Everyone should have access to medical services, no matter the size of their community. Lawrence is surrounded by smaller cities and towns with lower populations and without larger infrastructure such as a hospital or an airport. In health care, these areas are known as rural communities. For ...
Story updated at 5:29 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023: LMH Health’s recently hired chief financial officer is no longer in his position, after it was revealed that he was a convicted felon and legally changed his name last year — and didn’t disclose those details during his hiring ...
The chances of someone you know being diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime are high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 10 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with diabetes at some point in their lives. An additional one in three people have prediabetes. ...
Wichita — A national shortage of a new immunization that protects babies from severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus is worrying Kansas doctors as they try to avoid a repeat of last year’s “tripledemic” that filled hospitals with COVID-19, flu and RSV patients simultaneously. The ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health will soon begin offering some services on location in Eudora once per month, thanks to its new mobile clinic and a partnership with the Eudora Unified School District. The health department announced Tuesday that starting Wednesday, Nov. 1, it will provide ...
When you receive a diagnosis of heart failure or cancer, your world stops on a dime. The myriad appointments, labs and tests can be overwhelming. But at LMH Health, there are people whose job is specifically to help guide you through those challenging times — nurse navigators. “We ...