campaign to raise awareness about heart disease — the No. 1 killer of ...
Please call to make a daytime or evening appointment 785-841-5760 No Insurance? No Medical Card? No Medical Home? We Can Help. Health Care Access is ...
Today is Wear Red Day. For me it is like any other day. I start the day thanking God for another day and I wear ...
TOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to fill a vacancy in his Cabinet and sign an executive order that advances his plan to ...
TOPEKA (AP) — A group of dental associations hopes to attract dentists to underserved areas of Kansas with an offer to help young practitioners pay ...
TOPEKA (AP) — A Kansas nurse who added tap water to a painkiller prescribed for a 105-year-old nursing home patient is due in court for ...
Please join us for a WellCommons celebration and open house from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the News Center, 645 N.H. ...
Dr. Ryan Neuhofel will be available Feb. 16 to discuss his new family practice in Lawrence. Neuhofel is unique in that he doesn’t accept health ...
Throughout the month of February, both the Oread Hotel and the Eldridge Hotel bars and restaurants are featuring a special martini on their menu. $3 ...
With World Cancer Day on Saturday, February 4th it is a good time to let you know that LIVESTRONG believes in access to free cancer ...
TOPEKA (AP) — A bill that would expand the number of exemptions allowed for parents who don't want their children to be immunized apparently will ...
Last week marked the 14th anniversary of my father’s sudden death from heart disease. I wrote about it here on WellCommons last year when I ...
Dr. Michael Zabel, of Cardiovascular Specialists of Lawrence, will discuss heart disease — America’s No. 1 killer — in recognition of American Heart Month. Zabel earned his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1988. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. Zabel is a clinical associate professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. He has done a variety of research on heart disease and treatments.
BY SCOTT ROTHSCHILD The largest health insurer in Kansas said Wednesday it will not submit a proposal to be a Medicaid contractor under Gov. Sam ...
February is American Heart Month and the goal is to raise awareness about heart disease — the country's No. 1 killer. The American Heart Association ...
A Kansas advocate for seniors raised a host of concerns Wednesday afternoon about the Brownback administration’s plan to privatize the Medicaid program. “The changes that ...
Chad Sublet, Assistant City Attorney for the City of Lawrence will make a presentation at Independence, Inc. on Tuesday, February 21st at 1:00 p.m.about the ...
On a spring-like winter day, some people in a Downtown Lawrence office building are providing "life support" to those who reach out by phone, by ...
SRS officials too slow to respond to concerns, legislators told Nursing home administrator Greta Wakefield called the state’s Adult Protective Services hotline after a man ...
Lawrence resident Marge Borom held the back of the chair in front of her while lifting her leg out to the side several times. It ...
Do you know the signs of heart attack and stroke? Have you had your cholesterol and blood pressure checked lately? Do you exercise regularly? Take ...
He’s back. Longtime Lawrence doctor Rod Barnes has returned to practicing family medicine after taking two years off to fight leukemia and undergo a bone ...
By The Associated Press FAIRWAY -- Kansas University Medical Center officially opened a new clinical research center in Fairway on Tuesday that it hopes will ...
A top Kansas welfare official today defended a change in policy that has resulted in at least 1,000 children being dropped from the state’s food ...
Goodbye hot dog. Hello whole wheat spaghetti. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released new standards for school lunches that would boost the amount ...
We're glad to see these steps toward more nutrition throughout the school days!
By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is ...
We had a great crowd on Saturday! Thanks to everyone for coming, celebrating, eating, volunteering, dancing, singing, and making it another wonderful community event! Here ...
The owner of Cupcake Construction Co. has ditched plans to have a cupcake-eating contest Saturday to benefit the hungry. Instead, Michael Kricsfeld is having a ...
Secrets erupt on page after page from people who are pictured on Project Unbreakable, long-held secrets in the words on the posters they're holding. Words ...
I’m all the time finding cool stuff during my bike rides through the city. I never find anything in my car, or anybody else’s, for ...
Twelve years ago, J. Patrick Barnes died at age 33 of complications from an autoimmune disease just eight weeks after developing symptoms. His stepmother, Bonnie ...
Last spring, 65-year-old Marjorie Filipiak’s heart surgeon inadvertently ran a test that included a scan of her brain, and he found that she had an ...
Volunteers for the annual Relay For Life of Douglas County Kansas hosted the Team Captain Kick-Off event on Tuesday, January 24th at Free State High ...
Prison inmates across the country are getting older, and more expensive, for states and the federal government, according to a report released Friday by Human ...
The members of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality today had the ear of the state's top health official, and they used the occasion ...
The Willow Domestic Violence Center board of directors announced today the hiring of Joan Schultz as the executive director. She has been interim director since ...
We are approaching our Growing Food, Growing Health Community Dinner On January 28. From 6-7:30pm in the West Middle School Cafeteria, we will be celebrating ...
TherapyWorks will be hosting a free workshop about fitness and nutrition at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the center, 1311 Wakarusa Drive, Suite 1000. The workshop ...
