Health Headlines for April 30

[Healthy Outlook: Lessons from my colleagues, and my plans for the Journal-World's Health section]( [I spent four days in Phoenix for the Association of Health Care Journalists’ 2018 conference, thanks to a fellowship from the Kansas Health Foundation. I heard from health experts as well as from colleagues in journalism who are making big changes in their communities and even across the country.]( By: Mackenzie Clark This column is about to enter its seventh month, which feels simultaneously like the blink of an eye and eons. I wanted to pause for ... Posted yesterday at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Quick action prevented stroke survivor from suffering permanent damage]( [When Saundra Pichelman, left, was having a stroke, her husband, John, recognized the signs and took her to the hospital immediately. Six years later, Saundra suffers no impairment.]( By: Mattie Carter, Lawrence Memorial Hospital “Something funny is going on,” Saundra Pichelman, told her husband, John, on a November night six years ago. John insisted she go to the hospital ... Posted yesterday at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Everybody Day' to offer family fun, benefit suicide prevention center]( [Headquarters Counseling Center logo]( By: Staff Report Headquarters Inc., the Lawrence-based suicide prevention center, will host Everybody Day 2018, “celebrating the most important member of our community: you,” according to its Facebook ... Posted April 28 at 3:50 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Restaurants calm customers, say their romaine is safe]( [Workers plant romaine lettuce on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the EG Richter Family Farm in Puyallup, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)]( By: Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Business Writer Restaurants' advice to their customers? Romaine calm. Posted April 27 at 1:51 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Board recommends converting 2 Lawrence streets into bicycle boulevards]( [A group of cyclists rides along a Lawrence street in this file photo from August 2016.]( By: Rochelle Valverde The city’s Transportation Commission is recommending several bike and pedestrian projects, including the creation of the city’s first bicycle boulevards. The boulevards would ... Posted April 26 at 4:04 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU Health System buys Great Bend Regional Hospital]( [The University of Kansas Hospital, 3901 Rainbow Blvd. in Kansas City, Kan., is pictured June 11, 2017.]( By: Associated Press The University of Kansas Health System is continuing its expansion outside of the Kansas City area by buying a hospital in Great Bend. Posted April 26 at 3:47 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas agency could fall short on nursing home inspections]( [In this AP file photo from Dec. 19, 2017, Kansas Secretary for Aging and Disability Services Tim Keck speaks during an interview in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)]( By: Associated Press Officials say the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is falling behind on federally required annual inspections of 350 nursing home facilities that receive ... Posted April 25 at 5:29 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics]( [In this March 7, 2017, file photo, the CEO of a methadone clinic holds a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone in Rossville, Ga. (AP Photo/Kevin D. Liles, File)]( By: Carla K. Johnson, AP Medical Writer One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment ... Posted April 25 at 5:17 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online]( [In this AP file photo from March 5, 2018, Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, signs paperwork at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)]( By: Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients, officials said Tuesday. Posted April 25 at 5:04 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [After a death, how much can 'broken heart' hurt survivors?]( [This March 8, 2017 file photo shows former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush at an awards ceremony hosted by Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)]( By: Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer You hear it whenever someone gets sick or dies soon after losing a spouse: Was it because of a broken heart? Stress might not be ... Posted April 25 at 4:32 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sheriff's office offering free Drug Take Back Day event Saturday]( By: Sara Shepherd Have expired or unused prescription or over-the-counter medications? The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will take them off your hands this weekend — safely, anonymously and ... Posted April 25 at 10:09 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [CDC chief makes $375K, far exceeding his predecessors' pay]( [This undated photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine in March 2018 shows Dr. Robert Redfield Jr. The government is paying Redfield $375,000 a year to run the Atlanta-based CDC, U.S. officials confirmed in April 2018. (Tracey Brown/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)]( By: Associated Press The new head of the nation's top public health agency is getting paid nearly twice what his predecessor made and far more than other ... Posted April 23 at 7:52 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Missouri House moves to legalize medical marijuana]( [In this April 12, 2018, photo, a marijuana plant awaits transplanting at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)]( By: Associated Press The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill that would legalize medical marijuana for many patients. Posted April 23 at 7:36 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044