Dear Doctors: My older brother worked construction his whole life, and now he has bad arthritis in his left hip. He was in enough pain that he finally saw his doctor about it. Instead of a hip replacement, they want to do hip resurfacing. What is that? Will it be as effective as a hip replacement?
In a stark turn from its more austere budgetary past, the state of Kansas will likely close out the fiscal year in June with a larger-than-expected $2.7 billion surplus, thanks to federal relief funds.
TOPEKA — The chairman of the Kansas Corporation Commission issued a rare dissent when a majority on the regulatory commission imposed limits on a business coalition’s ability to argue against construction of a new transmission line carrying power from the Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Kansas to customers in Missouri.
When an EF-3 tornado touched down in Sedgwick County on April 29, some residents had little time to react — and some didn’t receive warnings they could understand. One of the first houses hit belonged to a primarily Spanish-speaking family, said Sedgwick County Commissioner Sarah Lopez.
Over the course of my career, I have performed countless pelvic exams on women of all ages from all walks of life. There are two common patient behaviors that I have observed. First, most women leave their socks on. This could be the fact that most stirrups are cold, but it also seems like one feels just a little less exposed when wearing at least one item of their own clothing. The other thing that almost every woman does in the exam room is hide her undergarments under her pile of clothes. It is interesting that almost everyone, me included, feels the need to cover and hide their “unmentionables” when they are about to bare the very areas normally covered by these garments.
This is new. All so new. Yes, in the past, there’s been deaths that caused us to weep, but none that so drastically changed every aspect of life. “Is there any minute of the day that I do not think of my beloved Daniel?” I don’t know.
MANHATTAN – No one will argue that food is one of human’s most basic needs. And yet, across rural America, many grocery stores routinely are scratching and clawing their way to survival.
A passerby called 911 when they saw smoke in the 300 block of West Sixth May 7, creating a definite case of “it could have been worse.” “That person calling as soon as they did saved a lot more property,” said Andy Harder, Fire Marshall for the Newton Fire/EMS department. “...
Book ReViews, a nonprofit used bookstore in downtown Newton, recently donated a portion of store proceeds to Meals On Wheels of Newton. Since 2006 Book ReViews, 707 N.
HESSTON – Along with high job placement and licensure exam pass rates, one feature that sets Hesston College’s School of Nursing apart is a culture of support for students. Now junior and senior nursing students are extending that same support and care to the unhoused population of Harvey County, raising over $4,500 for New Hope Shelter in Newton.