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Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare’

Kansas Struggles with Shortage of Alzheimer’s Care Workers

By | September 7, 2023 | 1
A caregiver meets with a patient.

The Alzheimer’s Association recently released a study that found Kansas is one of the states that can be considered a “desert” for dementia care.

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Risks and Rewards of Playing High School Football

By | September 6, 2023 | 0
By the mid-1930s Kansas City area high school football players, like these members of the William Chrisman High School football squad in Independence, competed while wearing helmets and protective padded apparel.

Kansas City football history is littered with players killed and maimed playing the sport. It was so violent high school football once was banned for 13 years.

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Latino Community Lobbies Hospitals for Cancer Care

By | August 24, 2023 | 0
Cancer patient Isidro Rodriguez at El Centro's Johnson County office.

The Latino community, led by El Centro, has launched a campaign to improve access to cancer treatment at Kansas City area hospitals.

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Heart’s Pursuit Ranch Offers Horse Powered Healing

By | August 11, 2023 | 0
woman with short dark hair holds a blue scoop full of oats up to a white horse, who munches on the oats. The woman has her hand on the horses face.

Sarah Hanson, founded Heart’s Pursuit Ranch, which pairs individuals and horses together to help folks deal with anything from trauma to self-confidence.

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One-third of Missouri’s Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure

By | August 1, 2023 | 0
Nurses in the emergency department of a hospital.

The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found that 19 of Missouri’s 57 rural hospitals are at risk of closure due to “serious financial problems.”

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