Welcome to our new health section. Actually, it’s our interim health section, a precursor to HealthCommons, a network that will launch early next year. This section lets us make our health coverage more conversation, less lecture; more solution-oriented, less problem-oriented. While covering the basics, we’ll focus on the uninsured and underinsured, local food, wellness, and violence prevention. We’ll also point out good info on other sites, and hope you’ll do the same. Let us know what you want us to look into for you. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter — @ljw6newshealth.
Today's events
Christmas Sale in the Country
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pendleton's Country Market Free
The Low Down
Poll
Have you had any flu this season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 71% | |
| Yes. Not sure what it was. | 14% | |
| Yes. H1N1. | 11% | |
| Yes. Seasonal. | 2% | |
| Total | 35 | |
Our health
No line at H1N1 immunization clinic
About 100 people lined up to get the H1N1 vaccine this morning outside the Community Health Facility.
Give thanks to Lawrence area farmers, many will be offering goodies for the holidays this weekend
Lawrence area farmers and crafters are offering goodies for the holidays this weekend.
Meals on Wheels gets $1,000 grant to help serve seniors during holidays
The Senior Meals Program, a division of Douglas County Senior Services, has been awarded a $1,000 grant from Subaru of America Inc. and Meals On Wheels Association of America.
Need information during Saturday's H1N1 clinic? Let us know
Would you like me to provide updates from Saturday’s community H1N1 clinic through LJWorld? In the past, I’ve provided updates on how long line is at the clinic. Let me know through the comments below if it would be a worthwhile service to you. Also, what kind of information would you like to know?
Obesity activist crossing country to urge American Indians to embrace healthier diet
Terrol Dew Johnson has stopped in Lawrence during a 3,000-mile journey to raise awareness of the obesity rate among American Indians. Johnson started in Maine in June 2008 and is on his way home to Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona. The reservation has the highest rate of adult-onset diabetes in the world with over half of the population suffering from the disease. Johnson, 37, is one of them.
More Health
- Man-O-Pause: Biological changes with aging strike men as well
- November 22, 2009
- Psychotherapist Jed Diamond started noticing the middle-aged guys around him were getting cranky…
- Four decades in crisis mode
- Headquarters Counseling Center has become a Lawrence institution
- November 21, 2009
- “We Never Close.” That was the short but clear slogan for the Headquarters Counseling Center in central Lawrence when a small group started it in November 1969. Four decades later it’s a Lawrence institution.
- Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported
- November 21, 2009
- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
- 75-year-old Topeka area man dies from H1N1; LMH reports flu activity
- 10:45 a.m., November 20, 2009 Updated 12:33 p.m.
- A 75-year-old man from the Topeka area has died from infection with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
- Hillcrest students win prize for fitness video
- November 20, 2009
- The sixth-grade class at Hillcrest School received a surprise Thursday at a school assembly.
- Report: Women can do with fewer Pap tests
- November 20, 2009
- Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released today by a major medical group.
- Seasonal flu vaccine hard to find, but more arriving in Lawrence
- November 19, 2009
- The seasonal flu vaccine has been difficult, if not impossible, to find.
- Take Care Clinic at Walgreens receives 300 doses of seasonal flu vaccine
- 11:52 a.m., November 19, 2009 Updated 10:18 a.m.
- If you want a seasonal flu vaccine, the Take Care Clinic at Walgreens, 3421 W. Sixth in Lawrence, received about 400 doses today.
- Lawrence city commissioner recovering at LMH following procedure to relieve chest pains
- November 19, 2009
- Lawrence City Commissioner Mike Amyx is recovering at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after undergoing a procedure related to chest pains this morning.
- It’s been 23 hours and Lawrence mom Melanie Birge is still smoke free
- 11:03 a.m., November 19, 2009 Updated 06:51 p.m.
- Lawrence resident Melanie Birge, 42, said she had her last cigarette at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. This morning, she stopped by a convenience store on Sixth Street to pick up some gum and orange juice to help her get through the day and the clerk recognized her from my story about today’s Great American Smokeout.
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