Take 5 for your health

Shona Banda, shown here after she was booked into jail and then released after posting bond in June, is preparing to sue Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Department for Children and Families and the Garden City Police Department. (Photo: James Dobson | Garden City Telegram)

Kansas Mom Charged in Marijuana Case to Sue Brownback, State Agency Lawyers for Garden City resident Shona Banda have prepared a lawsuit against Gov. Sam Brownback and the state agency that has custody of her child, claiming she has a constitutional right to use cannabis to treat her Crohn’s disease. Banda self-published a book and posted…

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KC Researchers Say Zebrafish May Hold Clue To Reversing Deafness In Humans

Dr. Tatjana Piostrowski's research focuses on links between the zebrafish and restoring human hearing loss. (Photo: Alex Smith | Heartland Health Monitor)

Early hearing loss was hard for Rob Jefferson to accept, even though it runs in his family. “No, it couldn’t have been me,” he says. “It wasn’t my hearing. Everybody was mumbling.” The 56-year-old resident of Belton, Missouri, started losing his hearing when he was 17 years old, the result of premature degeneration of the…

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Sebelius lays down health challenge to KC

Dr. Bridget McCandless gives award to Kathleen Sebelius

The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City invited Kathleen Sebelius to help it celebrate its first decade of grant making, but the woman who has served as both U.S. health secretary and Kansas governor came armed with a big idea for the next decennial.

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Take 5 for your health

Head Start students at Woodland Early Learning Center in Kansas City, Missouri, interact in their classroom. (Photo: Mike Sherry | Heartland Health Monitor)

Program Has Been Giving Children A ‘Head Start’ In Kansas City For 50 Years This year marks historic anniversaries for several pieces of landmark legislation, including Medicare and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s also the 50th anniversary of another significant program, Head Start, which was launched as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The…

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