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Today is Wednesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2022. There are 290 days left in the year.
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Cravings and memories on a cold winters day
Dear Readers, I woke up with an unusual, inconvenient craving for a sweets, like a piece of cake or pie. This was odd because I don’t typically require a sugar fix in the morning and if I hanker for one throughout the day or in the evening, my goto treat is chocolate candy.
Majority of Kansans Support Medicaid Expansion, So Why Hasn’t the Legislature Passed It?
Last week the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University published the results from the 2021 Kansas Speaks survey. For those not familiar with Kansas Speaks, it is an annual public opinion survey that gauges public opinion on various issues of interest to Kansas citizens, including public policy.
Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time.
This common steroid can have a big effect on blood sugar
Dear Dr. Roach: My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in March 2020. We recently learned on our own that prednisone greatly affects blood sugar. This needs to be more common knowledge. We found this out when my son’s blood sugar was averaging 250 a day, 100 more than usual. We called his endocrinologist, who temporarily increased his pump dosage. -- K.J.
Prairie Doc Perspectives: Does All Back Pain Warrant Imaging?
Experts estimate that well over 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Perhaps ten percent of adults experience it at any given moment. Back pain is extremely common, and people with back pain can be extremely miserable. It may hurt to move, sit, stand, lay, even breathe. No wonder back pain accounts for so many visits to the doctor!
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2022. There are 297 days left in the year.
On Transparency and Trust in Topeka
Ordinary life in the United States today is regularly shaped by all sorts of complicated corporate, governmental, and bureaucratic systems. Few like this, but fewer still are willing or able to reject the goods which systems of specialization provide. For some, the way to hold onto the ideal of ordinary citizens truly governing themselves despite this complexity, is “transparency.”
The frailty of peace in the midst of war
Prior to any analysis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prior to the casting of blame and outrage — at Putin’s hubris, at NATO’s pernicious westward expansion over the last three decades — there’s this:
Introducing a new way to celebrate your Tiger spirit
One of the powerful reminders of the university’s unique relationship with our hometown is found in the spirit and energy on display every Friday in the restaurants, shops, and offices in Hays, America. The Tiger Gear on Friday (TGOF) tradition is an ongoing celebration of the innovative determined, and caring people that make Tiger Nation unique. It was established as Tiger Gold on Friday in 2014 and reintroduced in 2019 as Tiger Gear on Friday. The change was made to expand the number of ways the folks could demonstrate their Tiger pride.