Kansas City hospice applauds volunteers at event

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care applauded volunteers during the organization’s annual event May 18.

Five honorees received special recognition for their leadership and philanthropy.

UMKC grad students create 'Snap Bandage' dispenser

As part of a team of seven University of Missouri-Kansas City graduate students, Jennifer Rice spent a lot of late nights helping launch a business venture called “Snap Bandage.” Their patented product is a high-volume strip bandage dispenser that they hope to offer in hospitals and physicians’ offices.

“The goal is to minimize labor and cost attributed to opening bandages and also to maintain or increase sterility of bandages,” Rice said.

Nurse warns against sun exposure, tanning beds

Skin cancer affects more people than any other cancer, with more than 2 million people diagnosed annually.

That statistic hits close to home for Kansas City, Mo., resident Denny R. Donnelly, 77.

Nurse honors veterans

Memorial Day represents more than a three-day weekend for Deborah Wilson, RN, BSN, who served a year in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard.

Wilson works at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the special procedures unit.

Bariatric surgery leads patient to healthy lifestyle

Kiley Williams, at age 23, envisioned a future filled with diabetes and obesity.

Williams, now 24, did not have a crystal ball, but she did have a primary care physician who warned her that she would likely become diabetic if her weight and lifestyle did not change.

Foundation provides safe haven for stroke survivors

Patrick Ayers might be the only person in town that wishes he was out of a job.

It’s not that he doesn’t love his role as president/CEO of the American Stroke Foundation. He just wishes his job wasn’t necessary.