Expert Exchange: Saint Luke’s Specialist Aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Becoming pregnant and giving birth can be one of the happiest moments in a new mother’s life, but for some, there are potentially fatal outcomes. For Karen Florio, DO, MPH,…
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Blue KC & BioNexus KC Release RFP, Team Up on Transforming KC Health Outcomes Research Grant
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) and BioNexus KC have partnered since 2012 to award more than $1 million in grants to projects that improve the health an…
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KU School of Medicine Researcher Works to Improve Black Maternal & Infant Health
Growing up in rural Arkansas, Sharla Smith, PhD, MPH loved children and dreamed of becoming an OB-GYN and delivering babies. But after earning a biology degree and having …
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University Health Specialists Advancing High Risk Pregnancy Care
In November of 2020, University Health (UH) opened its newest location in the UMKC Health Sciences District. Providers in the beautifully designed University Health 2 build…
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UMKC-Led Team IDs Safer Treatment Option for Premature Infants
Preterm birth, defined as birth between 23 and 36 gestation weeks, is a significant health risk and economic burden on the US health care system, affecting approximately 12…
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Prescribing Without Data: Doctors Advocate for Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Clinical Research
Pregnant patients are often excluded from clinical trials for fear of causing harm to them or their babies, but leaders in maternal-fetal medicine say the lack of dat…