Meeting will focus on mental health
The percentages of people who reported at least one depressive episode in the previous year is higher in Kansas than the national averages ñ and percentages have been increasing, according
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Community Health
Child deaths down but homicides up
A new report showed an overall drop in child deaths in Kansas but with two major concerns: Child homicides were at a 23-year high, and drug-related deaths have increased significantly
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MSSC history includes major push against polio
Many diseases have motivated MSSC to community action over the past 120 years, from tuberculosis to smallpox to diphtheria to COVID-19. But no effort was bigger than the one targeting
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Join efforts to prevent physician suicides
One in 10 physicians contemplates suicide in his or her career, and 300-400 U.S. physicians die by suicide each year, according to national estimates. It’s not just a national concern.
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Maternal deaths up in Kansas, nation
Maternal deaths in the U.S. more than doubled during the past two decades, according to a study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Maternal mortality
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Site selected for KUSM/WSU campus
The Wichita City Council voted earlier this month to sell or lease two downtown properties for the site of the new joint health sciences center for University of Kansas School
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Prior-authorization reform gains traction
Though efforts to reduce the burden of prior authorization didn’t advance in the Kansas Legislature this year, there is hope for reform at the federal level. U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall,
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Cancer drug shortage forces doctors to make some tough decisions
A nationwide shortage of more than a dozen chemotherapy drugs, including several preferred ones used to treat gynecological and other cancers, has forced Wichita providers into difficult conversations about how
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Medicine readies for the AI revolution
Medicine may be on the cusp of a technological revolution. Artificial intelligence and machine learning hold the potential for advancing the practice of medicine and improving patient treatment and outcomes.
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Cancer death rate down a third, but work remains
The death rate from cancer dropped 33% over the past three decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The drop corresponds to an estimated 3.8 million
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