Kansas City has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, currently ranked with the seventh highest homicide rate in the US. In 2022, the city had 171 homicides, the second highest in the city’s history. As of mid-March, Kansas City has recorded 41 murders. Swope Health calls this a public health crisis. This …
March 28 is the American Diabetes Alert Day, as named by the American Diabetes Association. It’s a day to share information about the symptoms and the health risks of diabetes. Swope Health supports this effort, because for us, diabetes prevention, education and treatment are part of our daily work. Diabetes is a disease that occurs …
Swope Health is hosting a food and family giveaway event – please mark your calendars and plan to join us: Saturday, April 1 – “First Saturday” – food and family essentials giveaway drive through from 9 a.m. to noon at Swope Health Central. The giveaway Includes Easter baskets and Easter meal hams to the first 500 families. …
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, as designated by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, and in the United States, by the national Colorectal Cancer Alliance. The month is observed to highlight the importance of screening for colorectal cancer, which is the third most common type of cancer worldwide. It …
The National Institutes of Health says March is National Kidney Month, a time to learn about kidney disease. Why should you care? To start, chronic kidney disease affects more than one person in seven in the U.S. That’s more than 37 million people in the United States. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Melesa Johnson, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of Mayor Quinton Lucas. Johnson also serves as the Mayor’s director of public safety. Eric Wesson, managing editor and publisher of The Call, hosts the show’s conversations with Kansas Citians …
March is designated as a month to honor and celebrate women. It is the month for learning about Women’s History, especially those contributions overlooked or undervalued by male historians. Organizations including the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service and the Smithsonian …
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What is HIV/AIDS? The Office on Women’s Health says: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). HIV can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the end of 2020, more than 1 million people were diagnosed with HIV. Men account for about 81 percent of …
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Swope Health announces a four-week lecture series featuring accomplished women who will share their stories. The series runs every Wednesday in March, beginning March 8. These are online seminars, free and open to everyone. Here’s the lineup of recorded programs. Watch online: https://youtu.be/GgLap6X_tAE Judge Lisa White Hardwick was appointed …
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Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Lewis Diuguid, former columnist and reporter for The Kansas City Star. Diuguid is a lecturer, writer, multimedia consultant, and certified diversity facilitator. He is the author, most recently, of Our Fathers Making Black Men, a story of his father …
