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- LMH endowment group celebrates healthy financial year
- February 1, 2013
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association celebrated its success in 2012 and looked forward to its goals for 2013 Thursday during its annual meeting. By Meagan Thomas
- ‘Culture of health at work’ benefits employees and employers alike
- January 29, 2013
- WorkWell Lawrence says health expenditures are estimated to reach $4.1 trillion by 2016. With Americans spending at least half of their waking hours at work, WorkWell Lawrence coordinator Carolyn Crawford says healthy lifestyle encouragement and programs at work are now a part of doing business. By Meagan Thomas
- Strike a pose: Yoga practices available for wide variety of interests, skill levels
- January 28, 2013
- With the increasing popularity of yoga has come an increasing number of specialized classes being offered in Lawrence’s numerous yoga studios: kids, prenatal, hot, Hatha, Yin, Vinyasa, gentle, Iyengar, Kundalini, restorative, ailment-specific — and the list goes on. By Sara Shepherd
- Key to fighting obesity is in small changes, not quick fix
- January 21, 2013
- As the first month of the year comes to an end, so do most people’s new year resolutions, many of which are weight-loss related. Despite the many resolutions, diet plans and weight loss challenges more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. How did we get there and what can we do to get healthy? By Meagan Thomas
- Rain or shine, pastor’s daily devotion to running carries prayers though Lawrence
- January 13, 2013
- Imagine running around the block. To many of us, it sounds tough, sweaty and generally unappealing. It’s hard for a lot of people, but not for the Rev. Nate Rovenstine, pastor at Lawrence Wesleyan Church. He ran around every block and on every street in Lawrence, all the while praying for the community he was running by. By Rebekka Schlichting
- Domestic violence education workshops offered
- January 11, 2013
- The Willow Domestic Violence Center is offering free workshops Jan. 14, 15 and 17 to teach the community about domestic violence and its impact on victims.
- LMH takes precautions against spreading flu
- January 8, 2013
- Hospital tells staff to get immunized or wear masks around patients. By Peter Hancock
- Local health department adopts Healthy Families program
- January 3, 2013
- Health department adopts program to reduce child abuse and neglect. By Rebekka Schlichting
- Wichita researcher moving science closer to cancer cure
- December 25, 2012
- If the riddle of cancer is solved it won’t be because of one scientist. All scientists, as Moriah Beck says, build on the knowledge of those who precede them. But any scientist who solves it will likely remember what Beck did, in the years leading up to 2012, while working in a laboratory at Wichita State University.
- After a ‘miracle,’ Gardner family will enjoy Christmas with a healthy toddler
- December 23, 2012
- About a month ago, as Thanksgiving approached in the Hernandez home in Gardner, the family was waiting for a call. After months spent wondering what was wrong with their toddler’s eye, they’d discovered that when they’d found him months before screaming, holding a metal meat thermometer in his hand, it hadn’t been just a scratch. But Christmas will be a lot better. By Matt Erickson
- Number of flu cases on rise, health report says
- December 22, 2012
- Flu-like illness reports are higher and earlier this year compared to the past two years, according to the state’s influenza surveillance. By Rebekka Schlichting
- Number of Hepatitis C cases linked to hospital worker rises
- December 21, 2012
- Five more people have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C a former traveling hospital worker is accused of spreading through tainted needles. The total is now 44 in four states.
- Building a gym: A Lawrence small business success story
- December 16, 2012
- Step inside the Lawrence CrossFit gym and you’ll be greeted by the 24-year-old, shaggy-haired, shirtless, tattooed proprietor Thomas Thatcher, a former Marine who recovered from a mental health breakdown in 2010 to start his own business. By Shaun Hittle
- Hutchinson baby who swallowed feather released from hospital
- December 13, 2012
- A Hutchinson baby who apparently ingested a feather is home from the hospital and doing well. By The Associated Press
- Lawrence attorney named ombudsman under new KanCare program
- December 12, 2012
- James Bart, a Lawrence attorney, on Wednesday was named as the ombudsman who will help customers who are having any problems with the state’s new Medicaid system called KanCare. By Scott Rothschild
