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Today's events
Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting: River City Group
8:30 a.m., Alano Club, 311 E. Ninth.
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: Sunshine
8 p.m., 2415 Clinton Parkway
Special coverage
Get the facts: 2009-2010 flu season
Track flu data from state and federal public health agencies.
Blog: Localvores
Local Food Retailers Working Together
Tuesday, March 2A great example of cooperation among local food retailers.
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
Have you been affected by a natural disaster?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 29% | |
| Flooding. | 25% | |
| More than one event. | 12% | |
| Other event. | 8% | |
| Hurricane. | 8% | |
| Tornado. | 4% | |
| Hailstorm. | 4% | |
| Earthquake. | 4% | |
| Blizzard. | 4% | |
| Total | 24 | |
Poll
What do you think is Lawrence's largest health issue?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking. | 33% | |
| Obesity. | 30% | |
| Uninsured adults. | 15% | |
| Smoking. | 10% | |
| Sexual transmitted diseases. | 2% | |
| Air pollution. | 2% | |
| Access to healthy foods. | 2% | |
| Crime. | 2% | |
| Total | 39 | |
Our health
AIDS Project offering free HIV testing
Saturday is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
State lawmakers consider soda tax
Kansas lawmakers are trying to find ways to generate more money through taxation. One proposed solution: a "soda tax."
Putting up the fight of his life: Baker student finds resources to battle cancer
Rex Prior was only 8 years old when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Twenty-six years later, in December 2008, the Baker University student was rushed to the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where a blood clot was discovered in his lung. He was told that his cancer, diagnosed as stage IV, was back.
Rolling along
Great Google-y Moogly
The new bike-routing feature of Google maps looks promising if not perfect.
More Health
- Obama, Democrats lobbying hard for health vote
- March 19, 2010
- resident Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining another precious “yes” 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.
- Domestic abuse center that serves Douglas County changes its name
- March 19, 2010
- To better reflect its mission of helping the victims of family and domestic violence, Women’s Transitional Care Services has changed its name to Willow Domestic Violence Center.
- LMH to conduct blood drive today
- March 19, 2010
- Someone needs blood every two seconds.
- Middle class feels health insurance pain
- March 19, 2010
- Middle-class workers are shouldering the brunt of the health insurance crisis, according to a new report released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Flu shots given to those at highest risk — mostly
- Cruise line, financial institutions among 1st to get H1N1 vaccine
- March 19, 2010
- Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.
- Lawrence orthopedic surgeon recalls 27 years of service to KU athletes
- Care given to athletes on voluntary basis make Ken Wertzberger a team MVP
- March 18, 2010
- Ken Wertzberger, a Lawrence orthopedic surgeon, recently was honored for 27 years of service to Kansas University athletes. He volunteered at the university from 1979 to 2006, and during that time operated on more than 400 athletes.
- Proposed constitutional amendment to block federal health care reform fails
- 10:51 a.m., March 18, 2010 Updated 10:51 a.m.
- The measure would have prohibited the federal government from requiring Kansans to purchase health insurance.
- Coach Self encourages Kansas fans to pledge money to fight cancer, based on KU’s on-court success
- March 17, 2010
- While it’s illegal (wink, wink) to bet on the Jayhawks to win the national title in an office pool, it’s not illegal to put your money behind the team for a great cause.
- Cost of cancer care has more than doubled since 1990
- March 17, 2010
- The rising cost of cancer research and care, which helped reduce death rates by 16 percent over 40 years, is straining the U.S. health system and needs to be restrained, commentators said in a special edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- March 17, 2010
- With time and tempers short, everyone’s playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama’s massive health care legislation by the weekend.
- Health care proposal downgraded
- 02:15 p.m., March 16, 2010 Updated 02:15 p.m.
- The action by a Senate subcommittee upset supporters of changing the Kansas Constitution, which would require a statewide vote.
- Mental health advocates to visit Statehouse
- March 16, 2010
- About 300 people are expected in Topeka on Thursday for the Kansas Mental Health Coalition’s Mental Health Advocacy Day.
- Study: Quitting smoking heals arteries
- March 16, 2010
- Quitting smoking can turn back time.
- ED may portend higher risk of death
- March 16, 2010
- For the first time, researchers have shown that erectile dysfunction is a strong predictor of the likelihood that men will die of heart disease.
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