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You'd never guess, looking at her, that Megan Gilpin has kidney disease. "She's one of the lucky ones," says her mother, Holly Gilpin. Megan "has no outward signs of it."
ATLANTA — Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.
For years, Kristie Eubanks was sure that her headaches were the result of sitting in front of a computer all day. Or maybe because of sinus problems, because her upper teeth hurt, too. But ergonomics consultants didn't relieve the pain, which typically was in the back of her head, "right under the ridge," and down into her neck.
Though Wichita has largely escaped the usual winter viruses, one that can make it difficult for babies to breathe is moving through the area now.
Carolina Enegren, 31, hospitalized for more than three months because of complications from H1N1, has died.
Losing weight is the easy part, lots of people say. Keeping it off is the real challenge. Wichitans Flossie Alexander and Chasity Schoonover have been successful — but they say it takes constant attention and dedication. Each woman has lost more than 100 pounds.
TOPEKA — Can simply saying "I am sorry" help reduce the number of lawsuits filed in civil court?
Although President Obama's push for a health care overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in more than two-thirds of the states — including Kansas — are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates.
Paul Enegren doesn't know how much longer his wife might be in a hospital intensive care bed — and it's been more than three months already.
Pat White of Maize weighed more than 300 pounds and Jerome Biggars of Wichita was nearing 500 when they decided they'd had enough. The two are shadows of their former selves these days, White having lost about 80 pounds and Biggars more than 260.
Seven Wichita-area organizations are among 26 recipients of a new round of grants announced Friday by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.
Kansas scores a six out of 10 on the latest emergency health preparedness report, which focuses this year on H1N1 preparedness.
Shobana Kubendran loves putting together family trees. From them, she helps people tease out the answers to questions that often begin, "What are my chances of having ... ?" Kubendran, 32, is a certified genetic counselor, the first one Wichita has had in seven years.
Carlee Jensby's face registered shock and surprise for just an instant Thursday as nurse Rachel Rosendahl gave her a shot.
Beginning Thursday, H1N1 vaccine will be available to anyone who wants it, the Sedgwick County Health Department said Tuesday.
When Kyle Adams got his learner's permit, his parents asked whether he wanted to be an organ and tissue donor, should anything ever happen.
Newborn Aiden had made the rounds, passed from great-aunt to grandpa to friend, and was back in his mother's arms when Steve Friesen came into the delivery room at Newton Medical Center.
Has all the H1N1 flu talk got you buying Purell by the gallon and wishing you could live in a bubble for the next few months? Well, relax. You can't avoid all germs even if you want to, and for most of us most of the time, our bodies do a great job fending off microscopic evildoers.
Measures of H1N1 flu continue to decrease, in Kansas and nationwide, health officials said Friday, but what health officials call "influenza activity" continues to be much higher than would be expected this time of year.
WASHINGTON — Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms, and older women should cut back to one exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded.
