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LIVESTRONG for Douglas County, KS »
World Cancer Day - February 4
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 »
Dad & Me Playgroup plans outing to KU Natural History Museum
Dads of Douglas County and the Lawrence Public School Parents as Teachers program invite dads and their kids to enjoy "Dad & Me at the ...
KHI News Service »
Brownback appoints Gilmore new SRS secretary, unveils ERO
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 ...
KHI News Service »
Bills aimed at youth ‘pharm parties’ and use of e-cigs before committee
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, ...
Un(der)Insured »
Lawrence clinics provide free dental services for uninsured children as part of Give Kids A Smile Day
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 ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department »
Health Department staff go red for women
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 »
Heartland Community Health Center Wears Red
Heartland Community Health Center wears red in celebration of Go Red Day!
Healthy Body & Mind »
Let's raise awareness about heart disease
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 ...
Un(der)Insured »
Health Care Access Clinic Hours
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 ...
With All My Heart »
Wear Red
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 ...
Un(der)Insured »
Brownback to sign Medicaid order, fill Cabinet job
TOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to fill a vacancy in his Cabinet and sign an executive order that advances his plan to ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Kansas dental initiative announced
TOPEKA (AP) — A group of dental associations hopes to attract dentists to underserved areas of Kansas with an offer to help young practitioners pay ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Kansas nurse faces sentencing in drug tampering case
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 ...
About WellCommons.com »
Please join us for a WellCommons celebration, open house!
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. ...
Un(der)Insured »
New Lawrence doctor to chat about his unique business model for providing care
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 ...
Relay For Life of Douglas County »
February Fundraiser to Support Relay For Life of Douglas County
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 ...
LIVESTRONG for Douglas County, KS »
Free Cancer Screenings
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Immunization bill unlikely to go to vote in House
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
A Father's Lessons of the Heart
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 ...
Recap: Longtime Lawrence cardiologist discusses heart health
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.
Healthy Body & Mind »
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas says it won’t submit proposal to be Medicaid contractor
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Friday is national 'Wear Red Day' to raise awareness about our No. 1 killer
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 ...
Aging Well »
Kansas advocate raises concerns about how Medicaid reform will affect senior care
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 ...
Independence, Inc. »
Chad Sublet to Present at Independence, Inc.
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 ...
Trauma & Recovery »
"Life Support" People Needed
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 ...
KHI News Service »
Nursing home administrators pan abuse hotline
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 ...
Aging Well »
LMH offers tips to prevent falls, which often lead to decline in health for older adults
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 ...
With All My Heart »
February is Heart Month
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Longtime Lawrence doctor returns to practice after bone marrow transplant
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 ...
Trauma & Recovery »
Clinical Research Center at KU Med Center opens
By The Associated Press FAIRWAY -- Kansas University Medical Center officially opened a new clinical research center in Fairway on Tuesday that it hopes will ...
KHI News Service »
SRS defends change in food stamp policy
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 ...
Kiddos »
School district ahead of the curve on lunch menu upgrades
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 ...
DCCDA: Families, Farmers and Educators United For Healthy Child Development »
Upgrades to Lunch Menus
We're glad to see these steps toward more nutrition throughout the school days!
Health Beat »
Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too
By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is ...
Growing Food, Growing Health »
Community Dinner Photos
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 ...
Trauma & Recovery »
Cupcake company nixes eating contest, changes course with benefit for hungry
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 ...
ACEs »
Project Unbreakable: Where child sex abuse survivors reveal abusers' words
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Rolling Along: Finder's remorse
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
LMH partners with DAISY Foundation to honor extraordinary nurses
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
KU Hospital first in state to offer new brain aneurysm treatment
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 ...
Relay For Life of Douglas County »
Relay For Life of Douglas County hosted successful Team Captain Kickoff on January 24.
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
As inmates age, medical costs soar
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 ...
KHI News Service »
Group working to reduce infant mortality seeks funding for efforts
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 ...
Trauma & Recovery »
Willow Domestic Violence Center hires new executive director
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 ...
Growing Food, Growing Health »
Growing Food, Growing Health Community Dinner!
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 ...
Healthy Body & Mind »
Lawrence doctor, physical therapist to offer simple tips to 'Get Fit' in free workshop
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 ...
Today's events
- Red Dog's Dog Days Saturday run Alvamar Golf Course
- AHA Heartsaver AED CPR Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Balance In the Winds of Change Westside Yoga, 4935 Research Park Way, Lawrence KS
- Child Safety Seat Inspections Dale Willey Automotive
- Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: Trudgers’ Group Recurring event Rotary Arboretum Lawrence, 5101 Speicher Rd., near the Clinton Lake Softball Complex
Top stories on WellCommons in 2011 — a year of growth thanks to you
Really enjoyed the list Karrey! Thanks for looking back.
January 17, 2012 at 7:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Join the bone marrow registry; save this man's life
One other thing. Even if you're not likely to match him, it's worth pointing out there are a ton of people of every race and national origin still out there, waiting for their match!
October 13, 2011 at 1:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Join the bone marrow registry; save this man's life
Unfortunately, I don't know. You might start with a call to LMH or the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department to see if they have one coming up. Or maybe Belinda or Lisa will see this and give us all an answer!
October 13, 2011 at 1:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Join the bone marrow registry; save this man's life
He's South Indian, so they're going through all of the hospitals in India looking for matches, but unfortunately India has no national database, so it's hard to find that needle in the haystack. Anyone of South Asian descent has the highest likelihood of being a match. I'm not a doctor though, so unfortunately I don't know how often there are matches across race and ethincities.
October 13, 2011 at 1:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OCTOBER 2-8, 2011 is Mental Illness Awareness Week
Good luck with this Lauren. It's a very worthy cause. And I'll be thinking of everyone at the Nash Dash & Bash this year. I had such a good time last year; wish I could make it this go-round.
October 4, 2011 at 12:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Local runner commits to Chicago Marathon — for a cause
Thanks for adding that, Parrysmom. It certainly is valuable information!
September 20, 2011 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Photographer Mike Yoder endures wind, heat, hills on 63-mile bicycle ride
Man, Mike, you must have picked the hottest week of the year for this bike ride. Good luck!
June 30, 2011 at 5:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Strawberries, Ice Cream and Beer, Oh My!
Wow, Linda, I've rushed past your farmer's market several times on my daily run, but I've never stopped. This post, however, has me pretty well convinced to stop by tomorrow. Looks great!
Jonathan
June 1, 2011 at 3:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Good Neighbors Make Good Childhoods
Neighborhoods make all the difference. Hope you found a good one in your new place!
June 1, 2011 at 3:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Biked, Got Wet, Still Smiling
Way to go Marilyn! I rode my bike today as well, but managed to get inside before the downpour started.
May 20, 2011 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )