CHANUTE — Dr. Dave Guernsey, a family physician and president of Ashley Clinic, recently saw a patient who was concerned about her son’s behavior. Guernsey called Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center to see if they…

WASHINGTON — One of the “most significant laws ever signed to help veterans” has already assisted over 340,000 former service members and their survivors seeking care for illnesses and cancers now presumed to be connected…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said…

If you knew that you were on course to be seriously ill in 10-15 years but could dramatically lessen your chances, would you?  One out of five Americans today potentially face that question when diagnosed…

For Jamie Spears and her siblings, a medical clinic in Yates Center felt more like a playground. They raced wheelchairs up and down the hallways, blew up rubber gloves like balloons and colored pictures with…

Following is an overview of screenings provided by the Saint Luke’s Health System at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola and Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. CardioScan CardioScan, or coronary artery calcium scan, is a…

A bit of healthy curiosity can be a good thing. Dr. Brian Neely recalls a patient who sought a cardiac screening not because he was worried about symptoms but simply because he was curious.  The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced…

Allen County will need to budget somewhere between 12-15% more for its health insurance costs in the coming year. Commissioners met with their insurance representative, Stephen Euston with Bukaty Companies of Leawood, on Tuesday morning…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is processing claims at the fastest rate in its history, hoping to avoid a significant backlog as hundreds of thousands of veterans apply for health care and…