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6:00 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

Diet Can Fix 'Milk And Cookie' Disease

A Healthier Wei

Kids take medicine for all kinds of chronic conditions these days, like constipation and acid reflux, but are medicines really necessary?

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Up to Date
10:24 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Genetic Sequencing Advances Help Identify & Treat Rare Diseases

Credit Mark McDonald / Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Dr. Darrell Dinwiddie with Dr. Stephen Kingsmore at Children Mercy's Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine

Recent advances in genome sequencing, including a technology developed at Children’s Mercy Hospital known as "fast sequencing," are helping medical professionals diagnose often-fatal diseases. 

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KC Currents
11:54 am
Wed December 26, 2012

Stephanie Mott Shares Her Journey, Speaks Out On Transgender Issues

Credit K-Step www.k-step.org / Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project

People who are transgender—meaning that they identify with a gender different from their biological one—face a difficult road to self-acceptance.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon December 10, 2012

How Your Neighborhood Affects CPR Survival

Credit Rama
CPR training

We've all heard the CPR checklist: Check the airway, start chest compressions, tilt the head back, and breathe.

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Up to Date
10:03 am
Mon December 10, 2012

America's Big Beef

Credit Thomas Bjørkan
Cow carcasses

Just how much influence does Big Beef have in Cowtown?

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Up to Date
10:04 am
Thu November 1, 2012

Rats! What Will KCMO Do About The Sewers?

Credit Rathater
Rat.

What's the most common rat in Kansas City these days? Tipping the scales at 10-17 ounces and a nasty little 7-10-inch body, it's the Norway rat.

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