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Hip implants more likely to fail in women than in men, study says
CHICAGO — Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients. The risk of the implants failing is low, but ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Amy Jolley of Independence, Mo., strokes her son's head as she talks about her experiences with Trevor, 6, and their battle with leukemia Feb. 6 during a news conference at Children's Mercy Hospital highlighting its cancer care and partnership with KU Medical Center.
Hospitals easing cancer battles for young patients
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s been a weekly routine for years at the Jolley household in Independence, Mo. — crushing chemotherapy pills and mixing them with fruit juice so that 6-year-old Trevor, who is...
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Lourdes unveils orthopedic recovery floor
Contributed photo Lourdes hospital president and CEO Steven Grinnell presents a commemorative gift to Tony Reck, one of the first patients to be moved into the newly renovated orthopedic units a...
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Red Cross requests donors
While the fear of needles can keep many people from donating blood, that momentary pinch can help save up to three people in need of life-saving blood transfusions. Every two seconds, someone in...
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Associated Press Sean Toohey, a grains broker at the Chicago Board of Trade, who had hip replacement surgery last summer, walks home from work on Feb. 11 in Chicago. Routine hip replacement surgery on a healthy patient may cost as little as $11,000 or up to nearly $126,000. Toohey said he has good health insurance that covered most of the costs, and it didn't occur to him to ask about price beforehand.
Good luck getting cost info on surgery
CHICAGO — Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won’t be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all. And if you shop around and find centers that can quote a ...
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Cancer mortality rates drop, but Kentucky among highest
Declining rates of cancer deaths across the nation over the past two decades prove encouraging for medical researchers and health care professionals, although officials stress against losing perspe...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Elijah Niesen, 4, focuses his eyes on a spot on the wall to throw his ball toward with his physical therapist Mary Swartz on Friday morning in the Physical and Occupational Therapy suite in Murray-Calloway County Hospital's Wellness Center. Two rooms, including the Speech Language Pathology room, received a fresh coat of paint and mural work as part of a year -- long expansion of the Pediatric Rehabilitation services offered at Murray-Calloway County Hospital.
New murals greet pediatric patients
As part of a year-long expansion of pediatric rehabilitation services offered at Murray-Calloway County Hospital, two rehab rooms recently received kid-friendly facelifts. The improvements mainl...
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Steroid shots are not the best long-term fix for tennis elbow
CHICAGO — Commonly used steroid shots may worsen tennis elbow in the long run and increase chances that the painful condition will reappear, a small study found. By contrast, patients who got du...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service A yoga class is instructed in 2011 in Mill Creek Streamway Park in Kansas City, Mo. New research indicates yoga may have far-reaching benefits to a person's heart health.
Researchers: Yoga helps the heart
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The same kind of exercise that can bring peace to your mind may bring peace to your heart as well. Researchers at the University of Kansas Hospital are finding that regular ti...
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Marshall hospital reorganizes physician offices
To boost efficiency at Marshall County Hospital, the center has rearranged physician offices within two adjacent medical office buildings in the past several weeks. The Haltom Medical Office Bui...
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