February is American Heart Month and time to take a look at your cholesterol levels. We hear a lot about how to lower our LDL cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) or “bad” cholesterol, but there is one type of cholesterol we want to increase.
Anna Eager leans over the patient who is laying down on the table.
Human growth hormone use among athletes appears to be rising.
Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep, important body functions and brain activity occur.
"Jon Jon" Fletcher is a happy and active 5-year-old, but there is a ticking time bomb lurking at the base of his brain. A tumor, which cannot be treated, will cut his life short.
Jon Jon Fletcher is living with a time bomb in his brain stem. It's called a brain stem glioma.
Frank Shane organized a small collection drive, called Project Valentine Bear, at St. Mary’s High School to collect bears for Children’s Mercy Hospital. The teddy bears and other stuffed animals will be given to children in the oncology department. But soon after, word spread to other schools in the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese. Our Lady of Lourdes in Raytown came on board followed by Holy Cross School, St. Peter School, St. Stephen and St. Thomas More, all in Kansas City.
Do you think the U.S. government should step in and do something to address the obesity problem in America?
The bricks are slowly coming down at the North Tower on 1509 W. Truman Road between the Truman-Forest Professional Building and the former hospital’s south diagnostic tower as progress continues to take place for the Independence Regional Ennovation Center. The Ennovation Center will provide office, kitchen and wet lab space for entrepreneurs and is projected to open in late May, according to Tom Lesnak, president of the Independence Council for Economic Development.
