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WASHINGTON — Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are producing a troubling side effect by denying some hospice and elderly patients needed pain medication, according to two Senate Democrats and a coalition of pharmacists and geriatric experts.
Medical research makes a multimillion-dollar annual impact in Wichita, and even bigger payoffs may be coming down the line.
WASHINGTON — Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets.
CHICAGO — Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
WASHINGTON — The federal government's preparedness for the H1N1, or swine, flu pandemic that has claimed for more than 1,000 lives nationwide was inadequate and incomplete, a congressional subcommittee said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — A shampoo that prevents airborne virus particles that settle on the scalp from causing swine flu. Special disposable gloves that offer protection from ATMs, door handles or steering wheels that might be "contaminated" with H1N1. A "natural immunization" that purports to be a safer alternative to a flu shot.
Work should begin within the next two weeks, and possibly as early as Monday, on a new hospital near Arkansas City.
At the ribbon cutting Friday for Legend Senior Living's Regent independent living retirement center, founder and CEO Tim Buchanan said he expects the company to expand its properties here.
When Via Christi Health announced its new name and logo Oct. 1, it embarked on a rebranding effort that will change the names of some facilities and operations over the next three years.
Medical bills forced Sara and Jimmy King, an uninsured Topeka couple with four children, into bankruptcy. After they climbed out, they were faced with new medical bills and recently learned they owe $8,000 for a 5-year-old bill from the hospital where one of their children was born.
Cheri Brown had walked a tightrope for years, going without health insurance to pay other expenses. Then she fell off. She could afford her well-woman exams and even medication for her diabetes. But about 18 months ago, she needed a hysterectomy. Five months later, she learned she had breast cancer.
Preferred Health Systems likely will remain a presence in Wichita after a sale to Coventry Health Care, the head of Coventry's Kansas operations said Wednesday.
Coventry Health Care and Via Christi Health said Monday they had signed an agreement for the sale of Preferred Health Systems, a Via Christi subsidiary.
Via Christi Health System is now simply Via Christi Health.
Ron Galloway, an investment adviser turned filmmaker who describes himself as the Huffington Post's only conservative columnist, is looking forward to being the keynote speaker at this year's Health Care Roundtable.
As director of the VA Medical Center on East Kellogg, Tom Sanders faces two challenges:
