Karrey Britt
Karrey Britt covers health issues for the Lawrence Journal-World and the health website WellCommons.com
Recent stories
- Area allergy specialist offers tips for surviving season
- 06:00 a.m., April 7, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Achoo. Sniffle. Sniffle. Allergy season arrived a few weeks earlier this year but it’s not as bad as it was a few years ago when pollen counts were 10 times higher than normal.
- Lawrence resident, 29, chronicles life-changing brain injury in new book
- 06:00 a.m., March 13, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Six years ago, at age 22, Louise Krug suffered from a brain bleed that caused weakness, dizziness, headaches and difficulty with hearing and vision.
- LMH to open Eudora medical building in April
- March 17, 2011
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital will open its Eudora medical building next month, officials announced.
- Eudora nursing home makes list of best in U.S.
- February 22, 2011
- Three Douglas County nursing facilities, including one in Eudora, are on U.S. News and World Report’s Best Nursing Homes list for 2011.
- Opening of Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s medical building in Eudora may be delayed
- November 18, 2010
- There may be a delay in the opening of Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s medical building in Eudora.
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital hires second doctor for new medical building in Eudora
- September 15, 2010
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s CEO has a dose of good news for Eudora residents.
- Governor’s wife, KU launch women’s heart health initiative
- April 14, 2010
- Kansas first lady Stacy Parkinson wants women to get an annual heart assessment just like they do a mammogram.
- Health department offers chicken pox vaccine at reduced rate
- March 18, 2010
- The chicken pox vaccine is being offered to children at a reduced rate through the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
- Planning begins for this summer’s Relay for Life
- March 18, 2010
- Cancer. It’s an ugly disease that affects so many people.
- Pets to join
- August 5, 2009
- The American Cancer Society is letting dogs play at a new fundraiser called Bark For Life. The event — the first of its kind in Kansas — will be Aug. 22 in Eudora’s Bluejacket Park.
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Point of View
What do you think about a proposed ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars and workplaces?
As much as I hate government interfering with our lives, I love the smoking ban. Going out in Lawrence is so nice without smelling cigarette smoke at your table while eating.
