Lawrence residents will have a chance to sample several fitness classes next week, prior to the start of most of the local Parks and Recreation Department’s spring classes on March 18. The department will host free demonstration classes at Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane, and ...
Dr. Stuart Thomas, with Lawrence GI Consultants, is passionate about people being aware of colorectal cancer. “Now more than ever, it is easy to get screened for colon cancer, and the screening tests are proven to be very effective,” said Thomas, whose practice is at 330 Arkansas St., ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep laceration on his forehead while playing on a farm, according to a case study published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
NEW YORK — There's a strong chance this flu season has peaked, but health officials are watching a recent wave of illnesses from a nastier flu strain. Flu was reported to be widespread in 48 states last week, down from 49 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
A free program to help pregnant women stop smoking is now available through the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. SCRIPT, or Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment, is designed to help pregnant women stop smoking in seven to 10 days, said Nicole Parker, public health ...
Even though no one wants to experience pain, it is an essential part of life, according to LMH Health physical therapist Debbie Rico. “People have the perception that pain is bad,” Rico said. “You have to have some sort of pain to survive. People want all pain to be gone and, actually, ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 — and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress on Wednesday. Yet the vaccine is hugely ...
NEW YORK — Health officials say further research has not found a miscarriage risk for women who get annual flu shots. Two years ago, a puzzling study found women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots. So experts urged more ...
The LMH Health Foundation provided a record $3.5 million of philanthropic support to LMH Health patients, programs and initiatives in 2018, according to a news release from the foundation. This record year included contributions from nearly 1,800 donors, one of the highest philanthropic ...
In efforts to help those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and their families, a University of Kansas student is working to get a new organization off the ground, and a group with quite a bit more experience under its belt wants Lawrence folks to know about its free resources. Factsheets ...
Candice Lewis, wound and ostomy care coordinator at LMH Health, has talked with many people about their fears about having ostomy surgery. She’s seen patients who worry about what their lives will look like following surgery, and often, they have no one to talk with who truly understands what ...
Heartland Community Health Center has named a new CEO, roughly 11 months after its board of directors placed the organization’s previous leader on unpaid leave. Robyn Coventon comes to the center from another federally qualified health center in Oklahoma, according to a news release from the ...
The public is invited to a free showing of “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age” and a panel discussion hosted by Bishop Seabury Academy. The feature documentary “probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and the struggles over social media, video games and academics,” ...
Since his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren relocated about six months ago, 71-year-old Jerry Barnes, a lifelong Lawrence resident, doesn’t really have any family in town. “They bought a house and moved down to Jenks, Okla., and poor ol' Grandpa, I'm here all by myself,” he said. ...
Construction on the LMH Health Maine Street campus means some patient parking temporarily has been eliminated. To accommodate for that, hospital officials encourage patients to take advantage of valet parking, which is available at both the Maine Street and Arkansas Street entrances to the ...
NEW YORK — Cigarette smoking rates have stopped falling among U.S. kids, and health officials believe youth vaping is responsible. For decades, the percentage of high school and middle school students who smoked cigarettes had been declining fairly steadily. For the past three years, it has ...
I’ve occasionally considered going back to school to further my education. The problem is that most graduate programs don’t offer classes that I can complete on my own schedule at home in my pajamas, that have only optional assignments and that are completely free — of cost and of ...
At its annual meeting on Feb. 28, LMH Health Foundation will honor winners of the 12th annual Elizabeth Watkins Community Caring Award, which celebrates people and organizations who have provided significant service to LMH Health and community health care. Honorees are community members Becky ...
The percentage of visits with flu-like symptoms to hospital emergency departments is on the rise for county residents, according to the latest data from the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. In the first and second weeks of February 2018, that number peaked. Friday’s number, about 7 ...
Baldwin City kids will have access to free healthy lunches this summer. The city qualifies for the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded program this year, according to a Friday news release from K-State Research and Extension. The Baldwin City school district will sponsor the program. The ...