Story by Ann Butenas The orthopedics team at Providence Medical Center takes a patient-first approach to getting people moving again. When something hurts, a knee that won’t cooperate, a shoulder that aches through the night, a hip that has quietly stolen the life you used to live, you want a team that listens before it operates. At Providence Medical Center, ...

Article by Ann Butenas At MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital, the depth of clinical education behind every specialist is the foundation of every recovery. When it comes to rehabilitation, the difference between good care and exceptional care often comes down to what happens before a patient ever walks through the door. At MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital, the clinicians who guide patients through some ...

Story by Ann Butenas The Northland’s only female fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeon carved out a career path that was anything but textbook, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Dr. Angela Walker didn’t necessarily grow up dreaming of operating rooms, but she did grow up dreaming of being a doctor. She grew up forcing her cousin Hallee, a ...

Story by Ann Butenas There are doctors who stop growing once they finish their training. Then there is C. Lan Fotopoulos, M.D. Board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain management, sports medicine, and undersea and hyperbaric medicine, he has built his career at on a simple idea: there is almost always a better answer, and it is worth looking for. ...

Article by Ann Butenas Mitchell Solano, MD -A Kansas City orthopedic surgeon sheds light on wrist arthritis and why patients have more options today than ever before. For many people, wrist pain is something they quietly endure, chalking it up to aging or overuse and hoping it eventually resolves on its own. But Mitchell Solano, MD, a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon ...

Article by Corinn Ayers Most people don’t realize that every hospice in the United States is required by Medicare to maintain a volunteer program. Hospice care, in fact, got its start through volunteers long before it became a formal medical benefit. At Ascend Hospice & Palliative Care, Volunteer Supervisor Gretchen Goodwin is building a program that continues to make a ...

Article by Dave Eckert Cancer. Just saying the word, or in this case typing it, sends chills down my spine and dark thoughts through my mind. There aren’t too many people whose lives haven’t been affected in some way by cancer. It is frightening. It is unpredictable. And it does not discriminate. For the uninsured or underinsured, cancer is more ...

Article by Arthritis Foundation Arthritis doesn’t care about your race, gender, zip code or even your age. The truth is arthritis doesn’t discriminate; it can affect anyone. Nearly 60 million people in U.S. have doctor-diagnosed arthritis — including about 300,000 children, many of whom call the bi-state area home. That’s right, kids get arthritis, too. It’s called juvenile arthritis, or ...

Story by Jeanie Edgmon AesthetiCare brings its award-winning expertise south, opening its fourth location in Overland Park. Imagine walking into a medspa where the team has spent months training under world-class experts, supported by some of the most advanced technology in the industry, in the world! That is not a fantasy destination in Beverly Hills or Manhattan; it is a ...

Article by Ann E. Butenas MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital’s state-of-the-art Ekso exoskeleton is rewriting the recovery story for patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, and brain injury. Imagine being told you may never walk again, and then, weeks later, feeling the floor beneath your feet, one powered step at a time. That is happening every day at MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital in ...