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Secure EmailFor the privacy and protection of our patients and others we serve, The University of Kansas Health System uses a secure outbound email system. All outgoing email messages that may contain protected health information (PHI) are automatically encrypt...
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ActThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, requires healthcare professionals to protect privacy and create standards for electronic transfers of health data. The Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Se...
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Our Ageless Volunteer: 'Never a Dull Moment'Ralph Long embodies a noted quote by baseball great Satchel Paige: "Age is a question of mind over matter – if you don't mind, it don't matter." Long, who turned 88 on August 21, has volunteered at The University of Kansas Health System's main camp...
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center and Children's Mercy Hospital Twitter chat on changing default approach to tobacco dependenceThe World Health Organization estimates that 1 billion people will die from tobacco-related illnesses this century. Unfortunately, most healthcare providers don’t treat tobacco dependence. In fact, only 21 percent of smokers seeing a healthcare prov...
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Optimizing the Immune System to Beat CancerThe University of Kansas Cancer Center researchers are working on a new CAR T-cell therapy that targets not 1 but 3 types of antigens. This combination approach could expand the CAR's ability to effectively target and treat some types of cancer.
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Discounted Summer Training For Youth To College AthletesThe 10-week program, which runs June 3-August 9, offers sessions for athletes who are 8 years old through college. Sign up by May 17 for the discount.
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Lung Cancer Screening Saved My LifeLinda Wilber, 64, decided to be more proactive about her health more than 12 years ago. She and her husband, Stephen, quit smoking, started to grow and preserve their own vegetables, recommitted to regular exercise and jumped on any opportunity to t...
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Taking Control Over Lung CancerChristy Fischer insists on controlling her cancer, not allowing it to control her. At 48 years old, the Olathe resident faces her diagnosis, which she first received in 2006, with determination. Before her diagnosis, Christy went to her primary care...
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Breast Cancer Survivor Has Steadfast Spirit“Cancer was a gift to me,” said 62-year-old Pam Morris, of Leawood, Kansas. “It was an experience that profoundly changed my life. I had no idea that people could be so kind and loving. Would I have wished to have been diagnosed with breast cancer?...
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The Effect of Training Shoes on Running Kinematics in Older RunnersRecently there has been increasing enthusiasm for minimalist shoes or barefoot running to create a more natural running style featuring a barefoot strike as opposed to the heel strike that is typically seen in the large heeled running shoes. The mod...