Health

Nine nursing homes in Kansas and 14 in Missouri are among nearly 400 nationwide with a “persistent record of poor care” whose names had...

People’s love of processed foods might be one reason for the stark increase in — and severity of — food allergies in the past...

CVS Caremark has agreed to pay $15.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it denied overtime pay to customer service agents at its call...

Education officials in Kansas are taking a two-pronged approach to reducing teacher shortages: raising pay and fast-tracking teaching assistants and other professionals to the...

A Kansas law that caps jury awards for noneconomic damages — things like pain and suffering — violates the right to a trial by...

As medical researchers continue their efforts to improve human health, some are turning their attention to the ocean because they believe that the Earth's...

What makes humans so different from other primates? Though our brains are similar, it seems that they react differently to various stimuli. New evidence...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. First the Atkins diet claimed to be...

Hospitals and health systems are cornerstones of their communities. Not only do they provide care 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, but...

We improperly used an image to go with this article.  The Rural Messenger apologizes for this error.A new meta-analysis examines 40 years' worth of...