Written by Ann E. Butenas With its highly advanced Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Health provides highly specialized care for moms and babies should complications arise. If you have ever wondered about the significance behind University Health (UH), perhaps its vision speaks loudest: leading the way to a healthy community. That is accomplished through very strategic planning, specific ...

Written by Ann E. Butenas Real estate agent Anne Fraser of the award-winning Fraser Team has a unique way of helping people find their way home in more ways than one. Whenever you buy and/or sell a home, you are not only involving yourself with the physical aspect of doing so, but you are also inviting your emotional and mental ...

Written by Cheri Woodsmall In 2018, Jeanine Ramirez received the surprising news that she had kidney disease. Despite having no symptoms or knowledge of a low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. As a single mother, Jeanine struggled with how to manage this new reality while balancing work and raising her daughter. In 2021, Jeanine’s kidney ...

Written by Juliette Bradley March is National Women’s History Month and March hosts International Women’s Day. Because women are at the epicenter of Alzheimer’s disease — almost two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women and more than 60% of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are women — the Alzheimer’s Association has a timely message for women. Research studies show that ...

Written by Wanda Kelsey-Mendez I pulled a beautiful jacket out of the box and smiled. I remember when Mom and I went shopping and she tried this on. She looked great, but she thought it was too expensive. Growing up in the Depression meant that almost anything not handmade was too expensive. I told her that she deserved a splurge ...

Written by Ann E. Butenas With April as Global Child Nutrition Month, it is the perfect time to focus on raising healthy kids today for a healthier world tomorrow. “Investing early in childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.”  (Anne Mulcahy, former Chairperson and CEO of Xerox Corporation) The month of April holds a very important ...

Written by Cheri Woodsmall March is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month, and April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. These two months are dedicated to raising awareness about these conditions and the impact they have on individuals and their families. At MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas, they understand the importance of providing comprehensive care to those who have ...

Written by Ann E. Butenas Faith, hope, and love are equally as important as research is for all forms of trisomy. When Steven Cantrell and his wife Peggy welcomed their son Ryan into the world in 1985, they received some unexpected news after his birth. Ryan was born with Trisomy 18. “This all came as a surprise to us, and ...

Written by Ann E. Butenas We asked C. Lan Fotopoulos, M.D., a board-certified physiatrist with Kansas City Orthopedic Alliance in Leawood, Kansas, how this modality can be used for patients suffering from chronic pain related to certain types of headaches… Q: Is radiofrequency ablation a potential solution for chronic headaches? Radiofrequency ablation has been found to be a therapeutic treatment ...

Written by Dave Eckert There’s no doubt Covid-19 has changed our world. Even now, with vaccines and boosters, the virus continues to wreak havoc. Not long ago, I met a woman who has an interesting, and heartbreaking, first-hand view of Covid. Kristie Cozad Richerson is on the front lines of the disease, but not as an Emergency Room or Intensive ...