Stronger Together After a life-changing illness or injury, MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital is fully committed to helping patients regain their independence and experience life-changing results. Story by Ann Butenas     |     Photography by Matt Kocourek As a leading provider of inpatient rehabilitation for stroke, brain and spinal cord injury, along with other complex neurological and orthopedic conditions, MidAmerica ...

Advanced Techniques and Emerging Technologies in Orthopaedics Portrait photos by Matt Kocourek Pictured above left to right: Alan Zonno, M.D., Megan Mayer, M.D. and Andrew Palmisano, M.D. Rockhill Orthopaedics prides itself in always being at the forefront of introducing new technologies to improve patient care. Their innate ability to use advanced techniques and emerging technologies enables them the best means ...

Virtual Style! “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.”  ~ Stuart Scott Story by Kristi O’Keefe 2020 has been a year like no other. As the pandemic swept across the globe and changed our world forever, we all had to work to adapt to the new normal. Although it has ...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 5 Thing You Can Do to Help Bring Awareness Throughout October many unite in the awareness-raising efforts focused on breast cancer. It’s a disease that one in eight women will be diagnosed within their lifetime. It’s estimated more than 250,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and more ...

Lungs are amazingly remarkable organs. In fact, they do what they do so well every single day, waking or sleeping, that we take them for granted. That is, of course, until their function is diminished in some way. October is National Lung Health Month and we at Healthy Kansas City magazine want to promote respiratory health through prevention, detection, treatment, and ...

Fruits & Veggies – More Matters® Month If you need a great reason to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet, you have 30 days in September to jump start that habit. For a healthier life, the answer is quite simple: eat less, move more, go lightly on the junk food, and enjoy more fruits and vegetables. This inspires a ...

Getting to the Heart of the Matter Individuals with known cardiovascular disease may be at risk of more severe complications from COVID-19. By now we are all most likely familiar with the list of possible symptoms brought on by the novel coronavirus, known in medical terms as SARS-CoV-2 or more commonly as Covid-19. These symptoms can include fever, chills, cough, ...

Of the Earth Farm and Distillery Discover Kansas City’s hidden nooks and crannies as food, wine, beer and spirits lover Dave Eckert shares their wares with a healthy twist. Follow Dave on Instagram @eatsanddrinkswithdave, and tune in Wednesdays at 5:30 pm for live chats with fun foodies from all over the world. With 26 varieties of apples and two varieties ...

When you wake up each morning, you feel it. It may be sharp or stinging, hot or aching, dull or prickly. Either way, it’s called by the same name: “pain.” When it lasts and lasts, it becomes a disorder known as chronic pain syndrome (CPS). The condition occurs in a wide range of diseases and conditions, including, but not limited ...

Sept 30th is National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, a nation-wide effort to focus attention on the importance of regular exercise and healthy living for women. Although local events will be limited due to COVID-19, there are   several ways you can celebrate the day!  1. Try a New Sport You’ve surely heard of the hot new Pickleball trend that is ...