Providence Medical Center Earns Level IV Trauma Designation

Providence Medical Center Earns Level IV Trauma Designation

Providence Medical Center, has earned the designation of a Level IV Trauma Center by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, making it one of just a handful of state-designated trauma centers in the Kansas City Kansas area equipped to provide trauma care for...
Providence Physician Plants Seeds of Good Health

Providence Physician Plants Seeds of Good Health

To look at Russell King, M.D., a board-certified family physician with Providence Medical Group-Family Medical Group, you might think he’s better suited to golfing than gardening, but you’d be wrong. Dr. King, along with members of the Village West Rotary...

Menopause? Exercise can help!

A recent study conducted in Finland shows that women who get the recommended of exercise tend to be happier and have less symptoms of menopause. They surveyed 2606 women all whom were 49; the results suggested women who exercise the recommend amount are less...
Urologist Joins Providence and Saint John Medical Staffs

Urologist Joins Providence and Saint John Medical Staffs

Steve Waxman, M.D., a board-certified urologist, has joined the medical staffs at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., and Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, Kan. Dr. Waxman practices with Roy Oyer, D.O., another board-certified urologist, in Providence...
Back-To-School Basic Health Tips for COLLEGE STUDENTS

Back-To-School Basic Health Tips for COLLEGE STUDENTS

Parents of college-age students have a lot of experience in back-to school rituals, but when they are ready to go off to college and more independence, the ritual becomes more complex.While shopping for bedding, dorm room supplies, books and laptops are on the top...