Behind the scenes on developing our health site this week: Our crack programming team started work on the new health site. Our community advisory groups are meeting to set up their group blogs, which will go live in a day or two. If you find an interesting story, video, etc., send us a link. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter — @ljw6newshealth.
Today's events
Dog Days winter workouts
6:10 a.m. to 7 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: Morning After
8:15 a.m., Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St.
e-Health Advisory Council meeting
1 p.m. to 5 p.m., SRS Learning Center
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: Eye-Opener
7 a.m., 1024 Kasold Drive
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: South Park Group
Noon, 1141 Mass.
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: River City Group
Noon, Alano Club, 311 E. Ninth.
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: River City Group
5:30 p.m., Alano Club, 311 E. Ninth.
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: River City Group
7 p.m., Alano Club, 311 E. Ninth.
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: River City Group
8:15 p.m., Alano Club, 311 E. Ninth.
Special coverage
Get the facts: 2009-2010 flu season
Track flu data from state and federal public health agencies.
Blog: Localvores
All I Want this Year - A Local Foods Economy for Lawrence
Monday, December 28Local foods are more than a trend or a luxury. The revenue, business activity, innovation, and branding that come from robust local foods enterprises are making a difference in communities around the world. In addition, the positive health, social, and cultural outcomes related directly to producing and consuming more foods for local consumption and commerce are many and profound.
Blog: Our Man in Data
The LJWorld flu season tracker
Wednesday, January 6Today I'm proud to announce the first in a series of new data projects at LJWorld.com: our flu tracker for the 2009-2010 flu season. Our goal with this, and with all of our upcoming data presentations, is to supplement our usual news coverage -- stories, interviews, photos -- with as much contextual data as we can offer, and to provide not just the raw data behind the news you read but also the necessary understanding for using the data.
The Low Down
In depth
Poll
Should the Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market ban live animals?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 49% | |
| No. | 46% | |
| Undecided. | 4% | |
| Total | 869 | |
Poll
How much do you owe in medical bills?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing. | 56% | |
| $101-$500. | 13% | |
| $1,001-$5,000. | 13% | |
| $1-$100. | 6% | |
| $5,001-$10,000. | 4% | |
| $501-$1,000. | 4% | |
| Over $10,000. | 3% | |
| Total | 123 | |
Our health
HealthGrades releases list of hospitals with lower mortality, complication rates
A HealthGrades study recognizes the top 5 percent of hospitals when it comes to low mortality rates and low complication rates. Kansas had three hospitals make the list.
Health Care Access to give reporter insight into what it means to be uninsured in Douglas County
I will be spending tomorrow (Feb. 9) at Health Care Access, a clinic that serves low-income, uninsured Douglas County residents.
Rolling along
Confessions of a java junkie
Bikes and coffee beans have a long, storied connection I'm more than happy to carry forward.
Clinics offer free blood glucose tests
Walgreens is offering free blood glucose testing at its Take Care Clinics through Feb. 18, including its Lawrence clinic at 3421 W. Sixth St. Testing will be offered from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and from noon to 4 p.m. weekends.
More Health
- Q&A: LMH still enforces its smoke-free policy
- February 8, 2010
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital still has a smoke-free policy on its campus. It encourages people to call 505-3028 if they see someone not following the policy.
- Landfills can be source of pharmaceuticals in water
- February 8, 2010
- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
- Public invited to attend meeting about state’s progression on moving to electronic medical records
- February 6, 2010
- The-Health Advisory Council is guiding the planning and implementation process of health information exchange in Kansas. It will be having a monthly meeting on Feb. 9 and the public is invited to attend.
- U.S. swine flu epidemic has ‘1 foot in grave’
- February 6, 2010
- If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn’t over, it certainly looks as if it’s on its last legs.
- Lawrence Farmers’ Market seeking community input on whether to ban live animals
- February 5, 2010
- The Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market is considering banning all live animals for the 2010 season. Before making a decision, they would like the community’s thoughts.
- KU to ban sale of tobacco products from its campus
- 03:08 p.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 05:23 p.m.
- Kansas University announced Friday afternoon that cigarettes and other tobacco products would no longer be sold on campus.
- Walgreens to offer free blood glucose testing
- February 5, 2010
- Walgreens is offering free blood glucose testing Feb. 5-18 at its Take Care Clinics.
- LMH awaits construction on Eudora facility
- February 4, 2010
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials say construction on its primary care facility in Eudora could start in a few months.
- Report finds immunization rates for American adults dismal, far behind children’s rates
- February 4, 2010
- Routine vaccinations can save lives, yet millions of American adults are not getting them despite the recommendations of top medical experts.
- American Cancer Society to blossom with daffodil deliveries
- February 4, 2010
- Dollars raised through Daffodil Days enable the American Cancer Society to save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking research; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer. The society is accepting orders for daffodils.
- Public forums aim to help Kansans with traumatic brain injuries, their caregivers
- February 4, 2010
- The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Brain Injury Association are sponsoring public forums to develop a five-year strategic plan for the coordination and allocation of limited resources to help people with traumatic brain injury.
- Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
- February 4, 2010
- Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
- New legislation in Kansas House would overturn local smoking bans, including Lawrence’s
- Bill would implement weak smoking ban statewide, no stronger measures allowed
- February 3, 2010
- Advocates of a statewide ban of smoking in public places, criticized a new bill Wednesday that they said would overturn local anti-smoking ordinances, including the one in Lawrence.
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