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.
- 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.
- Working on Wellness
- March 18, 2010
- Businesses are stepping up efforts to keep employees healthy and productive and help keep insurance costs down.
- De Soto-based Huhtamaki offers assortment of wellness initiatives for employees
- March 12, 2010
- Businesses are stepping up efforts to keep employees healthy and productive and help keep insurance costs down.
- Firm seeks to ID lung cancer at earliest stage
- September 17, 2009
- There are 25 people, including 16 scientists, working inside a building just north of Kansas Highway 10 in this town of about 6,000 people. It may be a small group in a small town, but their plans are big and could potentially save millions of lives.
- Swine flu confirmed in Leavenworth County child
- June 4, 2009
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday morning that a case of swine flu has been confirmed in a Leavenworth County child.
- Seniors should put Medicare Part D choice on shopping list
- November 26, 2008
- Premiums for Medicare prescription plans are going up — some as much as 84 percent, according to the Kansas Department on Aging.
- Halloween frightfully sweet
- October 31, 2008
- Children love Halloween for two reasons: Costumes and loads of candy.
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Point of View
Do you think Republican Sam Brownback will be the next governor of Kansas?
I think Brownback is a sure thing, unless something changes drastically.
