Even before NMC Health’s new volunteer program, and new coordinator, really started to recruit people were asking where they could help at the hospital. People like Lynn Mc-Dougal who spent time this week sending out mail, and Jordan Adajar who volunteered to help at the front desk.
MANHATTAN — Peanut butter is a favorite in desserts such as nobake cookies and icing, but the peanut butter in consumer’s homes may be unsafe. The recall, announced in late May, affected Jif brand peanut butter.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court released full opinions Tuesday of decisions affirming constitutionality of new congressional and legislative district maps for use in the 2022 elections that concluded reliance on partisanship to gerrymander district boundaries wasn’t prohibited.
Last week Uncle Carl’s Camp at Kauffman Museum focused on printmaking, introducing the idea to children age 6 to 8. Campers explored a variety of simple printmaking techniques.
Hello to all of big sister Gloria’s special friends! It’s an honor to share a few words with you this week. From a brother’s perspective, I want to give each one of you a heartfelt thank you! And that for the outpouring of love and care that have flowed into that mailbox on the corner of a small gravel road in rural Illinois. Our hearts have felt like they might never beat quite right again after that tearing loss. But wait, it was God who created us in the first place. So we can be sure that He knows how to heal us.
It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in the ER, but some stories stay with me. One such story belongs to a woman in her early 30s. After a year of trying to conceive, she was finally pregnant. Then she started spotting. When she developed severe pain, and almost fainted while putting their toddler to bed, her husband brought her to the emergency room.
TOPEKA — A foster care program designed to support adoptive families may actually discourage adoption. Tina Miller knows this all too well.
Kansas and Missouri don’t do enough to protect their residents from racking up medical bills, researchers say. A new project from the University of Arizona and University of Utah and the Pew Charitable Trusts digs into consumer protections for people getting medical care.
In the first quarter of 2022, the state of Kansas had nearly 10,000 pastdue mortgages. Six of 10 of those mortgages were at least three months late and considered seriously delinquent, according to Marilyn Stanley, the program director for the Kansas Homeowner Assistance Fund.
Dear Doctors: As I move into my 80s, I often pass gas in public. It happens unexpectedly, and it’s something I cannot control. I know about gas-causing foods, but this seems different. I do eat grains as part of my healthy diet, and I think that may be part of it. Why else might this be happening?