Lifestyles

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Limestone Producers Association recognized Boone Quarries and Mid-Missouri Limestone on its Safety Honor Roll Awards at the recent MLPA convention. The award honors the top safety sites in Missouri, and both companies achieved multiple awards for their operations, including:...

In an effort to improve access to care, James Kerns, MD, OB/GYN physician from Marshall Women’s Care, will begin seeing patients at Grand River Medical Clinic in Brunswick, Mo. Dr. Kerns has delivered more than 5,000 babies during his career, and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri Health Care Department of Obstetrics, supervised many more deliveries by OBGYN residents in training programs...

After months of planning and long hours of hard work, the new linear accelerator project at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall recently provided cancer treatment to its first patient on Nov. 16. This new device is an integral part of the cancer treatment, administering targeted radiation therapy to treat people with cancer at the Fitzgibbon Community Cancer Center...

The 29th annual Hospice “Tree of Life” ceremony returns as an in-person event this year after being observed virtually last year due to the pandemic. The Tree of Life will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, in the atrium at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. The annual tradition provides families who have experienced the loss of a loved one an opportunity to honor their memory by hanging a Christmas ornament with their name on it during the ceremony...

Care Connection for Aging Services is re-emphasizing the importance of family caregiving by employing a social worker to specialize in this area. November is National Family Caregiver Month, but Care Connection provides support and services to caregivers year-round...