Morning Medical Update

Cancer can be lonely and isolating. Meet a patient who has started a special support group to help fellow cancer patients.

Ginny Curtin is living with sarcoma. She's not just surviving- she's thriving and sharing her perspective with fellow patients. This includes amazing adventures packed with incredible photography.

Life after an organ transplant is evolving. Meet a patient who endured serious setbacks just as life was getting back to normal. We discuss keeping faith and hope alive.

From breast cancer to liver cancer a patient finds new hope with metastatic cancer. People are living longer with new radioactive treatments.

Patients need to celebrate moments that matter as they recover. One patient celebrates 100 days in his medical journey- another finally says, "I do." Meet the team helping patients get better and truly live life no matter the geography.

More than 15,000 people are waiting for a liver transplant. The average wait is around 150 days. Meet a man who endured his time on the waiting list and see the life he now leads thanks to donation. Guests include transplant hepatologist Dr. Ryan Taylor and liver transplant patient Terry McInteer.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in her early 30s. Her reality reflects the latest cancer statistics- younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer. Hear her message for other young women about the importance of early detection. Guests include breast cancer survivor Alex Owens, breast cancer patient Emily Moritz, and Dr. Lindsay Kilgore, Breast Surgical Oncologist with The University of...

Meet a woman who needed more than medicine to manage her liver disease- she needed a transplant and then another one. Learn how doctors overcame complications to get a woman back to good health.

A German bone marrow transplant donor stepped up to save the life of a stranger. Their new bond turned into a special friendship. Guests include donor Silja Löw, Dr. Joseph McGuirk, division director hematologic malignancies and cellular therapeutics, The University of Kansas Cancer Center and Mindy Allen, lead blood and marrow transplant coordinator, The University of Kansas Cancer Center.

Where you live matters. This is especially true for pregnant mothers. We look at the gaps in maternity care for many expectant mothers especially in rural areas. Plus, what's being done to bridge that gap. Guests include health system OBGYNs Dr. Emily Mathiesen and Dr. Tara Chettiar, and Jodi Schmidt, Executive Director, The University of Kansas Health System Care Collaborative.

Baseball is a game of skill, strategy and endurance. Behind every great player is a team dedicated to keeping them healthy on the field! Meet the athletic trainers. Guests include orthopedic surgeon Vincent Key, MD; certified athletic trainer with Kansas Team Health Jeff Roberts, and Kyle Turner, head athletic trainer for the Kansas City Royals.

Some cancers can be cured, even after they spread. The new approach offering hope in the later states of cancer. Guests include prostate cancer patient Chester Fitch and Dr. Krishna Reddy, radiation oncologist.

90 thousand people are waiting for a kidney transplant. One donor's gift recently set off a life-saving kidney chain. It led to 24 surgeries across eight different states.

Good health means good sleep. We ask what's keeping us from a restful night in bed? Learn from the expert.

A young mom discovers a lump and learns she has triple negative breast cancer. She shares her journey and the supports she found from family, friends and faith.

She spotted her own ovarian cancer. Now she's keeping it in check. Hear one woman's story regarding her diagnosis and survivorship.

Blocking blood flow can reduce joint pain. GAE is a less invasive treatment for arthritis. Hear from patients and the interventional radiologist

She was diagnosed with cancer less than a year after her father died from the same cancer. A teenager opens up about her diagnosis and stomach removal surgery due to the CDH-1 gene.

She was told she had 90 days to live. A liver donation saved her life.

We celebrate a milestone for the first-ever proton therapy center in Kansas City. 500 patients and counting have received this innovative cancer care. Meet the young and old patients who received this beam of hope.

Colon cancer rates are rising in younger patients. A newly wed in his 20's shares his battle to help others learn the signs and symptoms.

More than a million Americans live with ulcerative colitis. A local woman advocated for herself and got a second opinion that changed her life.

The FDA has approved a new treatment for Parkinson's. It takes away the on and off time of medications by delivering it continuously through a pump. 

It's always great to connect with old friends. In this case, the positive power of social media helped a breast cancer patient find specialized care.

For some people, depression can be treatment resistant. There's another option for patients in the form of a nasal inhaler to help those patients. A local woman shares how Spravato has changed her outlook on life.