Health - Lee's Summit Tribune

Chiropractic care can help reduce cholesterol, improve quality of life

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:52:00 -0500

A case study in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research illustrated changes in cholesterol levels and quality of life in a patient following chiropractic care.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Among the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease,...

Short-course radiation therapy successful in study on breast cancer at St. Luke�s

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:31:00 -0500

An abbreviated course of radiation therapy using partial breast radiation treatment may be just as effective as the more traditional regimen of up to six weeks of external beam radiation on the whole breast, according to research led by Saint Luke�s radiation oncologist David Schomas, M.D.

Improvement in Autism in a Child Coupled with Reduction in Vertebral Subluxations

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:23:00 -0600

A recent article in the �Journal of Maternal & Family Health� reported on a 6-year-old male child originally diagnosed with Autism who received chiropractic care over a period of 16 weeks.

New strategy is latest in chiropractic care

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:26:00 -0600

The Gates Chiropractic Center has announced a new strategy in the war against back and neck pain.

Chiropractic care helps 40-year-old woman suffering from symptoms of Meniere�s disease

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:30:00 -0600

Meniere�s Disease was first identified as a specific ailment back in 1861 by Prosper Meniere, a 19th-century French doctor who served as chief physician at an institute for deaf-mutes. His studies there led to his specialization in diseases of the ear.

Practicing non-attachment can mean less stress

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:59:00 -0600

In my experience, we spend a lot of energy focusing
on what we don�t have enough of.�I need more love,
I need more money, I need more time ... .� These are
constant tapes playing in all of our minds from time to time.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:56:00 -0600

With nearly 26 million children and adults in
American living with diabetes and another 79
million at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes,
the disease is taking a devastating physical, emotional
and financial toll on our country.

New dental clinic opening at Summit Fair

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:06:00 -0600

Luke Wolniak, DDS, and team at Summit Fair Dental
Care, 691 S.W. Blue Valley Parkway in Lee�s Summit.
will be hosting a ribbon cutting open house from 4 to 6 p.m.
on Monday, Nov. 7. The ribbon cutting will be at 4 p.m.
by the Lee�s Summit Chamber

Diabetes awareness: Bloom where you are planted

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:15:00 -0600

Have you stumbled across those special little
blooms that seem to have been lost, sprouting
up from a crack in the sidewalk or out from
under a rock?

Hicks' distinguished EMS career receives David A. Garcia award

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:10:00 -0600

MARCER, the Mid-America Regional Council
Emergency Rescue Committee, presented the
David A. Garcia award to Michael R. Hicks today
in recognition of his years of outstanding support to
the field of emergency medical services in the Kansas
City metropolitan area.