Hospital construction to block weekend traffic on 39th
The University of Kansas Hospital says traffic on 39th Street between Rainbow and State Line will be blocked for six weekends beginning April 1.
That’s to allow for construction of a two-story walkway connecting the Center for Advanced Heart ...
Rain blamed for increase in local snake bites
Courtesy University of Kansas Hospital.
Excessive rain has snakes on the move, and there are reports of 17 people bitten so far this year in the metropolitan area, the University of Kansas Hospital reports.
The media report says that Poison ...
It’s official: flu has arrived in Midtown
A flu outbreak has hit the area sooner and harder than usual, KU Hospital officials said today.
They have 23 inpatients with confirmed flu and 13 others with flu-like symptoms awaiting confirmation, they said.
“These numbers of flu patients ...
Donation gives KU Hospital a medical news center
Jill Chadwick. Dolph SImons and Bob Page, president and chief executive officer of the University of Kansas Hospital.
KU Hospital has the first news feed video operation of its kind, thanks to a donation by a newspaper publisher and his family.
Dolph ...
Gywnn death: Missouri and Kansas residents vulnerable to cancers
Doctors say Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn’s recent cancer death is a grim reminder that smokeless tobacco leads to mouth, throat and voice box cancers.
Rural areas of Missouri and Kansas are particularly vulnerable to the problem, said Dr. Edward ...
Remote patient monitoring expands
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Doctors may not make more house calls in the future, but they will monitor far more people who are at home.
For instance, cardiologists at the University of Kansas Hospital announced Monday that they now use a tiny ...
KU hospital announces better heart valve fix
A national study shows that a new procedure is effective in fixing a bad heart valve without open-heart surgery, the University of Kansas Hospital announced this week.
The hospital was one of 45 national sites in the study that found that more ...
Emergency blood drive today after storm cancellations
Recent winter storms cancelled more than two dozen blood drives and officials are asking people to donate today to increase very low inventory.
People can call the Community Blood Center at 816-645-4323 to make an appointment to donate at ...
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