In many families, professions are passed down through generations. You might find that teachers, preachers or doctors dominate the family line. For the Pray family, nursing is the tie that binds. For Pam Pray, some of her favorite memories are the stories about how nursing has shaped her ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature early Friday to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed” once it's started — a measure that could face a state court challenge if its supporters can overcome the ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas approved a plan early Friday to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth, capping a week of intensifying efforts to roll back LGBTQ rights. The Kansas House voted 70-52 to pass a bill requiring the state's medical board to revoke the ...
At age 68, Paula Daoust is an avid runner. She’s run 150 half marathons — a distance of 13.1 miles each — including one in every state. So, when she started having debilitating knee pain, Daoust did everything she could to avoid having to hang up her running shoes for good. “I ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It's a move that some advocates have long sought as a ...
Mario’s Closet at LMH Health is best known for providing wigs and other hard-to-find items to people fighting cancer. But for patients and their families, the volunteers and intangible resources that it provides matter just as much. “We don’t just offer wigs, we offer support,” said ...