chronic illness

While thousands of patients cross the border with medical cards in hand, countless more are buying recreational cannabis without a prescription. That’s unlikely to change as some Kansas lawmakers signal resistance to medical legalization in 2025.

A Kansas City woman turned her own family’s struggle into a way to help her community get better access to healthy food. Her idea just earned her $100,000 from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.

The rollback of mask mandates and a return to meetings in the office brings back challenges for those who have a weak immune system or a disability.

A Johnson County, Kansas, resident has filed a class action lawsuit claiming the country’s leading electronic cigarette maker, Juul Labs, fraudulently…

Segment 1: Educators see more vaping in schools, and researchers are beginning to understand how e-cigarettes affect lungsWhether people turn to…

All kids get stomachaches from time to time, but 14-year-old Joey Sigrist’s pain was different.When it would hit, he’d spend hours locked in the bathroom,…

She already has had to bury her 17-year-old daughter Claire. Gwen Hartley's mission now is to have Kansas lawmakers help save the life of her 12-year-old…

Segment 1: High-energy ensemble re-imagines jazz music for a younger generation.The combination of french fries and Champagne, casual and sophisticated,…

When it comes to chronic pain, opioids are the go-to treatment. But in light of the so-called "opioid epidemic," what are the viable alternatives for…

Every Tuesday at 11 a.m., a big group gathers for "T'ai Chi for the Heart" at Turning Point, a healing center in Leawood, Kansas."We typically start with…

Growing up, as the searing pain of a sickle cell crisis would spread through her veins, Tanjila Bolden-Myers would ask her mother if this time, it would...

Ford Motor and the United Auto Workers Union today rolled out a pilot health care program that might ultimately affect workers at the Kansas City Claycomo…