Latest health news from the Kansas Health Institute
Three Kansas programs have been awarded federal grants for their rural health work.
With school starting up again in Kansas, the lazy days of summer for children and adolescents are coming to an abrupt end.
For teenagers who have gotten used to sleeping late during the summer months, the early start times at many of our state’s high schools are bound to cause a few rude awakenings.
The law requires health plans to pay the routine care costs of patients who participate in clinical trials for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
A Thomson Reuters poll of consumer confidence released on Monday shows Americans' confidence in their ability to pay for and access healthcare has fallen by 5 percent since December 2009.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could find herself pitted between top Democrats on Capitol Hill and state insurance commissioners over a key section of the health care overhaul.
The group's decision to install its own machine puts it squarely in the middle of a controversy over whether doctors should be allowed to order advanced diagnostic imaging tests — MRIs, CT or PET scans — for Medicare and Medicaid patients in their offices.
President Barack Obama's administration asked U.S. doctors Monday to get on board with health reform legislation passed in March, saying those who embrace change will prosper.
A 78 year-old woman from the Wichita metropolitan area* has died from infection with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today. This death brings the total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic strain statewide to 27.
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